Europe & Central Asia vs Libya: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Europe & Central Asia
134.6 per 100 people
in 2025
Libya
192.97 per 100 people
in 2022
Europe & Central Asia rank
5th
Libya rank
7th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Europe & Central Asia
  • Libya
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 192.97 per 100 people against 134.6 per 100 people in Europe & Central Asia, a difference of 58.37 per 100 people.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.4 times Europe & Central Asia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Libya ahead.

Europe & Central Asia ranks 5th and Libya ranks 7th of 48 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Europe & Central Asia averaged higher in 3 and Libya in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia Libya Difference Ahead
1960s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people
1970s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people
1980s 0.078 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0.078 per 100 people Europe & Central Asia
1990s 5.28 per 100 people 0.1199 per 100 people 5.16 per 100 people Europe & Central Asia
2000s 76.25 per 100 people 45.55 per 100 people 30.7 per 100 people Europe & Central Asia
2010s 123.18 per 100 people 143.68 per 100 people 20.51 per 100 people Libya
2020s 125.3 per 100 people 184.36 per 100 people 59.06 per 100 people Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Europe & Central Asia or Libya?
Libya, at 192.97 per 100 people against 134.6 per 100 people in Europe & Central Asia as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Europe & Central Asia and Libya?
58.37 per 100 people, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia and Libya?
50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Europe & Central Asia and Libya rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Europe & Central Asia ranks 5th and Libya ranks 7th of 48 groups.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,015 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.