Mobile cellular subscriptions in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 60.1 per 100 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Afghanistan, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mobile cellular subscriptions in Afghanistan is 60.1 per 100 people, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 8.2% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Afghanistan peaked at 67.05 per 100 people in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0 per 100 people, in 1960.
Afghanistan ranks 194th of 213 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 6 |
| 1980s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.44 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 38.23 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.96 per 100 people | 36.12 per 100 people | 67.05 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.33 per 100 people | 55.55 per 100 people | 60.1 per 100 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More infrastructure data for Afghanistan
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.4389 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 181,963 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 25.63 million (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.03 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 6,427 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 0.7942 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 47.15 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 1,162 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 16.1% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 1.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Afghanistan?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Afghanistan was 60.1 per 100 people in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 67.05 per 100 people in 2017.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
- How does Afghanistan rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Afghanistan ranks 194th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.