Mobile phone ownership vs Internet use gap

In the Arab States, the prevalence of mobile phone ownership is 14 percentage points greater than Internet use, while in the Asia-Pacific region it is 11 percentage points greater.

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International Telecommunication Union. (2024). Facts and figures 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-mobile-phone-ownership/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_J89FDF5YNB0J5SGZX6G4BXRZR4

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International Telecommunication Union. "Facts and figures 2024." 2024, https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-mobile-phone-ownership/. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_J89FDF5YNB0J5SGZX6G4BXRZR4.

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Chicago

International Telecommunication Union. "Facts and figures 2024." 2024. https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-mobile-phone-ownership/. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_J89FDF5YNB0J5SGZX6G4BXRZR4.

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@misc{itu2024mobilebxrzr4, author = {{International Telecommunication Union}}, title = {Facts and figures 2024}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_J89FDF5YNB0J5SGZX6G4BXRZR4}, note = {Original source: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-mobile-phone-ownership/. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }

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