World Bank • Mobile at a Glance
Georgia Europe & Central Asia Region 2010
405 7,272 36 13 3.2 894
2005
2010
Lower-middleincome group 2010
4 1,360 48 13 4.7 363
4 2,690 47 13 4.8 697
2,519 1,623 61 10 0.8 —
— —
5 3,465
27 88 95 0.4 1.0
111a 89a 99 17.2a 15.0a
78a 96a 86 7.3a 9.0a
125a 82a 96 22.6a 18.0a
30 91 — —
80 148a — 38.0
77 276a 2.9 61.9a
82 288a 8.5 69.8a
10.1
5.2
7.2
3.1
Germany 2005 2010
High-income group 2010
Georgia
Economic and social context Population (total, million) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method (current US$) Rural population (% of total) Expected years of schooling (years) Physicians density (per 1,000 people) Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)
Sector structure Number of mobile operators Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) (scale = 0–10,000)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, 2005–11 Number per 100 people 150 120 90 60 30 0 2005
2007 2009 2011 Georgia Europe & Central Asia Region
Sector performance Access Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile cellular subscriptions (% prepaid) Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Mobile broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile broadband (% of total mobile subscriptions)
Usage Households with a mobile telephone (%) Mobile voice usage (minutes per user per month) Population using mobile Internet (%) Short Message Service (SMS) users (% of mobile users)
Mobile basket, 2005–10 Percentage of GNI per capita 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
Affordability Mobile basket (% of GNI per capita)
2005
2006
2007 2008 2009 2010 Georgia Europe & Central Asia Region
Germany
Economic and social context Population (total, million) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method (current US$) Rural population (% of total) Expected years of schooling (years) Physicians density (per 1,000 people) Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)
82 34,780 27 — 3.4 —
82 43,070 26 — 3.6 —
— —
4 2,749
1,127 38,746 22 16 2.8 —
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)
96 51 99 2.4 2.5
140a 56a 99 51.1a 36.5a
118a 36a 100 69.6a 57.6a
84 90 1.8 76.2
89 116a 16.4a 79.8
93 339 24.3 78.2a
1.8
0.4
1.0
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)
2009
2011
Germany High-income group
Mobile basket, 2005–10 Percentage of GNI per capita 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0
2005
2006
2007 2008 Germany
2009
2010
High-income group
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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