What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?

The highest recorded value was 76.71 per 100 people in 2022.

What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?

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

Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?

Over the last ten years it is up 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

Name: Mobile cellular subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Creator: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Mobile cellular subscriptions was 76.71 per 100 people in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)

76.71 per 100 people

Change on year

up 3.0%

All-time high

76.71 per 100 people

in 2022

All-time low

0 per 100 people

in 1960

Years of data

1960–2022

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1960–2022

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

Analysis

Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) recorded 76.71 per 100 people for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2022. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.

The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 52.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 76.71 per 100 people in 2022 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 per 100 people	0 per 100 people	0 per 100 people	10
1990s	0.0541 per 100 people	0 per 100 people	0.2852 per 100 people	10
2000s	9.99 per 100 people	0.6041 per 100 people	30.84 per 100 people	10
2010s	58.72 per 100 people	36.84 per 100 people	72.13 per 100 people	10
2020s	74.04 per 100 people	70.93 per 100 people	76.71 per 100 people	3

More infrastructure data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.7035 per 100 people (2022)
Fixed telephone subscriptions 4.38 million (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 550.04 million (2022)
Air transport, passengers carried 34.62 million (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 437,952 (2023)
Air transport, freight 4,252 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 4,053 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 4,539 cubic meters (2022)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 7.5% (2022)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry 1.8% (2022)

All data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) →

Frequently asked questions

What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?: Mobile cellular subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 76.71 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?: The highest recorded value was 76.71 per 100 people in 2022.
What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?: The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?: Over the last ten years it is up 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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.