Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

Indicator id: mobile_subscriptions · Unit: per 100 people · Coverage: 1980-2023

Subscriptions to a public mobile-telephone service, per 100 people. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included; a single person with multiple SIM cards counts multiple times.

Sources

• World Bank (preferred) -- dataset WDI, code IT.CEL.SETS.P2 (https://data.worldbank.org)

Caveats

Counts SIM subscriptions, not unique subscribers -- can exceed 100 per 100 people where multi-SIM ownership is common.

Taxonomy

SDG: SDG 9.c -- Increase access to ICT and universal internet access
Topic: Infrastructure, Science & Technology
Themes: infrastructure

Also known as

"mobile phone subscriptions", "cell phone use", "mobile penetration", "phones per capita"

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