Mobile cellular subscriptions in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 3.76 billion in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Upper middle income, 1960–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
In 2025, mobile cellular subscriptions in Upper middle income stood at 3.76 billion. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Upper middle income peaked at 3.76 billion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
Upper middle income ranks 6th of 48 groups on this measure, in the top 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 | 25,665 | 0 | 132,474 | 10 |
| 1990s | 22.25 million | 308,269 | 97.98 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.12 billion | 2.86 billion | 3.38 billion | 5 |
| 2020s | 3.55 billion | 3.35 billion | 3.76 billion | 6 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
More infrastructure data for Upper middle income
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 11 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 313.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 132.4 per 100 people (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.39 billion (2023)
- Air transport, freight 48,207 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 10.76 million (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 18,560 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 6,090 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 88.8% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 14.7% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Upper middle income?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Upper middle income was 3.76 billion in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 3.76 billion in 2025.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Upper middle income rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Upper middle income ranks 6th out of 48 groups with data for 2025.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Upper 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.