Access to mobile phone
2020
Methodology
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. Performance score from 0 to 100. The highest score reflects the best situation.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2015.
Score
- Africa-
- Sub-Saharan Africa-
- Middle East and North Africa-
- Southern Africa-
- Central Africa-
- East Africa-
- West Africa-
- North Africa-
- Brazil-India-China (BIC)-
- Least Developped Countries (LDC)-
- No LDC-
- High income non OECD-
- Upper middle income countries-
- Lower middle income-
- Low income countries-
- Outsize the Franc zone-
- Franc CFA zone-
- WAMEU-
- CEMAC-
- Algeria46
- Angola8
- Benin38
- Botswana85
- Brazil42
- Burkina Faso48
- Burundi15
- Cameroon33
- Cape Verde42
- Central African Republic3
- Chad13
- China56
- Comoros37
- Congo, Dem. Rep.8
- Congo, Rep36
- Cote d'Ivoire78
- Djibouti-
- Egypt39
- Equatorial Guinea9
- Eritrea-
- Ethiopia4
- Gabon68
- Gambia51
- Ghana63
- Guinea47
- Guinea-Bissau42
- India33
- Kenya53
- Lesotho26
- Liberia0
- Libya-
- Madagascar16
- Malawi13
- Mali60
- Mauritania48
- Mauritius76
- Morocco66
- Mozambique11
- Namibia53
- Niger17
- Nigeria43
- Rwanda32
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic-
- Sao Tome and Principe30
- Senegal53
- Seychelles100
- Sierra Leone35
- Somalia-
- South Africa84
- South Sudan-
- Sudan31
- Swaziland48
- Tanzania34
- Togo30
- Tunisia60
- Uganda18
- Zambia46
- Zimbabwe36