What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?

The highest recorded value was 76.71 per 100 people in 2022.

What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?

The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.

How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?

Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 45th out of 47 groups with data for 2022.

Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?

Over the last ten years it is up 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) data come from?

The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

Name: Mobile cellular subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Creator: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Mobile cellular subscriptions was 76.71 per 100 people in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)

76.71 per 100 people

Change on year

up 3.0%

Rank

45th

of 47 groups

All-time high

76.71 per 100 people

in 2022

All-time low

0 per 100 people

in 1960

Years of data

1960–2022

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1960–2022

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.

Analysis

Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) recorded 76.71 per 100 people for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2022. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.

The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 52.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 76.71 per 100 people in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 per 100 people, in 1960.

Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 45th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year

Annual values for Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1960 to 2022.
Year	per 100 people	Change
1960	0 per 100 people	—
1965	0 per 100 people	—
1970	0 per 100 people	—
1975	0 per 100 people	—
1976	0 per 100 people	—
1977	0 per 100 people	—
1978	0 per 100 people	—
1979	0 per 100 people	—
1980	0 per 100 people	—
1981	0 per 100 people	—
1982	0 per 100 people	—
1983	0 per 100 people	—
1984	0 per 100 people	—
1985	0 per 100 people	—
1986	0 per 100 people	—
1987	0 per 100 people	—
1988	0 per 100 people	—
1989	0 per 100 people	—
1990	0 per 100 people	—
1991	0.0001 per 100 people	—
1992	0.0009 per 100 people	+997.3%
1993	0.0019 per 100 people	+113.7%
1994	0.0042 per 100 people	+123.8%
1995	0.0104 per 100 people	+146.7%
1996	0.0271 per 100 people	+160.9%
1997	0.0663 per 100 people	+144.4%
1998	0.1453 per 100 people	+119.3%
1999	0.2852 per 100 people	+96.2%
2000	0.6041 per 100 people	+111.8%
2001	1.09 per 100 people	+79.7%
2002	1.7 per 100 people	+56.9%
2003	2.78 per 100 people	+63.0%
2004	4.28 per 100 people	+54.2%
2005	6.39 per 100 people	+49.3%
2006	10.76 per 100 people	+68.4%
2007	16.72 per 100 people	+55.3%
2008	24.78 per 100 people	+48.2%
2009	30.84 per 100 people	+24.4%
2010	36.84 per 100 people	+19.4%
2011	44.6 per 100 people	+21.1%
2012	50.46 per 100 people	+13.2%
2013	56.48 per 100 people	+11.9%
2014	61.75 per 100 people	+9.3%
2015	66.56 per 100 people	+7.8%
2016	65.09 per 100 people	-2.2%
2017	65.14 per 100 people	+0.1%
2018	72.13 per 100 people	+10.7%
2019	68.1 per 100 people	-5.6%
2020	70.93 per 100 people	+4.2%
2021	74.48 per 100 people	+5.0%
2022	76.71 per 100 people	+3.0%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Mobile cellular subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1992	+997.3%	0.0001 per 100 people	0.0009 per 100 people

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0 per 100 people	0 per 100 people	0 per 100 people	2
1970s	0 per 100 people	0 per 100 people	0 per 100 people	6
1980s	0 per 100 people	0 per 100 people	0 per 100 people	10
1990s	0.0541 per 100 people	0 per 100 people	0.2852 per 100 people	10
2000s	9.99 per 100 people	0.6041 per 100 people	30.84 per 100 people	10
2010s	58.72 per 100 people	36.84 per 100 people	72.13 per 100 people	10
2020s	74.04 per 100 people	70.93 per 100 people	76.71 per 100 people	3

Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

42 Malaysia 139.66 per 100 people compare
43 Cayman Islands 139.31 per 100 people compare
44 Lithuania 138.73 per 100 people compare
45 Poland 138.02 per 100 people compare
46 Costa Rica 136.03 per 100 people compare
47 Palau 135.39 per 100 people compare
48 Armenia 134.89 per 100 people compare

See the full ranking of 261 places →

More infrastructure data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

Mobile cellular subscriptions 550.04 million (2022)
Fixed telephone subscriptions 4.38 million (2022)
Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.7035 per 100 people (2022)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0049 units per person (2022)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -18.86 % change on previous year (2022)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 4.38 million (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.616 units per person (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled 550.04 million (2022)

All data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) →

Frequently asked questions

What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?: Mobile cellular subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 76.71 per 100 people in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?: The highest recorded value was 76.71 per 100 people in 2022.
What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?: The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?: Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 45th out of 47 groups with data for 2022.
Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?: Over the last ten years it is up 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) data come from?: The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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: 01 October 2026

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.