Mobile’s impact on the SDGs in Latin America
Between 2015 and 2022, the number of mobile internet subscribers in Latin America grew by almost 60%, fuelling the mobile industry’s contribution to the SDGs.
However 39% of the region’s population remain unconnected to mobile internet. This comprises a coverage gap of 6% (around 40 million people living in areas not covered by a mobile broadband network) and a usage gap of 33% (around 210 million people living within coverage of a network but not using mobile internet services). Closing these gaps is crucial to maximising mobile’s impact on the SDGs in the region.
In Latin America, the biggest improvement in SDG impact scores since 2015 has come from SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being and SDG 4: Quality Education. There has been a substantial improvement in mobile impact score for both SDGs since 2020, illustrating the pivotal role mobile played in enabling essential activities to continue during the pandemic. Progress has also been made on SDG 5: Gender Equality, reflecting high levels of mobile ownership among women and a small gender gap.
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Key drivers of SDG mobile impact scores
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Data is sourced from the GSMA Intelligence Consumers in Focus Survey. The number of users is calculated by multiplying unique mobile subscribers by the percentage of survey respondents that performed a particular activity (e.g. reading the news) on a mobile phone. Unique subscriber data is sourced from GSMA Intelligence, combining data reported by mobile operators with the annual GSMA Intelligence Consumers in Focus Survey. The percentages show the proportion of mobile users engaging in a particular activity.
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