Mobile cellular subscriptions in Angola
Angola: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 26.41 million in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Angola, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
Angola recorded 26.41 million for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2024. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 87.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Angola peaked at 26.41 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
That places Angola 52nd out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 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 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,909 | 0 | 24,000 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.58 million | 25,806 | 8.11 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.99 million | 9.40 million | 14.83 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.17 million | 14.64 million | 26.41 million | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Angola
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.2119 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 80,267 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 69.7 per 100 people (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.32 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 14,831 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 70.71 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 148 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 4,153 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 40.7% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 45.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Angola?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Angola was 26.41 million in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 26.41 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Angola rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Angola ranks 52nd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Mobile cellular subscriptions. 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.