Mobile cellular subscriptions in Low income
Low income: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 69.3 per 100 people in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Low income, 1960–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
Low income recorded 69.3 per 100 people for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2025. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Low income peaked at 69.3 per 100 people in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0 per 100 people, in 1960.
Low income ranks 47th 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 Low income, year by year
| 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 per 100 people | — |
| 1992 | 0.0007 per 100 people | — |
| 1993 | 0.0022 per 100 people | +230.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0035 per 100 people | +57.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0068 per 100 people | +94.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0103 per 100 people | +51.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0166 per 100 people | +61.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0345 per 100 people | +107.6% |
| 1999 | 0.066 per 100 people | +91.4% |
| 2015 | 52.7 per 100 people | +79711.5% |
| 2016 | 50.8 per 100 people | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 50.7 per 100 people | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 50.6 per 100 people | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 52.3 per 100 people | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 58 per 100 people | +10.9% |
| 2021 | 60.2 per 100 people | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 62.5 per 100 people | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 65.2 per 100 people | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 67 per 100 people | +2.8% |
| 2025 | 69.3 per 100 people | +3.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mobile cellular subscriptions in Low income 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +79711.5% | 0.066 per 100 people | 52.7 per 100 people |
| 1993 | +230.4% | 0.0007 per 100 people | 0.0022 per 100 people |
| 1998 | +107.6% | 0.0166 per 100 people | 0.0345 per 100 people |
| 1995 | +94.1% | 0.0035 per 100 people | 0.0068 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 | 0.0141 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.066 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.42 per 100 people | 50.6 per 100 people | 52.7 per 100 people | 5 |
| 2020s | 63.7 per 100 people | 58 per 100 people | 69.3 per 100 people | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More infrastructure data for Low income
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 445.00 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 7.00 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0091 units per person (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 16.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 7.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.5798 units per person (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled 445.00 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Low income?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Low income was 69.3 per 100 people in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 69.3 per 100 people in 2025.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
- How does Low income rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Low income ranks 47th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low income 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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About this data
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.