The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2019

This report presents an update to the findings of previous GSMA research on the mobile gender gap conducted in 2015 and 2018 in low, lower-middle and upper-middle income countries. Some of the key findings include:

• The number of women who own a mobile has risen by over 250 million, with 80% of women across these markets now owning a mobile phone.
• Mobile is the primary means of internet access in low and middle-income countries, particularly for women. 48% of women in these countries now use mobile internet.
• However, there is a persistent mobile gender gap. Across low and middle-income countries, 313 million fewer women than men use mobile internet, representing a gender gap of 23%.
• If mobile operators could close the gender gaps in low and middle-income countries by 2023, this would provide an estimated additional $140 billion in revenue to the mobile industry over the next five years.