Mobile cellular subscriptions in OECD members
OECD members: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 122.31 per 100 people in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in OECD members, 1960–2022
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mobile cellular subscriptions in OECD members is 122.31 per 100 people, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in OECD members peaked at 122.31 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 | 0.1541 per 100 people | 0.0023 per 100 people | 0.6443 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.61 per 100 people | 0.9607 per 100 people | 31.36 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.4 per 100 people | 44.01 per 100 people | 100.34 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 110.77 per 100 people | 101.85 per 100 people | 116.86 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 119.6 per 100 people | 116.85 per 100 people | 122.31 per 100 people | 3 |
More infrastructure data for OECD members
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 31.35 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 429.13 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.69 billion (2022)
- Air transport, passengers carried 2.43 billion (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 20.67 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 121,066 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 12,756 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 9,318 cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 16.1% (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry 34.5% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in OECD members?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in OECD members was 122.31 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 OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 122.31 per 100 people in 2022.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this OECD members 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.