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Mobile cellular subscriptions — Somalia

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Somalia in 2023 — 54 per 100. Ranked 165 in the world out of 172.

2023 54 per 100 +8.61% vs 2022
World rank 165of 172
Period maximum 54 per 1002023
Period minimum 0 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · per 100 people

Mobile cellular subscriptions — Somalia, 1960–2023020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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 per 1001992: 0 per 1001993: 0 per 1001994: 0 per 1001995: 0 per 1001996: 0 per 1001997: 0 per 1001998: 0 per 1001999: 0 per 1002000: 0.9 per 1002001: 0.9 per 1002002: 1 per 1002003: 2 per 1002004: 4.9 per 1002005: 4.7 per 1002006: 5 per 1002007: 5.3 per 1002008: 5.4 per 1002009: 5.4 per 1002010: 5.3 per 1002011: 14.6 per 1002012: 18.5 per 1002013: 40.3 per 1002014: 41.2 per 1002015: 42.3 per 1002016: 46.4 per 1002017: 47.7 per 1002018: 49.5 per 1002019: 51.3 per 1002020: 53.1 per 1002021: 51.2 per 1002022: 49.7 per 1002023: 54 per 100
Change over the period: +54

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Somalia

Somalia 54 per 100
World 109.8 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 90 per 100
Eastern Africa computed 78.7 per 100
Low-income countries computed 63.6 per 100
Mobile cellular subscriptions — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2023 54 +4.3 +8.61%
2022 49.7 −1.5 −2.98%
2021 51.2 −1.9 −3.59%
2020 53.1 +1.8 +3.5%
2019 51.3 +1.8 +3.62%
2018 49.5 +1.8 +3.77%
2017 47.7 +1.4 +2.93%
2016 46.4 +4.1 +9.7%
2015 42.3 +1 +2.52%
2014 41.2 +1 +2.38%
2013 40.3 +21.8 +118.2%
2012 18.5 +3.9 +26.63%
2011 14.6 +9.3 +175.73%
2010 5.3 −0.1 −1.36%
2009 5.4 −0 −0.32%
2008 5.4 +0.1 +1.45%
2007 5.3 +0.3 +5.75%
2006 5 +0.3 +6.68%
2005 4.7 −0.2 −3.41%
2004 4.9 +2.8 +140.96%
2003 2 +1 +92.75%
2002 1 +0.1 +13.32%
2001 0.9 +0 +2.09%
2000 0.9 +0.9 —
1999 0 +0 —
1998 0 +0 —
1997 0 +0 —
1996 0 +0 —
1995 0 +0 —
1994 0 +0 —
1993 0 +0 —
1992 0 +0 —
1991 0 +0 —
1990 0 +0 —
1989 0 +0 —
1988 0 +0 —
1987 0 +0 —
1986 0 +0 —
1985 0 +0 —
1984 0 +0 —
1983 0 +0 —
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 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MU Mauritius 165.3 SC Seychelles 129.2 KE Kenya 120.6 KM Comoros 109.9 TZ Tanzania 105.4 ZM Zambia 102.1 ZW Zimbabwe 91.6 RW Rwanda 91.5 UG Uganda 76.3 MG Madagascar 75.5 BI Burundi 63.2 MW Malawi 61.1 ET Ethiopia 59.9 SO Somalia 54 DJ Djibouti 48.5 MZ Mozambique 47.5 SS South Sudan 46.6
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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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