Mobile cellular subscriptions in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 203.21 per 100 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in United Arab Emirates, 1982–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 203.21 per 100 people for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in United Arab Emirates peaked at 220.41 per 100 people in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.1995 per 100 people, in 1982.
United Arab Emirates ranks 4th of 213 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6605 per 100 people | 0.1995 per 100 people | 1.39 per 100 people | 8 |
| 1990s | 8.12 per 100 people | 1.77 per 100 people | 26.87 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 96 per 100 people | 40.88 per 100 people | 159.11 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 197.92 per 100 people | 157.47 per 100 people | 220.41 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 195.8 per 100 people | 186.3 per 100 people | 203.21 per 100 people | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for United Arab Emirates
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 20.8 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.29 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 22.41 million (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 91.06 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 435,257 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 13,566 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 0.15 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 14.89 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 100.0% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 47.7% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in United Arab Emirates?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in United Arab Emirates was 203.21 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 220.41 per 100 people in 2016.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1995 per 100 people in 1982.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 4th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.