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IT.CEL.SETS.P2

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Croatia. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

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Latest known value: 132.58 for Italy in 2024, over a series running from 1960 to 2024 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (Italy, 132.58) to the lowest (South Sudan, 46.62).

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Sudan	Sierra Leone	Croatia
2024	132.58	130.26	128.54	113.19	131.75			121.73
2023	131.87	127.72	125.27	112.41	128.25	46.62		117.11
2022	131.67	123.4	115.82	108.79	124.2	48.49	107.88	114.68
2021	130.78	119	123.45	106.32	121.49	30.15	101.64	112.17
2020	129.49	116.71	121.42	103.86	120.5		87	110.67
2019	132.18	116.7	124.09	105.32	122.67	21.32	87.04	110.49
2018	138.26	115.01	121.16	103.94	116.23	18.93	84.12	109.03
2017	138.88	112.03	118.58	102.38	104.07	27.18	89.78	105.79
2016	142.13	110.25	121.42	102.75	97.21	24.93	87.15	106.72
2015	144.76	109.39	121.64	101.83	92.54	26.1	80.38	105.54
2014	148.22	108.75	114.87	99.84	92.66	25.6	69.18	105.73
2013	159.7	107.04	114.73	97.06	89.13	25.55	59.58	111.28
2012	160.56	107.76	116.56	96.13	81.21	21.38	33.73	116.72
2011	159.09	111.9	117.67	94.68	72.51	17.5	33.46	119.49
2010	155.68	109.71	114.36	91.66	63.56	15.39	32.14	114.58
2009	150.3	109.47	120.77	89.05	55.66		19.16	108.46
2008	151.68	107.33	124.28	85.68	48.08		17.11	105.57
2007	151.93	106.38	116.66	82.59	41.28		13.5	116.65
2006	136.87	102.24	104.86	76.86	34.98			101.84
2005	122.18	97.12	96.16	68.88	30.03			84.6
2004	107.86	89.33	90.1	63.12	25.71			65.79
2003	98.32	87.56	80.65	55.41	20.85		2.19	58.92
2002	94.39	80.3	74.29	49.39	16.01		1.35	53.71
2001	89.43	71.9	75.39	45.2	11.33		0.57	40.8
2000	73.76	59.15	66.97	38.89	6.72		0.27	23.88
1999	53.2	37.01	42.66	30.82	3.45		0	6.41
1998	35.98	15.95	21.31	25.09	1.91		0	3.92
1997	20.62	10.8	10.99	20.31	1.07		0	2.56
1996	11.29	7.49	6.54	16.37	0.56		0	1.36
1995	6.9	2.37	3.49	12.72	0.3		0	0.7
1994	3.94	1.04	2.09	9.2	0.13		0	0.45
1993	2.12	0.65	1.42	6.19	0.05		0	0.24
1992	1.38	0.46	1.1	4.32	0.01		0	0.13
1991	1	0.28	0.76	3	0		0	0.04
1990	0.47	0.14	0.53	2.13	0		0	0
1989	0.12	0.08	0.38	1.43	0		0	0
1988	0.06	0.03	0.22	0.85	0		0	0
1987	0.03	0.01	0.16	0.51	0		0	0
1986	0.02	0	0.1	0.29	0		0	0
1985	0.01		0.03	0.14	0		0	0
1984	0			0.04	0		0	0
1983	0		0		0		0	0
1982	0	0	0		0		0	0
1981	0	0	0		0		0	0
1980	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
1979	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
1978	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
1977	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
1976	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
1975	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
1970	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
1965	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
1960	0	0	0	0	0		0	0

World Bank definition

Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

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.

Text published by the World Bank for indicator IT.CEL.SETS.P2, reproduced unchanged.

The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

Latest known value for each country in the region, ranked from highest to lowest. Click a country to add it to your comparison.

The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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