Mobile cellular subscriptions in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 96.37 per 100 people in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Early-demographic dividend, 1960–2022
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 Early-demographic dividend is 96.37 per 100 people, measured in 2022.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 97.83 per 100 people in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 per 100 people, in 1960.
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 | 0.0006 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.0028 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4286 per 100 people | 0.0092 per 100 people | 1.86 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.94 per 100 people | 3.24 per 100 people | 54.95 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.97 per 100 people | 67.2 per 100 people | 96.36 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.62 per 100 people | 95.66 per 100 people | 97.83 per 100 people | 3 |
More infrastructure data for Early-demographic dividend
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 5.17 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 170.78 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 3.17 billion (2022)
- Air transport, passengers carried 772.17 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 5.87 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 21,849 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 12,080 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 3,496 cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 9.4% (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry 4.1% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Early-demographic dividend?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Early-demographic dividend was 96.37 per 100 people in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 97.83 per 100 people in 2021.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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.