Mobile cellular subscriptions in Euro area
Euro area: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 424.06 million in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Euro area, 1960–2022
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
Euro area recorded 424.06 million for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2022. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Euro area peaked at 424.06 million in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
That places Euro area 41st out of 48 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1980s | 197,522 | 23,482 | 783,789 | 10 |
| 1990s | 28.70 million | 1.37 million | 120.87 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 312.57 million | 190.66 million | 409.16 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 412.84 million | 396.45 million | 419.79 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 421.33 million | 417.24 million | 424.06 million | 3 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More infrastructure data for Euro area
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 41.34 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 142.04 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 123.5 per 100 people (2022)
- Air transport, passengers carried 611.22 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 33,359 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 4.46 million (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 1,068 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 3,010 cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 24.4% (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry 41.8% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Euro area?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Euro area was 424.06 million in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 424.06 million in 2022.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Euro area rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Euro area ranks 41st out of 48 groups with data for 2022.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Mobile cellular subscriptions. 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.