Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people - Country rankings
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 150 countries was 118.2 subscribers per 100 people. The highest value was in Hong Kong: 291.91 subscribers per 100 people and the lowest value was in Mozambique: 42.07 subscribers per 100 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: subscribers per 100 people; Source: The International Telecommunication Union
Select indicator
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Countries | Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people, 2022 | Global rank | Available data |
---|---|---|---|
Hong Kong | 291.91 | 1 | 1960 - 2022 |
UA Emirates | 212.22 | 2 | 1982 - 2022 |
Libya | 204.63 | 3 | 1960 - 2022 |
Montenegro | 203.17 | 4 | 2004 - 2022 |
Seychelles | 191.51 | 5 | 1960 - 2022 |
El Salvador | 181.63 | 6 | 1960 - 2022 |
Kuwait | 181 | 7 | 1960 - 2022 |
Thailand | 176.32 | 8 | 1960 - 2022 |
Macao | 174.52 | 9 | 1960 - 2022 |
Qatar | 174.13 | 10 | 1960 - 2022 |
Ivory Coast | 174.03 | 11 | 1960 - 2022 |
Japan | 167.52 | 12 | 1960 - 2022 |
South Africa | 167.4 | 13 | 1960 - 2022 |
Botswana | 165.3 | 14 | 1960 - 2022 |
Iran | 164.5 | 15 | 1960 - 2022 |
Mauritius | 161.36 | 16 | 1960 - 2022 |
Singapore | 156.48 | 17 | 1960 - 2022 |
Panama | 156.31 | 18 | 1960 - 2022 |
Georgia | 156.09 | 19 | 1960 - 2022 |
Colombia | 155.79 | 20 | 1960 - 2022 |
Estonia | 155.03 | 21 | 1960 - 2022 |
Israel | 152.22 | 22 | 1990 - 2022 |
Costa Rica | 152.03 | 23 | 1960 - 2022 |
Suriname | 150.29 | 24 | 1960 - 2022 |
South Korea | 148.59 | 25 | 1960 - 2022 |
Bahrain | 145.44 | 26 | 1960 - 2022 |
Philippines | 144.04 | 27 | 1960 - 2022 |
Sri Lanka | 143.08 | 28 | 1960 - 2022 |
Mongolia | 142.29 | 29 | 1960 - 2022 |
Andorra | 142.21 | 30 | 1960 - 2022 |
Malaysia | 141.29 | 31 | 1960 - 2022 |
Vietnam | 139.95 | 32 | 1960 - 2022 |
Lithuania | 139.14 | 33 | 1960 - 2022 |
Uruguay | 138.53 | 34 | 1960 - 2022 |
Maldives | 136.54 | 35 | 1960 - 2022 |
Armenia | 135.25 | 36 | 1960 - 2022 |
Chile | 134.75 | 37 | 1960 - 2022 |
Italy | 132.97 | 38 | 1960 - 2022 |
Palau | 132.93 | 39 | 2002 - 2022 |
Saudi Arabia | 132.38 | 40 | 1990 - 2022 |
Argentina | 132.36 | 41 | 1960 - 2022 |
Poland | 131.94 | 42 | 1960 - 2022 |
Slovakia | 131.93 | 43 | 1960 - 2022 |
Malta | 131.59 | 44 | 1960 - 2022 |
Tr.&Tobago | 130.57 | 45 | 1960 - 2022 |
Kazakhstan | 130.42 | 46 | 1960 - 2022 |
Tunisia | 129.26 | 47 | 1960 - 2022 |
Finland | 128.68 | 48 | 1960 - 2022 |
Czechia | 128.41 | 49 | 1960 - 2022 |
Paraguay | 127.7 | 50 | 1960 - 2022 |
Moldova | 127.42 | 51 | 1960 - 2022 |
Denmark | 126.55 | 52 | 1960 - 2022 |
Liechtenstein | 126.28 | 53 | 1990 - 2022 |
Slovenia | 126.18 | 54 | 1960 - 2022 |
G.-Bissau | 125.93 | 55 | 1960 - 2022 |
Gabon | 125.39 | 56 | 1960 - 2022 |
Germany | 125.23 | 57 | 1960 - 2022 |
Sweden | 125.07 | 58 | 1960 - 2022 |
China | 124.88 | 59 | 1960 - 2022 |
Portugal | 124.55 | 60 | 1960 - 2022 |
Spain | 124.1 | 61 | 1960 - 2022 |
Belarus | 123.45 | 62 | 1960 - 2022 |
Austria | 123.43 | 63 | 1960 - 2022 |
Iceland | 122.52 | 64 | 1960 - 2022 |
Swaziland | 122.17 | 65 | 1960 - 2022 |
Peru | 122.03 | 66 | 1960 - 2022 |
San Marino | 121.81 | 67 | 1990 - 2022 |
Kenya | 121.67 | 68 | 1960 - 2022 |
UK | 120.82 | 69 | 1960 - 2022 |
Senegal | 120.43 | 70 | 1960 - 2022 |
Puerto Rico | 119.79 | 71 | 1960 - 2022 |
Ghana | 119.62 | 72 | 1960 - 2022 |
Switzerland | 119.56 | 73 | 1960 - 2022 |
France | 118.85 | 74 | 1960 - 2022 |
Romania | 118.11 | 75 | 1960 - 2022 |
Netherlands | 118.07 | 76 | 1960 - 2022 |
Bosnia & Herz. | 117.89 | 77 | 1960 - 2022 |
Brunei | 117.76 | 78 | 1960 - 2022 |
Bulgaria | 117.43 | 79 | 1960 - 2022 |
Latvia | 117.1 | 80 | 1960 - 2022 |
Cambodia | 116.33 | 81 | 1960 - 2022 |
Guatemala | 115.18 | 82 | 1960 - 2022 |
Indonesia | 114.9 | 83 | 1960 - 2022 |
Barbados | 114.86 | 84 | 1960 - 2022 |
New Zealand | 114.69 | 85 | 1960 - 2022 |
Mali | 114.5 | 86 | 1960 - 2022 |
Ireland | 113.28 | 87 | 1960 - 2022 |
Namibia | 113.2 | 88 | 1960 - 2022 |
Mauritania | 113.12 | 89 | 1960 - 2022 |
Gibraltar | 112.43 | 90 | 1960 - 2022 |
Croatia | 111.17 | 91 | 1960 - 2022 |
Norway | 110.68 | 92 | 1960 - 2022 |
USA | 110.17 | 93 | 1960 - 2022 |
Algeria | 109.17 | 94 | 1960 - 2022 |
Greece | 109.06 | 95 | 1960 - 2022 |
Benin | 108.97 | 96 | 1960 - 2022 |
Australia | 107.03 | 97 | 1960 - 2022 |
Azerbaijan | 106.85 | 98 | 1960 - 2022 |
Monaco | 106.82 | 99 | 1960 - 2022 |
Burma | 106.7 | 100 | 1960 - 2022 |
Jamaica | 106.2 | 101 | 1960 - 2022 |
Turkey | 105.81 | 102 | 1960 - 2022 |
Bangladesh | 105.26 | 103 | 1960 - 2022 |
Hungary | 104.06 | 104 | 1960 - 2022 |
Uzbekistan | 103.07 | 105 | 1960 - 2022 |
Belgium | 101.87 | 106 | 1960 - 2022 |
Nigeria | 101.69 | 107 | 1960 - 2022 |
St. Vincent & ... | 100.46 | 108 | 1960 - 2022 |
Mexico | 100.29 | 109 | 1960 - 2022 |
Comoros | 100.24 | 110 | 1960 - 2022 |
Cape Verde | 99.23 | 111 | 1960 - 2022 |
Zambia | 99.1 | 112 | 1960 - 2022 |
Brazil | 98.89 | 113 | 1960 - 2022 |
Bahamas | 98.54 | 114 | 1960 - 2022 |
Iraq | 98.18 | 115 | 1960 - 2022 |
Albania | 97.89 | 116 | 1960 - 2022 |
North Macedonia | 97.83 | 117 | 1960 - 2022 |
Ecuador | 97.17 | 118 | 1960 - 2022 |
Bhutan | 94.89 | 119 | 1960 - 2022 |
Egypt | 93.21 | 120 | 1960 - 2022 |
Tanzania | 91.9 | 121 | 1960 - 2022 |
Canada | 91.23 | 122 | 1960 - 2022 |
Domin. Rep. | 90.39 | 123 | 1960 - 2022 |
Zimbabwe | 87.62 | 124 | 1960 - 2022 |
S.T.&Principe | 86.78 | 125 | 1960 - 2022 |
Cameroon | 82.78 | 126 | 1960 - 2022 |
Pakistan | 81.75 | 127 | 1960 - 2022 |
India | 80.65 | 128 | 1960 - 2022 |
Rwanda | 79.86 | 129 | 1960 - 2022 |
Vanuatu | 78.2 | 130 | 1960 - 2022 |
Honduras | 76.08 | 131 | 1960 - 2022 |
Togo | 74.18 | 132 | 1960 - 2022 |
Sudan | 73.97 | 133 | 1960 - 2022 |
Madagascar | 70.18 | 134 | 1960 - 2022 |
Uganda | 69.99 | 135 | 1960 - 2022 |
Chad | 68.2 | 136 | 1960 - 2022 |
Jordan | 67.57 | 137 | 1960 - 2022 |
Lesotho | 67.52 | 138 | 1960 - 2022 |
Angola | 67.37 | 139 | 1960 - 2022 |
Venezuela | 63.42 | 140 | 1960 - 2022 |
Samoa | 60.4 | 141 | 1960 - 2022 |
Malawi | 60.13 | 142 | 1960 - 2022 |
Burundi | 57.96 | 143 | 1960 - 2022 |
Ethiopia | 56.02 | 144 | 1960 - 2022 |
Eq. Guinea | 53.34 | 145 | 1960 - 2022 |
DR Congo | 50.34 | 146 | 1960 - 2022 |
Somalia | 50.26 | 147 | 1960 - 2022 |
Kiribati | 48.83 | 148 | 1960 - 2022 |
Djibouti | 46.33 | 149 | 1960 - 2022 |
Mozambique | 42.07 | 150 | 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.
Selected articles from our guide:
The unholy trinity of international finance
Most commonly used measures of corruption
All articles
291.91
212.22
204.63
203.17
191.51
181.63
181.00
176.32
174.52
174.13
174.03
167.52
167.40
165.30
164.50
161.36
156.48
156.31
156.09
155.79
155.03
152.22
152.03
150.29
148.59
145.44
144.04
143.08
142.29
142.21
141.29
139.95
139.14
138.53
136.54
135.25
134.75
132.97
132.93
132.38
132.36
131.94
131.93
131.59
130.57
130.42
129.26
128.68
128.41
127.70
127.42
126.55
126.28
126.18
125.93
125.39
125.23
125.07
124.88
124.55
124.10
123.45
123.43
122.52
122.17
122.03
121.81
121.67
120.82
120.43
119.79
119.62
119.56
118.85
118.11
118.07
117.89
117.76
117.43
117.10
116.33
115.18
114.90
114.86
114.69
114.50
113.28
113.20
113.12
112.43
111.17
110.68
110.17
109.17
109.06
108.97
107.03
106.85
106.82
106.70
106.20
105.81
105.26
104.06
103.07
101.87
101.69
100.46
100.29
100.24
99.23
99.10
98.89
98.54
98.18
97.89
97.83
97.17
94.89
93.21
91.90
91.23
90.39
87.62
86.78
82.78
81.75
80.65
79.86
78.20
76.08
74.18
73.97
70.18
69.99
68.20
67.57
67.52
67.37
63.42
60.40
60.13
57.96
56.02
53.34
50.34
50.26
48.83
46.33
42.07
0
73
146
218.9
291.91
Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people in Europe Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people in Asia Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people in Africa Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people in North America Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people in South America Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people in Australia/Oceania Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people in the European union Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people in Sub Sahara Africa Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people in MENA Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people in South East Asia Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people in Latin America