North Korea: Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people

The latest value from 2022 is 24.13 subscribers per 100 people, an increase from 22.87 subscribers per 100 people in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 112.11 subscribers per 100 people, based on data from 195 countries. Historically, the average for North Korea from 1960 to 2022 is 3.22 subscribers per 100 people. The minimum value, 0 subscribers per 100 people, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 24.13 subscribers per 100 people was recorded in 2022. See the global rankings 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.