Mobile cellular subscriptions in IDA only
IDA only: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 88.6 per 100 people in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in IDA only, 1960–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
IDA only recorded 88.6 per 100 people for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2025. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in IDA only peaked at 88.6 per 100 people in 2025 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 | 0.0432 per 100 people | 0.0002 per 100 people | 0.2042 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.02 per 100 people | 0.4214 per 100 people | 31.37 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.35 per 100 people | 38.17 per 100 people | 78.9 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.33 per 100 people | 78.6 per 100 people | 88.6 per 100 people | 6 |
More infrastructure data for IDA only
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.9 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 12.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.15 billion (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 52.64 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 677,075 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 4,889 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 5,133 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 4,238 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 36.1% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 7.6% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in IDA only?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in IDA only was 88.6 per 100 people in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in IDA only?
- The highest recorded value was 88.6 per 100 people in 2025.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in IDA only?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in IDA only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this IDA only 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.