Mobile Phone Penetration Rate by Prefecture in 2013, Japan
Mobile phone penetration rate (which includes smartphone, non-smartphone, and PHS) per capita was 71.4% in 2013. Prefecture next to Tokyo, Saitama had the highest rate 77.5%, followed by Tokyo and Kanagawa (also next to Tokyo). Northernmost of Honshu island, Aomori was the lowest. Generally the rates were relatively high in big cities.
Figure: Mobile Phone Penetration Rate per Capita by Prefecture in 2013, Japan
Table: Mobile Phone Penetration Rate per Capita by Prefecture in 2013, Japan
| Prefecture | Penetration Rate % |
| Average | 71.4 |
| Saitama | 77.5 |
| Tokyo | 76.8 |
| Kanagawa | 76.7 |
| Shiga | 75.8 |
| Osaka | 74.6 |
| Nara | 74.5 |
| Aichi | 73.6 |
| Kyoto | 72.4 |
| Mie | 72.2 |
| Hyogo | 71.9 |
| Gunma | 71.7 |
| Chiba | 70.9 |
| Okayama | 70.8 |
| Fukuoka | 70.8 |
| Yamanashi | 70.6 |
| Miyagi | 70.0 |
| Ehime | 70.0 |
| Gifu | 69.7 |
| Shizuoka | 69.7 |
| Tokushima | 69.7 |
| Saga | 69.5 |
| Tochigi | 69.4 |
| Hiroshima | 69.2 |
| Kumamoto | 68.9 |
| Ibaraki | 68.7 |
| Kagawa | 68.7 |
| Oita | 68.6 |
| Ishikawa | 68.0 |
| Fukushima | 67.8 |
| Tottori | 67.7 |
| Okinawa | 67.6 |
| Niigata | 67.3 |
| Fukui | 67.3 |
| Toyama | 66.9 |
| Hokkaido | 66.8 |
| Nagano | 66.8 |
| Nagasaki | 65.9 |
| Yamaguchi | 65.5 |
| Kagoshima | 65.5 |
| Akita | 65.2 |
| Iwate | 64.2 |
| Yamagata | 63.7 |
| Shimane | 63.7 |
| Miyazaki | 63.6 |
| Wakayama | 63.2 |
| Kochi | 63.1 |
| Aomori | 61.3 |
Source is Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/statistics/statistics05b1.html
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