Mobile cellular subscriptions in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 132.4 per 100 people in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Upper middle income, 1960–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
In 2025, mobile cellular subscriptions in Upper middle income stood at 132.4 per 100 people. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Upper middle income peaked at 132.4 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 | 0.0013 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.0064 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9641 per 100 people | 0.0147 per 100 people | 4.19 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 113.26 per 100 people | 105.5 per 100 people | 121 per 100 people | 5 |
| 2020s | 126.08 per 100 people | 119.7 per 100 people | 132.4 per 100 people | 6 |
More infrastructure data for Upper middle income
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 11 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 313.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 3.76 billion (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.39 billion (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 10.76 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 48,207 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 18,560 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 6,090 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 88.8% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 14.7% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Upper middle income?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Upper middle income was 132.4 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 Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 132.4 per 100 people in 2025.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Upper middle income 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.