Gender parity score in mobile phone ownership

Globally, 77 per cent of females and 82 per cent of males aged 10 and over own a mobile phone, giving a gender parity score (0.93, i.e. skewed against women) that is marginally lower than the corresponding score for Internet use (0.94).

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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_WDHAK4SWKQ2SNZZP554RCVKQ2T

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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_WDHAK4SWKQ2SNZZP554RCVKQ2T.

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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 September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_WDHAK4SWKQ2SNZZP554RCVKQ2T.

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@misc{itu2024gendercvkq2t, author = {{International Telecommunication Union}}, title = {Facts and figures 2024}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_WDHAK4SWKQ2SNZZP554RCVKQ2T}, 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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