Mozambique: Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people

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 Mozambique

Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people

 Latest value 49.50
 Year 2024
 Measure subscribers per 100 people
 Data availability 1960 - 2024
 Average 15.42
 Min - Max 0.00 - 75.84
 Source The International Telecommunication Union
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The latest value from 2024 is 49.5 subscribers per 100 people, an increase from 47.5 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 Mozambique from 1960 to 2024 is 15.42 subscribers per 100 people. The minimum value, 0 subscribers per 100 people, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 75.84 subscribers per 100 people was recorded in 2015. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Mozambique: Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people
 2024 49.50
 2023 47.50
 2022 45.82
 2021 43.16
 2020 50.23
 2019 49.44
 2018 48.50
 2017 42.16




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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