Challenge: Obtaining a SIM card (% of population ages 15+ without an ID)

The percentage of adult respondents without an ID who report that one limitation that they experience because they lack an ID is the inability to obtain a SIM card. If the minimum age for obtaining an ID is above 15, observations below the minimum age are excluded, total sample.

📅 2024📏 %29 entries

UgandaEswatiniTanzaniaGhanaBangladeshZambiaCongoNigeriaNepalComorosMozambiqueGabonLesothoGambiaLaosTajikistanPhilippinesMaliJordanNiger

78.91% – 65.96%57.58% – 45.92%44.98% – 35.93%35.87% – 26.59%25.38% – 16.85%No data

🇺🇬Uganda

78.91%

🇸🇿Eswatini

69.09%

🇹🇿Tanzania

67.14%

🇬🇭Ghana

67.12%

🇧🇩Bangladesh

66.67%

🇿🇲Zambia

65.96%

🇨🇬Congo

57.58%

🇬🇳Guinea

56.82%

🇳🇬Nigeria

51.66%

🇸🇳Senegal

50.16%

🇨🇲Cameroon

46.80%

🇳🇵Nepal

45.92%

🇰🇲Comoros

44.98%

🇲🇿Mozambique

42.50%

🇲🇼Malawi

41.88%

🇨🇮Ivory Coast

41.83%

🇬🇦Gabon

38.97%

🇱🇸Lesotho

35.93%

🇬🇲Gambia

35.87%

🇱🇦Laos

35.59%

🇹🇯Tajikistan

35.46%

🇨🇩DR Congo

34.81%

🇹🇬Togo

27.34%

🇿🇦South Africa

26.59%

🇵🇭Philippines

25.38%

🇲🇱Mali

22.48%

🇯🇴Jordan

22.01%

🇳🇪Niger

19.46%

🇸🇱Sierra Leone

16.85%

Highlights

As of 2024, Uganda ranks first with 78.91%, followed by Eswatini (69.09%) and Tanzania (67.14%).

Across 29 countries and territories, values run from 78.91% (Uganda) to 16.85% (Sierra Leone), with a median of 41.88%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 9 from Africa and 1 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Challenge: Obtaining a SIM card, total (% of population ages 15+ without an ID), 2024. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Challenge: Obtaining a SIM card, total (% of population ages 15+ without an ID) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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