Mobile cellular subscriptions in Venezuela
Venezuela: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 20.17 million in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Venezuela, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
The most recent figure for mobile cellular subscriptions in Venezuela is 20.17 million, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 33.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Venezuela peaked at 30.90 million in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
Venezuela ranks 65th 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 | 548.5 | 0 | 3,685 | 10 |
| 1990s | 845,608 | 7,422 | 3.78 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.45 million | 5.45 million | 28.12 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.91 million | 18.48 million | 30.90 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.47 million | 16.54 million | 20.17 million | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Venezuela
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 8.51 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.42 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 71.01 per 100 people (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.78 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 23,302 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 0.1232 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 805 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 28,533 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 76.7% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 22.6% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Venezuela?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Venezuela was 20.17 million in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 30.90 million in 2013.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Venezuela rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Venezuela ranks 65th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Venezuela 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.