World Bank • Mobile at a Glance
Pakistan Pakistan 2005 2010
Lower-middleincome group 2010
South Asia Region 2010
2,519 1,623 61 10 0.8 —
1,633 1,176 70 10 0.6 249
Economic and social context Population (total, million) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method (current US$) Rural population (% of total) Expected years of schooling (years) Physicians density (per 1,000 people) Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)
159 710 65 6 0.8 131
174 1,050 63 7 0.8 249
— —
5 2,282
8 97 36 — —
64a 98a 92 — —
78a 96a 86 7.3a 9.0a
67a 96a 84 3.3a 4.6a
33 151 — —
48 205a 1.7 44.0a
77 276a 2.9 61.9a
54 305a 3.3a 47.0a
Sector structure Number of mobile operators Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) (scale = 0–10,000)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, 2005–11 Number per 100 people 150
120 90 60 30 0 2005
2007
Sector performance Access Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile cellular subscriptions (% prepaid) Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Mobile broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile broadband (% of total mobile subscriptions)
Usage Households with a mobile telephone (%) Mobile voice usage (minutes per user per month) Population using mobile Internet (%) Short Message Service (SMS) users (% of mobile users)
8.5
2.9
7.2
3.2
Panama 2005 2010
Upper-middleincome group 2010
Latin America & the Caribbean Region 2010
2,452 5,886 43 13 1.7 —
583 7,741 21 14 1.8 —
2011
Mobile basket, 2005–10 Percentage of GNI per capita 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
2005
Affordability Mobile basket (% of GNI per capita)
2009 Pakistan South Asia Region
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Pakistan South Asia Region
Panama
Economic and social context Population (total, million) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method (current US$) Rural population (% of total) Expected years of schooling (years) Physicians density (per 1,000 people) Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)
3 4,640 29 13 — —
4 6,970 25 13 — —
— —
4 —
54 92 75 — —
204a 94a 91 5.5a 3.8a
92a 81a 99 14.3a 15.4a
109a 81a 98 16.1a 15.2a
64 — — —
84 — — —
84 325a 22.9a 74.4a
84 141a 4.4 —
Sector structure Number of mobile operators Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) (scale = 0–10,000)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, 2005–11 Number per 100 people 250
200 150 100 50 0 2005
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)
9.6
1.5
2.9
3.7
2007 2009 2011 Panama Latin America & the Caribbean Region
Mobile basket, 2005–10 Percentage of GNI per capita 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Panama Latin America & the Caribbean 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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