Ethiopia: Mobile phone subscribers

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 Ethiopia

Mobile phone subscribers, in millions

 Latest value 71.40
 Year 2022
 Measure million subscribers
 Data availability 1960 - 2022
 Average 9.24
 Min - Max 0.00 - 71.40
 Source The International Telecommunication Union
The latest value from 2022 is 71.4 million subscribers, an increase from 64.5 million subscribers in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 50.52 million subscribers, based on data from 167 countries. Historically, the average for Ethiopia from 1960 to 2022 is 9.24 million subscribers. The minimum value, 0 million subscribers, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 71.4 million subscribers was recorded in 2022. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Recent data
Ethiopia - Mobile phone subscribers - Recent values chart

Historical series
Ethiopia - Mobile phone subscribers - historical chart - 1960-2022




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.

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