Adults worldwide using personal smartphones for business activities 2021, by country

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Ani Petrosyan,
Mar 10, 2025
A 2021 survey of working adults from across the world revealed that in 2021, 64 percent of working adults from the United States used their personal smartphones for business-related purposes. In comparison, only 50 percent of working German adults used a personal smartphone for work-related purposes, while the global average was 54 percent.

Share of adults worldwide using personal smartphones for work-related purposes in 2021, by country

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Release date

May 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Number of respondents

3,500 respondents

Special properties

working adults; multiple responses were possible

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "Which of these personal devices do you use for work-related purposes? (Multiple responses allowed.)" Data is based on a survey of more than 3,500 working adults across the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
The source does not provide an exact date of survey.

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