World Bank • Mobile at a Glance
Albania Europe & Central Asia Region 2010
405 7,272 36 13 3.2 894
2005
2010
Upper-middleincome group 2010
3 2,580 55 11 1.2 —
3 3,960 52 — 1.2 —
2,452 5,886 43 13 1.7 —
— —
4 3,661
49 97 91 — —
138 91a 98 5.6a 3.5a
92a 81a 99 14.3a 15.4a
125a 82a 96 22.6a 18.0a
31 64 — —
94 103 3.4 66.0
84 325a 22.9a 74.4a
82 288a 8.5 69.8a
22.6
7.8
2.9
3.1
2005
2010
Upper-middleincome group 2010
Middle East & North Africa Region 2010
33 2,720 37 13 1.2 315
35 4,390 34 14 — 346
2,452 5,886 43 13 1.7 —
331 3,874 42 12 1.4 443
— —
3 4,409
42 98 42 — —
78a 96a — — —
92a 81a 99 14.3a 15.4a
89a 87a — — —
47 139 — —
94 182 2.7 —
84 325a 22.9a 74.4a
— — 4.5 —
7.7
3.4
2.9
3.6
Albania
Economic and social context Population (total, million) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method (current US$) Rural population (% of total) Expected years of schooling (years) Physicians density (per 1,000 people) Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)
Sector structure Number of mobile operators Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) (scale = 0–10,000)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, 2005–11 Number per 100 people 150 120 90 60 30 0
2005
2007 2009 2011 Albania Europe & Central Asia Region
Sector performance Access Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile cellular subscriptions (% prepaid) Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Mobile broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile broadband (% of total mobile subscriptions)
Percentage of GNI per capita 25 20 15
Usage Households with a mobile telephone (%) Mobile voice usage (minutes per user per month) Population using mobile Internet (%) Short Message Service (SMS) users (% of mobile users)
Mobile basket, 2005–10
10 5 0
2005
Affordability Mobile basket (% of GNI per capita)
2009 2010 2007 2008 Albania Europe & Central Asia Region
2006
Algeria Algeria
Economic and social context Population (total, million) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method (current US$) Rural population (% of total) Expected years of schooling (years) Physicians density (per 1,000 people) Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)
Sector structure Number of mobile operators Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) (scale = 0–10,000)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, 2005–11 Number per 100 people 150 120 90 60 30 0
2005
2011 2007 2009 Algeria Middle East & North Africa Region
Sector performance Access Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile cellular subscriptions (% prepaid) Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Mobile broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile broadband (% of total mobile subscriptions)
Usage Households with a mobile telephone (%) Mobile voice usage (minutes per user per month) Population using mobile Internet (%) Short Message Service (SMS) users (% of mobile users)
8 6
Affordability Mobile basket (% of GNI per capita)
Mobile basket, 2005–10 Percentage of GNI per capita 10
4 2 0
2005
2006
2007 2008 2009 2010 Algeria Middle East & North Africa Region
Sources: Economic and social context: IMF, UIS, UN, WHO and World Bank; Sector structure: ictDATA.org; Sector performance: ictDATA.org, ITU; Wireless Intelligence, and World Bank. Notes: Use of italics in the column entries indicates years or periods other than those specified. — Not available. GNI = gross national income. a. Data are for 2011.
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