Mobile cellular subscriptions in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries): Mobile cellular subscriptions was 664.00 million in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), 1960–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 664.00 million for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2025. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 664.00 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 33rd of 48 groups on this measure, 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 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1980s | 3,092 | 0 | 15,606 | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.01 million | 32,049 | 16.43 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 250.13 million | 32.56 million | 521.85 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 566.84 million | 533.90 million | 596.70 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 625.67 million | 588.00 million | 664.00 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
More infrastructure data for Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 11.3 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 53.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 142.4 per 100 people (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 269.09 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 11,804 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 2.02 million (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 5,128 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 11,184 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 90.8% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 14.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) was 664.00 million in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 664.00 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 33rd out of 48 groups with data for 2025.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.