Entry-level handset cost as share of income (poorest quintile)
RecordSTO-RNF94XD3DC-DSR0VANHA3-GJ832Z
Global · end of 2025
Entry-level handset cost as share of income worldwide (poorest quintile) was 44% at end of 2025 (GSMA).
Entry-level handset cost as share of income (poorest quintile): every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- GSMA
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Handset affordability section
- Retrieved
- 17 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
By the end of 2025 an entry-level internet-enabled handset cost the poorest 20% of people in LMICs the equivalent of 44% of their average monthly income, rising to 76% in Sub-Saharan Africa with these costs expected to dramatically rise due to increases in memory costs.
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APA
GSMA. (2025). GSMA warns of emerging global AI divide as three billion people remain offline and smartphone component costs soar. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-warns-of-emerging-global-ai-divide-as-three-billion-people-remain-offline-and-smartphone-component-costs-soar/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_RNF94XD3DCDSR0VANHA3GJ832Z
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- GSMA. "GSMA warns of emerging global AI divide as three billion people remain offline and smartphone component costs soar." 2025, https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-warns-of-emerging-global-ai-divide-as-three-billion-people-remain-offline-and-smartphone-component-costs-soar/. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_RNF94XD3DCDSR0VANHA3GJ832Z.
- Chicago
- GSMA. "GSMA warns of emerging global AI divide as three billion people remain offline and smartphone component costs soar." 2025. https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-warns-of-emerging-global-ai-divide-as-three-billion-people-remain-offline-and-smartphone-component-costs-soar/. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_RNF94XD3DCDSR0VANHA3GJ832Z.
- BibTeX
- @misc{gsma2025entrygj832z, author = {{GSMA}}, title = {GSMA warns of emerging global AI divide as three billion people remain offline and smartphone component costs soar}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_RNF94XD3DCDSR0VANHA3GJ832Z}, note = {Original source: https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-warns-of-emerging-global-ai-divide-as-three-billion-people-remain-offline-and-smartphone-component-costs-soar/. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- GSMA · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- GSMA warns of emerging global AI divide as three billion people remain offline and smartphone component costs soar
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Handset affordability section
- Retrieved
- 17 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_RNF94XD3DCDSR0VANHA3GJ832Z