Mobile cellular subscriptions in Zambia
Zambia: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 108.7 per 100 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Zambia, 1960–2024
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 Zambia is 108.7 per 100 people, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is up 6.5% on the previous year and up 70.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Zambia peaked at 108.7 per 100 people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 per 100 people, in 1960.
Zambia ranks 122nd of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | 0.0479 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.293 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.24 per 100 people | 0.9868 per 100 people | 32.67 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.49 per 100 people | 39 per 100 people | 93.01 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 102.54 per 100 people | 98.44 per 100 people | 108.7 per 100 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 119 Turks and Caicos Islands 109.75 per 100 people compare
- 120 Azerbaijan 109.54 per 100 people compare
- 121 Norway 109.35 per 100 people compare
- 123 North Macedonia 108.39 per 100 people compare
- 124 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 108.36 per 100 people compare
- 125 Cameroon 108.21 per 100 people compare
More infrastructure data for Zambia
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.3457 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 73,688 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 23.17 million (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 321,739 (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 12,748 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 104.32 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 80.2 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 3,980 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 17.1% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 18.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Zambia?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Zambia was 108.7 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 108.7 per 100 people in 2024.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
- How does Zambia rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Zambia ranks 122nd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia 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.