Mobile cellular subscriptions in Middle income
Middle income: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 6.20 billion in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Middle income, 1960–2022
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
Middle income recorded 6.20 billion for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2022.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Middle income peaked at 6.27 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 | 24.37 million | 318,575 | 106.93 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.24 billion | 196.92 million | 3.00 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.00 billion | 3.59 billion | 6.09 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.20 billion | 6.12 billion | 6.27 billion | 3 |
More infrastructure data for Middle income
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 7.26 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 415.79 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 108.26 per 100 people (2022)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.66 billion (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 13.02 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 51,933 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 25,616 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 4,360 cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 12.1% (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry 8.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Middle income?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Middle income was 6.20 billion in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 6.27 billion in 2021.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this 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.