Technology
Mobile subscriptions /100
IT.CEL.SETS.P2
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Nicaragua, Haiti. 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.
- Latest value, United Kingdom
- 121.642024
- Period covered
- 1960 - 202453 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 132.58Italy, 2024
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 65.19Haiti, 2022
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
Italy132.582024
China131.752024
Spain130.262024
Netherlands128.542024
United Kingdom121.642024
United States113.192024
Nicaragua105.962024
Haiti65.192022
Year by year values
Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.
| United Kingdom | Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | Nicaragua | Haiti | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 121.64 | 132.58 | 130.26 | 128.54 | 113.19 | 131.75 | 105.96 | |
| 2023 | 122.78 | 131.87 | 127.72 | 125.27 | 112.41 | 128.25 | 105.84 | |
| 2022 | 119.83 | 131.67 | 123.4 | 115.82 | 108.79 | 124.2 | 104.28 | 65.19 |
| 2021 | 117.89 | 130.78 | 119 | 123.45 | 106.32 | 121.49 | 93.82 | 64.35 |
| 2020 | 117.3 | 129.49 | 116.71 | 121.42 | 103.86 | 120.5 | 90.81 | 65.09 |
| 2019 | 120.25 | 132.18 | 116.7 | 124.09 | 105.32 | 122.67 | 89.28 | 61.62 |
| 2018 | 118.18 | 138.26 | 115.01 | 121.16 | 103.94 | 116.23 | 116.27 | 60.23 |
| 2017 | 119.21 | 138.88 | 112.03 | 118.58 | 102.38 | 104.07 | 129.51 | 58.29 |
| 2016 | 119.79 | 142.13 | 110.25 | 121.42 | 102.75 | 97.21 | 124.27 | 60.95 |
| 2015 | 121.21 | 144.76 | 109.39 | 121.64 | 101.83 | 92.54 | 118.13 | 69.37 |
| 2014 | 120.96 | 148.22 | 108.75 | 114.87 | 99.84 | 92.66 | 116.51 | 65.26 |
| 2013 | 122.18 | 159.7 | 107.04 | 114.73 | 97.06 | 89.13 | 113.79 | 70.04 |
| 2012 | 122.47 | 160.56 | 107.76 | 116.56 | 96.13 | 81.21 | 99.16 | 60.53 |
| 2011 | 121.5 | 159.09 | 111.9 | 117.67 | 94.68 | 72.51 | 82.89 | 42.36 |
| 2010 | 121.78 | 155.68 | 109.71 | 114.36 | 91.66 | 63.56 | 69.06 | 40.8 |
| 2009 | 122.36 | 150.3 | 109.47 | 120.77 | 89.05 | 55.66 | 59.13 | 37.65 |
| 2008 | 120.82 | 151.68 | 107.33 | 124.28 | 85.68 | 48.08 | 55.73 | 33.58 |
| 2007 | 119.99 | 151.93 | 106.38 | 116.66 | 82.59 | 41.28 | 45.52 | 26.67 |
| 2006 | 114.79 | 136.87 | 102.24 | 104.86 | 76.86 | 34.98 | 33.78 | 13.02 |
| 2005 | 108.05 | 122.18 | 97.12 | 96.16 | 68.88 | 30.03 | 20.95 | 5.52 |
| 2004 | 99.2 | 107.86 | 89.33 | 90.1 | 63.12 | 25.71 | 14.01 | 4.49 |
| 2003 | 90.7 | 98.32 | 87.56 | 80.65 | 55.41 | 20.85 | 8.96 | 3.65 |
| 2002 | 82.68 | 94.39 | 80.3 | 74.29 | 49.39 | 16.01 | 4.61 | 1.63 |
| 2001 | 78.06 | 89.43 | 71.9 | 75.39 | 45.2 | 11.33 | 3.23 | 1.08 |
| 2000 | 73.58 | 73.76 | 59.15 | 66.97 | 38.89 | 6.72 | 1.8 | 0.66 |
| 1999 | 46.36 | 53.2 | 37.01 | 42.66 | 30.82 | 3.45 | 0.88 | 0.3 |
| 1998 | 25.46 | 35.98 | 15.95 | 21.31 | 25.09 | 1.91 | 0.37 | 0.12 |
| 1997 | 15.18 | 20.62 | 10.8 | 10.99 | 20.31 | 1.07 | 0.15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12.48 | 11.29 | 7.49 | 6.54 | 16.37 | 0.56 | 0.11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9.9 | 6.9 | 2.37 | 3.49 | 12.72 | 0.3 | 0.09 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6.82 | 3.94 | 1.04 | 2.09 | 9.2 | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3.93 | 2.12 | 0.65 | 1.42 | 6.19 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2.62 | 1.38 | 0.46 | 1.1 | 4.32 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2.2 | 1 | 0.28 | 0.76 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1.95 | 0.47 | 0.14 | 0.53 | 2.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1.71 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.38 | 1.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0.98 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0.51 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | 0 | 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.
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