Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Bahamas
Bahamas: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 94.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
94.0%
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
60th
of 182 countries
All-time high
94.4%
in 2023
All-time low
91.0%
in 2019
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Bahamas, 2019–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Bahamas is 94.0%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
That places Bahamas 60th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 91.0% | — |
| 2020 | 91.3% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 91.8% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 94.3% | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 94.4% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 94.0% | -0.4% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 94.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 97.0%, 97% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 94.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 83.7%, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 91.0% | 91.0% | 91.0% | 1 |
| 2020s | 93.2% | 91.3% | 94.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
More science & technology data for Bahamas
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 96.68 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.9668 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 387,960 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 39.92 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate -3.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate -2.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 14.98 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Bahamas?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Bahamas was 94.0% in 2024, according to International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 94.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.0% in 2019.
- How does Bahamas rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Bahamas ranks 60th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population that owns a mobile phone. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex (%).