Mobile cellular subscriptions in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 2.84 billion in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Lower middle income, 1960–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 2.84 billion for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Lower middle income peaked at 2.86 billion in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
Lower middle income ranks 10th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0 | — |
| 1965 | 0 | — |
| 1970 | 0 | — |
| 1975 | 0 | — |
| 1976 | 0 | — |
| 1977 | 0 | — |
| 1978 | 0 | — |
| 1979 | 0 | — |
| 1980 | 0 | — |
| 1981 | 0 | — |
| 1982 | 0 | — |
| 1983 | 0 | — |
| 1984 | 0 | — |
| 1985 | 0 | — |
| 1986 | 0 | — |
| 1987 | 2,911 | — |
| 1988 | 3,527 | +21.2% |
| 1989 | 4,955 | +40.5% |
| 1990 | 10,306 | +108.0% |
| 1991 | 53,896 | +423.0% |
| 1992 | 88,145 | +63.5% |
| 1993 | 177,345 | +101.2% |
| 1994 | 307,635 | +73.5% |
| 1995 | 928,284 | +201.7% |
| 1996 | 1.93 million | +108.4% |
| 1997 | 3.58 million | +85.0% |
| 1998 | 5.16 million | +44.4% |
| 1999 | 8.94 million | +73.2% |
| 2015 | 2.28 billion | +25426.8% |
| 2016 | 2.45 billion | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 2.53 billion | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 2.64 billion | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 2.73 billion | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 2.76 billion | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 2.79 billion | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 2.85 billion | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 2.86 billion | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 2.84 billion | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 2.84 billion | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mobile cellular subscriptions in Lower middle 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 | +25426.8% | 8.94 million | 2.28 billion |
| 1991 | +423.0% | 10,306 | 53,896 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1980s | 1,139 | 0 | 4,955 | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.12 million | 10,306 | 8.94 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.53 billion | 2.28 billion | 2.73 billion | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.82 billion | 2.76 billion | 2.86 billion | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More infrastructure data for Lower middle income
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 89.9 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 94.00 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0319 units per person (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 13.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 94.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.9646 units per person (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled 2.84 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Lower middle income?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Lower middle income was 2.84 billion in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 2.86 billion in 2023.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Lower middle income rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Lower middle income ranks 10th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lower middle 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.