Mobile cellular subscriptions in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 6.51 billion in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Low & middle income, 1960–2022
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
The most recent figure for mobile cellular subscriptions in Low & middle income is 6.51 billion, measured in 2022.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 40.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Low & middle income peaked at 6.67 billion in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0, 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 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1980s | 26,804 | 0 | 137,429 | 10 |
| 1990s | 24.42 million | 318,575 | 107.17 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.27 billion | 197.58 million | 3.11 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.26 billion | 3.73 billion | 6.44 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.56 billion | 6.49 billion | 6.67 billion | 3 |
More infrastructure data for Low & middle income
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 6.81 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 417.49 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 104.4 per 100 people (2022)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.68 billion (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 13.24 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 56,028 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 27,923 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 4,242 cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 11.9% (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry 7.7% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Low & middle income?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Low & middle income was 6.51 billion in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 6.67 billion in 2021.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low & 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. 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.