Madagascar: Mobile phone subscribers

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 Madagascar

Mobile phone subscribers, in millions

 Latest value 25.40
 Year 2023
 Measure million subscribers
 Data availability 1960 - 2023
 Average 3.60
 Min - Max 0.00 - 25.40
 Source The International Telecommunication Union
The latest value from 2023 is 25.4 million subscribers, an increase from 19.7 million subscribers in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 49.00 million subscribers, based on data from 140 countries. Historically, the average for Madagascar from 1960 to 2023 is 3.6 million subscribers. The minimum value, 0 million subscribers, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 25.4 million subscribers was recorded in 2023. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Recent data
Madagascar - Mobile phone subscribers - Recent values chart

Historical series
Madagascar - Mobile phone subscribers - historical chart - 1960-2023




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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