Mobile cellular subscriptions in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 27.46 million in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Burkina Faso, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
The most recent figure for mobile cellular subscriptions in Burkina Faso is 27.46 million, measured 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 119.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Burkina Faso peaked at 27.46 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
That places Burkina Faso 50th 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 | 979.4 | 0 | 5,036 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.12 million | 25,245 | 3.82 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.46 million | 5.71 million | 20.36 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.33 million | 22.12 million | 27.46 million | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Burkina Faso
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.347 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 81,718 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 116.59 per 100 people (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 103,592 (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 2,437 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 1.47 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 12.5 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 555.33 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 28.3% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 45.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Burkina Faso?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Burkina Faso was 27.46 million in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 27.46 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Burkina Faso ranks 50th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 119.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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.