The Global Findex Database 2025: Connectivity and Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

Albania, Algeria, Argentina...and 137 more, 2024

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Reference ID

WLD_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/bk9n-8r43

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Collection(s)

Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database

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Oct 01, 2025

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Dec 12, 2025

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Main reason for not having a mobile phone (con3)

Data file: findex_microdata_2025_labelled_update112425

Overview

Valid: 11376

Invalid: 132714

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 99

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 72

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the main reason you do not own a mobile phone? 1. You don't have enough money to buy a mobile phone 2. Buying mobile minutes is too expensive 3. There is not reliable coverage where you live 4. You have difficulties reading or typing on a mobile phone 5. People in your family or community do not approve of you using a mobile phone 6. You are worried about your personal safety or security when using a mobile phone 7. You use someone else's mobile phone 8. Some other reason/None of these reasons

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Don't have enough money to buy a mobile phone	6288	55.3%
2	Buying mobile minutes is too expensive	565	5%
3	There is not reliable coverage where they live	371	3.3%
4	Difficulties reading or typing on a mobile phone	1475	13%
5	People in family or community do not approve of you using a mobile phone	779	6.8%
6	Worried about personal safety or security when using a mobile phone	379	3.3%
7	Use someone else's mobile phone	1042	9.2%
97	Some other reason	338	3%
98	Don't know	95	0.8%
99	Refused	44	0.4%
Sysmiss		132714

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Only display items from Con2A-Con2G if Con2A or Con2B or Con2C or Con2D or Con2E or Con2F or Con26 = "yes"

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Notes

Note: "no/dk/r" indicates the response categories: no, dk="don't know" and r="refused" Words in brackets [] indicate local or economy-specific terminology.

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