Mobile cellular subscriptions in Nigeria
Nigeria: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 70.76 per 100 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Nigeria, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 70.76 per 100 people for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2024.
The figure is down 28.1% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Nigeria peaked at 99.59 per 100 people in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 per 100 people, in 1960.
Nigeria ranks 178th 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 | 0.0097 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.0209 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.7 per 100 people | 0.0237 per 100 people | 45.98 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.98 per 100 people | 52.39 per 100 people | 88.12 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.71 per 100 people | 70.76 per 100 people | 99.59 per 100 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More infrastructure data for Nigeria
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.0441 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 102,714 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 164.65 million (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 5.27 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 61,466 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 3.14 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 221 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 990.36 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 41.2% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 40.1% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Nigeria?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Nigeria was 70.76 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 99.59 per 100 people in 2022.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
- How does Nigeria rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Nigeria ranks 178th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.