Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 58.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
58.6%
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
170th
of 182 countries
All-time high
58.6%
in 2024
All-time low
54.4%
in 2019
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Solomon Islands, 2019–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 58.6% for share of the population that owns a mobile phone in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Solomon Islands ranks 170th of 182 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 54.4% | — |
| 2020 | 54.4% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 54.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 58.4% | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 58.5% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 58.6% | +0.2% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 58.6% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 75.4%, 78% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 58.6% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 84.8%, 69% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 54.4% | 54.4% | 54.4% | 1 |
| 2020s | 56.9% | 54.4% | 58.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
More science & technology data for Solomon Islands
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 62.07 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.6207 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 484,835 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 17.32 units per square kilometre (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate -0.1335 % change on previous year (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 2.29 % change on previous year (2022)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 14.84 (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 Solomon Islands?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Solomon Islands was 58.6% 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 58.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.4% in 2019.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Solomon Islands ranks 170th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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 (%).