Mobile cellular subscriptions in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 15.68 million in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Zimbabwe, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 15.68 million for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2024. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Zimbabwe peaked at 15.68 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
Zimbabwe ranks 73rd 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 | 19,873 | 0 | 174,000 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 million | 266,441 | 3.99 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.08 million | 7.70 million | 14.09 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.48 million | 13.19 million | 15.68 million | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Zimbabwe
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.79 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 298,047 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 94.25 per 100 people (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 92,494 (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 2,085 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 3.78 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 12.26 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 762.96 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 41.6% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 11.1% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Zimbabwe?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Zimbabwe was 15.68 million in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 15.68 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Zimbabwe ranks 73rd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.