Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Haiti
Haiti: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 60.3% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
60.3%
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
166th
of 182 countries
All-time high
66.2%
in 2021
All-time low
58.7%
in 2018
Years of data
7
2018–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Haiti, 2018–2024
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 Haiti stood at 60.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
That places Haiti 166th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Haiti, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 58.7% | — |
| 2019 | 61.4% | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 63.3% | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 66.2% | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 61.3% | -7.4% |
| 2023 | 61.0% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 60.3% | -1.1% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 60.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 75.4%, 80% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 60.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 83.7%, 72% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 60.0% | 58.7% | 61.4% | 2 |
| 2020s | 62.4% | 60.3% | 66.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
More science & technology data for Haiti
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 65.19 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.6519 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 7.50 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 272.1 units per square kilometre (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 2.46 % change on previous year (2022)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 37.83 (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 Haiti?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Haiti was 60.3% 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 Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 66.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.7% in 2018.
- How does Haiti rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Haiti ranks 166th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Haiti 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 (%).