Mobile cellular subscriptions in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 484,835 in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Solomon Islands, 1960–2022
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 484,835 for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2022. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 60.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Solomon Islands peaked at 484,835 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
Solomon Islands ranks 173rd of 213 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 316.4 | 0 | 1,093 | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,108 | 967 | 50,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 365,908 | 115,500 | 482,029 | 10 |
| 2020s | 477,612 | 474,000 | 484,835 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
More infrastructure data for Solomon Islands
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.8934 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 6,978 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 62.07 per 100 people (2022)
- Air transport, passengers carried 157,418 (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 6,974 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 9.14 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 44.7 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 57,230 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 29.0% (2024)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions 0.107 per 100 people (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Solomon Islands?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Solomon Islands was 484,835 in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 484,835 in 2022.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Solomon Islands ranks 173rd out of 213 countries with data for 2022.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.