Mobile cellular subscriptions in Low income
Low income: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 445.00 million in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Low income, 1960–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
In 2025, mobile cellular subscriptions in Low income stood at 445.00 million. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 42.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Low income peaked at 445.00 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
That places Low income 38th out of 48 groups with data for 2025, 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,726 | 0 | 242,154 | 10 |
| 2010s | 321.66 million | 309.00 million | 345.60 million | 5 |
| 2020s | 383.33 million | 325.00 million | 445.00 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More infrastructure data for Low income
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 7.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 69.3 per 100 people (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 22.26 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 4,095 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 220,720 (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 2,307 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 3,260 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 23.4% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 6.6% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Low income?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Low income was 445.00 million 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 445.00 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Low income rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Low income ranks 38th out of 48 groups with data for 2025.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.7%. 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. 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.