Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Gabon
Gabon: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 84.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
84.8%
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
104th
of 182 countries
All-time high
84.8%
in 2024
All-time low
81.6%
in 2020
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Gabon, 2019–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 84.8% for share of the population that owns a mobile phone in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Gabon ranks 104th of 182 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Gabon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 81.8% | — |
| 2020 | 81.6% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 82.1% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 84.7% | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 84.7% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 84.8% | +0.1% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 84.8% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86.9%, 98% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 84.8% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69.1%, 1.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 81.8% | 81.8% | 81.8% | 1 |
| 2020s | 83.6% | 81.6% | 84.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 101 Saint Kitts and Nevis 85.8% compare
- 102 Tanzania 85.3% compare
- 103 Costa Rica 85.2% compare
- 104 Uzbekistan 84.8% compare
- 104 Vietnam 84.8% compare
- 107 Trinidad and Tobago 84.1% compare
More science & technology data for Gabon
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 125.34 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.25 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 3.18 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 11.82 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 4.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 90.57 (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 Gabon?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Gabon was 84.8% 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 Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 84.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.6% in 2020.
- How does Gabon rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Gabon ranks 104th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Gabon 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 (%).