What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Equatorial Guinea?

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Equatorial Guinea was 49.54 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 Equatorial Guinea?

The highest recorded value was 49.54 per 100 people in 2022.

What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Equatorial Guinea?

The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.

How does Equatorial Guinea rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?

Equatorial Guinea ranks 201st out of 213 countries with data for 2022.

Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?

Over the last ten years it is up 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Equatorial Guinea

Name: Mobile cellular subscriptions in Equatorial Guinea
Creator: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Equatorial Guinea: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 49.54 per 100 people in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)

49.54 per 100 people

Change on year

up 6.7%

World rank

201st

of 213 countries

All-time high

49.54 per 100 people

in 2022

All-time low

0 per 100 people

in 1960

Years of data

1960–2022

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Equatorial Guinea, 1960–2022

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.

Analysis

In 2022, mobile cellular subscriptions in Equatorial Guinea stood at 49.54 per 100 people. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.

That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and up 27.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 49.54 per 100 people in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 per 100 people, in 1960.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 201st 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	0.0199 per 100 people	0 per 100 people	0.0916 per 100 people	10
2000s	8.95 per 100 people	0.711 per 100 people	17.61 per 100 people	10
2010s	37.03 per 100 people	33.58 per 100 people	38.74 per 100 people	10
2020s	46.44 per 100 people	43.35 per 100 people	49.54 per 100 people	3

Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea

198 Somalia 53.96 per 100 people compare
199 Kiribati 53.52 per 100 people compare
200 Yemen 50.89 per 100 people compare
202 Mozambique 49.5 per 100 people compare
203 Djibouti 48.45 per 100 people compare
204 South Sudan 46.62 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for Equatorial Guinea

Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.6315 per 100 people (2022)
Fixed telephone subscriptions 11,389 (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 893,441 (2022)
Air transport, passengers carried 118,427 (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 3,063 (2023)
Air transport, freight 0.7999 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 26 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 14,416 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 63.3% (2024)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 79.8% (2022)

All data for Equatorial Guinea →

Frequently asked questions

What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Equatorial Guinea?: Mobile cellular subscriptions in Equatorial Guinea was 49.54 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 Equatorial Guinea?: The highest recorded value was 49.54 per 100 people in 2022.
What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Equatorial Guinea?: The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
How does Equatorial Guinea rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 201st out of 213 countries with data for 2022.
Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?: Over the last ten years it is up 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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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Indicator: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit: per 100 people
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 260 places, 13,015 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.