Panama: Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people

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 Panama

Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people

 Latest value 156.59
 Year 2023
 Measure subscribers per 100 people
 Data availability 1960 - 2023
 Average 52.90
 Min - Max 0.00 - 183.17
 Source The International Telecommunication Union
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The latest value from 2023 is 156.59 subscribers per 100 people, an increase from 152.06 subscribers per 100 people in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 119.66 subscribers per 100 people, based on data from 165 countries. Historically, the average for Panama from 1960 to 2023 is 52.9 subscribers per 100 people. The minimum value, 0 subscribers per 100 people, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 183.17 subscribers per 100 people was recorded in 2010. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Panama: Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people
 2023 156.59
 2022 152.06
 2021 147.90
 2020 142.28
 2019 137.57
 2018 137.30
 2017 128.83
 2016 127.62




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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