Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Barbados
Barbados: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 83.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
83.7%
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
108th
of 182 countries
All-time high
85.3%
in 2021
All-time low
80.7%
in 2020
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Barbados, 2019–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Barbados stood at 83.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
That places Barbados 108th 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 Barbados, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 82.2% | — |
| 2020 | 80.7% | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 85.3% | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 82.9% | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 83.3% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 83.7% | +0.5% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 83.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 97.0%, 86% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 83.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 83.7%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 82.2% | 82.2% | 82.2% | 1 |
| 2020s | 83.2% | 80.7% | 85.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 107 Trinidad and Tobago 84.1% compare
- 109 Eswatini 83.6% compare
- 110 Mauritania 83.2% compare
- 111 Nicaragua 83.0% compare
More science & technology data for Barbados
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 114.58 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.15 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 323,482 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 752.28 units per square kilometre (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 2.1 % change on previous year (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 2.16 % change on previous year (2022)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 56.79 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0002 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Barbados?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Barbados was 83.7% 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 85.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.7% in 2020.
- How does Barbados rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Barbados ranks 108th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Barbados 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 (%).