Afghanistan: Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people

The latest value from 2024 is 60.1 subscribers per 100 people, an increase from 55.55 subscribers per 100 people in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 124.54 subscribers per 100 people, based on data from 148 countries. Historically, the average for Afghanistan from 1960 to 2024 is 17.75 subscribers per 100 people. The minimum value, 0 subscribers per 100 people, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 67.05 subscribers per 100 people was recorded in 2017. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: 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.