Mobile cellular subscriptions in Rwanda
Rwanda: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 93.2 per 100 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Rwanda, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 93.2 per 100 people for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2024. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Rwanda peaked at 93.2 per 100 people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 per 100 people, in 1960.
That places Rwanda 154th out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
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 | 0.0201 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.1373 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.54 per 100 people | 0.4748 per 100 people | 24.15 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.31 per 100 people | 34.4 per 100 people | 77.68 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.63 per 100 people | 80.6 per 100 people | 93.2 per 100 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 151 Canada 94.11 per 100 people compare
- 152 Curacao 93.8 per 100 people compare
- 153 Dominican Republic 93.71 per 100 people compare
- 155 British Virgin Islands 93.13 per 100 people compare
- 156 Mauritania 92.07 per 100 people compare
- 157 New Caledonia 91.68 per 100 people compare
More infrastructure data for Rwanda
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.0649 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 9,255 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 13.29 million (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.54 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 0 million ton-km (2019)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 14,403 (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 9.5 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 695.92 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 31.7% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 38.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Rwanda?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Rwanda was 93.2 per 100 people in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 93.2 per 100 people in 2024.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
- How does Rwanda rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Rwanda ranks 154th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.