Libya vs Upper middle income: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

Libya
192.97 per 100 people
in 2022
Upper middle income
132.4 per 100 people
in 2025
Libya rank
7th
Upper middle income rank
6th

Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time

  • Libya
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 192.97 per 100 people against 132.4 per 100 people in Upper middle income, a difference of 60.57 per 100 people.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.5 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Upper middle income ahead.

Libya ranks 7th and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 214 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Libya Upper middle income 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 per 100 people 0.0013 per 100 people 0.0013 per 100 people Upper middle income
1990s 0.1199 per 100 people 0.9641 per 100 people 0.8442 per 100 people Upper middle income
2010s 129.52 per 100 people 112.58 per 100 people 16.94 per 100 people Libya
2020s 184.36 per 100 people 122.23 per 100 people 62.13 per 100 people Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Libya or Upper middle income?
Libya, at 192.97 per 100 people against 132.4 per 100 people in Upper middle income as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Libya and Upper middle income?
60.57 per 100 people, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Upper middle income?
35 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Libya and Upper middle income rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Libya ranks 7th and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 214 countries.
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
261 places, 13,022 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.