World Bank • Mobile at a Glance
Niger 2005
2010
Low-income group 2010
13 260 84 4 0.02 —
16 370 83 5 0.02 —
796 530 72 9 0.2 —
— —
3 4,890
2 99 15 — —
24 99a — — —
43a 98a — — —
57a 96a 72 5.6a 10.1a
— — — —
32 — — 11.0
43 — — —
52 — — —
Niger
Sub-Saharan Africa Region 2010
853 1,188 63 9 0.2 167
Economic and social context Population (total, million) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method (current US$) Rural population (% of total) Expected years of schooling (years) Physicians density (per 1,000 people) Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)
Sector structure Number of mobile operators Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) (scale = 0–10,000)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, 2005–11 Number per 100 people 150 120 90 60 30 0 2005
2007 2009 Niger Sub-Saharan Africa Region
Sector performance Access Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile cellular subscriptions (% prepaid) Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Mobile broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile broadband (% of total mobile subscriptions)
Usage Households with a mobile telephone (%) Mobile voice usage (minutes per user per month) Population using mobile Internet (%) Short Message Service (SMS) users (% of mobile users)
Mobile basket, 2005–10 Percentage of GNI per capita 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 2005 2006 2007
Affordability Mobile basket (% of GNI per capita)
125.3
67.5
28.8
19.5
Nigeria 2005 2010
Lower-middleincome group 2010
Sub-Saharan Africa Region 2010
2,519 1,623 61 10 0.8 —
853 1,188 63 9 0.2 167
2011
2008
2009
2010
Niger Sub-Saharan Africa Region
Nigeria
Economic and social context Population (total, million) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method (current US$) Rural population (% of total) Expected years of schooling (years) Physicians density (per 1,000 people) Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)
140 630 54 9 0.3 —
158 1,230 50 — 0.4 —
— —
5 3,305
13 99 58 0.01 0.06
59a 97a 90 3.9a 6.6a
78a 96a 86 7.3a 9.0a
57a 96a 72 5.6a 10.1a
40 — — —
60 — 1.3 26.0
77 276a 2.9 61.9a
52 — — —
49.1
13.4
7.2
19.5
Number per 100 people 80
60 40 20
Sector structure Number of mobile operators Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) (scale = 0–10,000)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, 2005–11
0 2005
2007 2009 Nigeria Sub-Saharan 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)
Affordability Mobile basket (% of GNI per capita)
2011
Mobile basket, 2005–10 Percentage of GNI per capita 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Nigeria Sub-Saharan 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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