Mobile phone non-users from different countries disagree over whether they want a device in the future % of mobile phone non-users who would like to get a mobile phone in the future
Despite these issues, a share of those who do not use phones in some of these emerging economies would like to do so. That is not universally the case, however. A median of 47% of non-users say they would like to have a mobile phone. That sentiment among non-users ranges from 86% of non-users in Venezuela to 9% in Lebanon.
Mobile phone non-users from different  | countries disagree over whether they  | want a device in the future  | % of mobile phone non-users who would like to get a  | mobile phone in the future  | Venezuela  | 86%  | South Africa  | 65  | Colombia  | 61  | Tunisia  | 52  | Mexico  | 41  | Philippines  | 35  | India  | 31  | Lebanon  | 9  | 8-COUNTRY  | 47  | MEDIAN  | Note: Jordan, Kenya and Vietnam excluded due to low sample size.  | Source: Mobile Technology and Its Social Impact Survey 2018 Q29.  | "Mobile Divides in Emerging Economies"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 