Mobile phone ownership rate, low-income economies (individuals aged 10+)

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This stands in contrast with low-income economies, where only 53 per cent of the population aged 10 years and over own a mobile phone.

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International Telecommunication Union. (2025). Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Mobile phone ownership. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from StatOrigin: https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4R4

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International Telecommunication Union. "Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Mobile phone ownership." 2025, https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-mobile-phone-ownership/. Accessed 14 September 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4R4.

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International Telecommunication Union. "Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Mobile phone ownership." 2025. https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-mobile-phone-ownership/. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4R4.

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@misc{itu2025mobile, author = {{International Telecommunication Union}}, title = {Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Mobile phone ownership}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4R4}, note = {Original source: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-mobile-phone-ownership/. Accessed 14 September 2026.} }

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