Mobile cellular subscriptions in Angola
Angola: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 69.7 per 100 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Angola, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
Angola recorded 69.7 per 100 people for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 34.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Angola peaked at 70.05 per 100 people in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 per 100 people, in 1960.
Angola ranks 181st 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 | 0.0322 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.1512 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.24 per 100 people | 0.1593 per 100 people | 36.18 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.97 per 100 people | 40.37 per 100 people | 51.74 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.9 per 100 people | 43.78 per 100 people | 70.05 per 100 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
More infrastructure data for Angola
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.2119 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 80,267 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 26.41 million (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.32 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 14,831 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 70.71 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 148 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 4,153 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 40.7% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 45.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Angola?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Angola was 69.7 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 Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 70.05 per 100 people in 2023.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
- How does Angola rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Angola ranks 181st out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola 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.