Description: Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services CENSUS - Internet Connection
Sub descriptionDistrictUnit2022
Fixed/landline internet connectionCorozal%63.5
Mobile internet connectionCorozal%9.4
Other internet connectionCorozal%.9
Fixed/landline internet connectionOrange Walk%63.4
Mobile internet connectionOrange Walk%9.9
Other internet connectionOrange Walk%.2
Fixed/landline internet connectionBelize%78.6
Mobile internet connectionBelize%17.9
Other internet connectionBelize%.4
Fixed/landline internet connectionCayo%69.1
Mobile internet connectionCayo%14.9
Other internet connectionCayo%.9
Fixed/landline internet connectionStann Creek%51.6
Mobile internet connectionStann Creek%13.4
Other internet connectionStann Creek%.2
Fixed/landline internet connectionToledo%30.7
Mobile internet connectionToledo%10.3
Other internet connectionToledo%.3
Fixed/landline internet connectionCountry%64.7
Mobile internet connectionCountry%13.8
Other internet connectionCountry%.5
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DATA IDENTIFICATION


Name
Proportion of the population covered by a mobile network by technology
Indicator purpose

The purpose of this indicator is to track mobile network coverage.

Abstract

Proportion of population covered by a mobile network, broken down by technology, refers to the percentage of inhabitants living within range of a mobile-cellular signal, irrespective of whether they are mobile phone subscribers or users. The indicator highlights the importance of mobile networks in providing basic, as well as advanced communication services and will help design targeted policies to overcome remaining infrastructure barriers and address the digital divide. Many governments track this indicator and have set specific targets in terms of the mobile population coverage (by technology) that operators must achieve.

Data source

Public Utilities Commission (PUC)

DATA CHARACTERISTICS



Contact organization person

Public Utilities Commission (PUC)

Date last updated
07-OCT-2019
Periodicity

Annual

Unit of measure

Percentage (%)

Other characteristics

The percentage of the population covered by a mobile cellular network can be considered as a minimum indicator for ICT access since it provides people with the possibility to subscribe to and use mobile cellular services to communicate. Over the last decade, mobile-cellular networks have expanded rapidly and helped overcome very basic infrastructure barriers that existed when fixed-telephone networks (often limited to urban and highly populated areas) were the dominant telecommunication infrastructure. While 2G (narrowband) mobile-cellular networks offer limited (and mainly voice-based) services, higher speed networks (3G and LTE) provide increasingly high-speed, reliable and high-quality access to the Internet and its increasing amount of information, content, services, and applications. Mobile networks are therefore essential to overcoming infrastructure barriers, helping people join the information society and benefit from the potential of ICTs, in particular in least developed countries.

DATA CONCEPTS and CLASSIFICATIONS



Classification used
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Disaggregation

Based on the data for the percentage of the population covered by a mobile network, broken down by technology, and on rural population figures, countries can produce estimates on rural and urban population coverage. ITU produces global estimates for the rural population coverage, by technology.

Key statistical concepts

The indicator percentage of the population covered by a mobile network, broken down by technology, refers to the percentage of inhabitants living within range of a mobile-cellular signal, irrespective of whether or not they are mobile phone subscribers or users. This is calculated by dividing the number of inhabitants within range of a mobile-cellular signal by the total population and multiplying by 100.

Formula
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OTHER ASPECTS



Recommended uses

This indicator is used by the Public Utility Commission to provide people with the possibility to subscribe to and use mobile cellular services to communicate and help to overcome very basic infrastructure barriers.

Limitations

Some countries have difficulty calculating overall mobile-cellular population coverage. In some cases, data refer only to the operator with the largest coverage, and this may understate the true coverage.

Other comments

This indicator is based on an internationally agreed definition and methodology, which have been developed under the coordination of ITU, through its Expert Groups and following an extensive consultation process with countries. It is also a core indicator of the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development's Core List of Indicators, which has been endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission (last time in 2014).

All the metadata shown in this document was gathered from United Nation Statistics Division. The metadata was extracted from https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/.