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Mobile cellular subscriptions — Middle East & North Africa

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Middle East & North Africa in 2025 — 107.1 per 100.

2025 107.1 per 100 +2.39% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 107.8 per 1002019
Period minimum 0 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people

Mobile cellular subscriptions — Middle East & North Africa, 1960–202505010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 per 1001965: 0 per 1001970: 0 per 1001975: 0 per 1001976: 0 per 1001977: 0 per 1001978: 0 per 1001979: 0 per 1001980: 0 per 1001981: 0 per 1001982: 0 per 1001983: 0 per 1001984: 0 per 1001985: 0 per 1001986: 0 per 1001987: 0 per 1001988: 0 per 1001989: 0 per 1001990: 0 per 1001991: 0.1 per 1001992: 0.1 per 1001993: 0.1 per 1001994: 0.1 per 1001995: 0.3 per 1001996: 0.7 per 1001997: 1.2 per 1001998: 1.7 per 1001999: 2.4 per 1002000: 4.5 per 1002001: 7.4 per 1002002: 10.1 per 1002003: 13 per 1002004: 18 per 1002005: 27.7 per 1002006: 39.6 per 1002007: 54.7 per 1002008: 66.2 per 1002009: 79.4 per 1002010: 89 per 1002011: 95.4 per 1002012: 100.3 per 1002013: 105.5 per 1002014: 105.8 per 1002015: 105.2 per 1002016: 104 per 1002017: 103.1 per 1002018: 102.2 per 1002019: 107.8 per 1002020: 95.4 per 1002021: 98.3 per 1002022: 101.5 per 1002023: 102.4 per 1002024: 104.6 per 1002025: 107.1 per 100
Change over the period: +107.1

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 107.1 per 100
World 111.5 per 100
Mobile cellular subscriptions — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 107.1 +2.5 +2.39%
2024 104.6 +2.2 +2.15%
2023 102.4 +0.9 +0.89%
2022 101.5 +3.2 +3.26%
2021 98.3 +2.9 +3.04%
2020 95.4 −12.4 −11.5%
2019 107.8 +5.6 +5.48%
2018 102.2 −0.9 −0.87%
2017 103.1 −0.9 −0.87%
2016 104 −1.2 −1.14%
2015 105.2 −0.6 −0.56%
2014 105.8 +0.3 +0.28%
2013 105.5 +5.2 +5.15%
2012 100.3 +4.9 +5.15%
2011 95.4 +6.4 +7.23%
2010 89 +9.6 +12.14%
2009 79.4 +13.2 +19.94%
2008 66.2 +11.4 +20.89%
2007 54.7 +15.1 +38.06%
2006 39.6 +11.9 +42.89%
2005 27.7 +9.7 +53.72%
2004 18 +5 +38.36%
2003 13 +3 +29.74%
2002 10.1 +2.7 +36.2%
2001 7.4 +2.9 +64.8%
2000 4.5 +2.1 +86.16%
1999 2.4 +0.7 +44.84%
1998 1.7 +0.5 +40.36%
1997 1.2 +0.5 +70.14%
1996 0.7 +0.4 +105.08%
1995 0.3 +0.2 +132.46%
1994 0.1 +0 +50.37%
1993 0.1 +0 +37.08%
1992 0.1 +0 +19.36%
1991 0.1 +0 +46.61%
1990 0 +0 +56.55%
1989 0 +0 +44.84%
1988 0 +0 +13.46%
1987 0 +0 +52.22%
1986 0 +0 +152.39%
1985 0 +0 +62.7%
1984 0 +0 +34.19%
1983 0 +0 +48.26%
1982 0 +0 —
1981 0 +0 —
1980 0 +0 —
1979 0 +0 —
1978 0 +0 —
1977 0 +0 —
1976 0 +0 —
1975 0 — —
1970 0 — —
1965 0 — —
1960 0 — —

About the indicator

The number of active mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. SIM cards are counted, not people, so the indicator regularly runs above 100: many users hold several numbers, on top of the SIMs in devices and modems. Sharp drops usually mean that operators have cleared out inactive numbers, not that subscribers have been lost.

Source: ICT Indicators (ITU), license ITU terms of use.

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