Global sales from wireless phone devices exported by all countries totaled US$286.5 billion in 2024.

The value of worldwide shipments of wireless phone devices increased by 8.6% since five years earlier in 2020 when exported wireless phone devices sold on international markets were valued at $263.9 billion.

The 5 biggest exporters of mobile phones including smartphones are mainland China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, India and the United States of America. Collectively, that powerful quintet of phone suppliers generated over three-quarters (76.2%) of globally exported wireless phone devices.

From a continental perspective, suppliers in Asia were responsible for $225.2 billion or 78.6% of all mobile phones exported during 2024.

In second place were cell phone providers located in Europe at 16.2%, trailed by exporters in North America at another 4.7%.

Tinier percentages originated from Oceania (0.3%) led by Australia and New Zealand, Latin America (0.15%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, and Africa (0.05%).

For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code prefixes for telephones for cellular networks or other wireless networks are 851712, 851713, 851714 and 851718.

Wireless Phone Devices Exported by Country

Below are the 15 countries that reaped the greatest dollar amounts selling mobile phones by value on international markets during 2024. These statistics include smartphones.

1. mainland China: US$135.3 billion (47.2% of total mobile phone exports)
2. Hong Kong: $25.8 billion (9%)
3. Vietnam: $23.6 billion (8.3%)
4. India: $20.5 billion (7.1%)
5. United States: $13 billion (4.5%)
6. Czech Republic: $12.9 billion (4.5%)
7. Saudi Arabia: $6.4 billion (2.2%)
8. Singapore: $5.8 billion (2%)
9. Netherlands: $5.1 billion (1.8%)
10. Slovakia: $4.6 billion (1.6%)
11. Austria: $4.2 billion (1.5%)
12. Italy: $4.1 billion (1.4%)
13. South Korea: $3.4 billion (1.2%)
14. Germany: $3 billion (1.1%)
15. Sweden: $1.9 billion (0.7%)
16. United Kingdom: $1.8 billion (0.6%)

By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.7% of globally exported wireless phone devices in 2024.

Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing phone devices exporters from 2020 to 2024 were: Saudi Arabia (up 2,086%), India (up 585.2%), Italy (up 163.5%) and the Czech Republic (up 99%).

Those countries that posted double-digit declines in their exported phone devices sales were: Germany (down -18.6%), Vietnam (down -24%), Sweden (down -22.3%) and South Korea (down -18.6%).

Searchable List of Countries that Export Mobile Phones in 2024

The following automated database of major exporters of wireless phone devices records the 100 sources that collected 99.997% of the revenues from global exports for wireless phone devices during 2024.

Fastest growers among the top 100 top exporters of mobile phone devices are relatively small players. These include Armenia (up 199,632% from 2020), Bermuda (up 94,667%), British Virgin Islands (up 53,560%), Cuba (up 49,200%), Uzbekistan (up 29,344%) and Kazakhstan (up 4,483%).

Note that an entry of 0% in the right-most column means that 2020 data was unavailable.

Companies Making Wireless Phone Devices

The following companies are among the top global companies that manufacture mobile phones.

1. Acer (Taiwan)
2. Apple (United States)
3. Blackberry (Canada)
4. BLU Products (United States)
5. Bullitt Group (United Kingdom)
6. FT Group’s F-Mobile (Vietnam)
7. Google Nexus (United States)
8. Huawei (China)
9. Lenovo Group (Hong Kong)
10. Microsoft Mobile (United States)
11. Panasonic (Japan)
12. Philips (Netherlands)
13. Samsung Electronics (South Korea)
14. Xiaomi Tech (China)
15. ZTE (China)

According to Gartner, South Korea’s Samsung Electronics had a 21.9% market share of worldwide smartphone sales as of June 2018. In second place is the faster-growing American rival Apple which captured a 14.2% market share. Chinese companies Huawei (7.8%), Lenova Group (5%) and Xiaomi Tech (4.9%) collectively accounted for a 17.7% share.

Other mobile phone makers represent a 45.9% portion of global wireless phone device sales, up from 44.6% in the prior quarter.

See also Wireless phone devices Imports by Country, American Global Technology Companies and US Imported Mobile Phone Purchases

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on May 29, 2025

Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on May 29, 2025

Gartner Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Vendor in 2Q15 (August 2020), Table 1. Accessed on May 29, 2025

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on May 29, 2025

Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on May 29, 2025