Mobile cellular subscriptions in Malta
Malta: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 142.07 per 100 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Malta, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
In 2024, mobile cellular subscriptions in Malta stood at 142.07 per 100 people. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Malta peaked at 142.07 per 100 people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 per 100 people, in 1960.
That places Malta 36th out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 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 | 3.08 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 9.48 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.44 per 100 people | 28.62 per 100 people | 100.31 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 123.97 per 100 people | 107.79 per 100 people | 129.92 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 132.33 per 100 people | 122.18 per 100 people | 142.07 per 100 people | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Malta
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 47.35 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 255,500 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 766,620 (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 2.39 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 16,075 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 3.36 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 0.0505 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 95.08 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 93.9% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 63.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Malta?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Malta was 142.07 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 142.07 per 100 people in 2024.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
- How does Malta rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Malta ranks 36th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malta 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.