Mobile cellular subscriptions in Mauritania
Mauritania: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 4.76 million in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Mauritania, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
The most recent figure for mobile cellular subscriptions in Mauritania is 4.76 million, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Mauritania peaked at 6.51 million in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
Mauritania ranks 127th 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 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2000s | 874,030 | 15,300 | 2.18 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.85 million | 2.78 million | 4.71 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.40 million | 4.56 million | 6.51 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More infrastructure data for Mauritania
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.3095 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 15,997 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 92.07 per 100 people (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 328,992 (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 4,365 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 0 million ton-km (2019)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 0.4 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 82.04 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 45.8% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 7.1% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Mauritania?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Mauritania was 4.76 million in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 6.51 million in 2021.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Mauritania rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Mauritania ranks 127th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.