Mobile cellular subscriptions — all countries

Mobile cellular subscriptions — Western Europe

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Western Europe in 2024 — 126.5 per 100.

2024 126.5 per 100 +4.61% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 126.5 per 1002024
Period minimum 0 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Mobile cellular subscriptions — Western Europe, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 0.1 per 1001988: 0.2 per 1001989: 0.3 per 1001990: 0.5 per 1001991: 0.8 per 1001992: 1.1 per 1001993: 1.7 per 1001994: 2.5 per 1001995: 3.7 per 1001996: 6 per 1001997: 10.5 per 1001998: 19 per 1001999: 34.3 per 1002000: 57.1 per 1002001: 68 per 1002002: 70.7 per 1002003: 76.7 per 1002004: 82.9 per 1002005: 90.3 per 1002006: 97.2 per 1002007: 106.9 per 1002008: 114.9 per 1002009: 114.9 per 1002010: 106 per 1002011: 109.2 per 1002012: 111.3 per 1002013: 115.3 per 1002014: 115.8 per 1002015: 115.1 per 1002016: 117.1 per 1002017: 119.6 per 1002018: 119 per 1002019: 119.5 per 1002020: 119.6 per 1002021: 120.4 per 1002022: 119.2 per 1002023: 120.9 per 1002024: 126.5 per 100
Change over the period: +126.5

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 126.5 per 100
World 110.4 per 100
Mobile cellular subscriptions — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 126.5 +5.6 +4.61%
2023 120.9 +1.7 +1.43%
2022 119.2 −1.2 −1%
2021 120.4 +0.8 +0.68%
2020 119.6 +0.1 +0.05%
2019 119.5 +0.6 +0.47%
2018 119 −0.6 −0.51%
2017 119.6 +2.4 +2.09%
2016 117.1 +2.1 +1.79%
2015 115.1 −0.7 −0.65%
2014 115.8 +0.5 +0.4%
2013 115.3 +4.1 +3.68%
2012 111.3 +2.1 +1.93%
2011 109.2 +3.2 +3.01%
2010 106 −8.9 −7.75%
2009 114.9 −0.1 −0.05%
2008 114.9 +8 +7.45%
2007 106.9 +9.8 +10.08%
2006 97.2 +6.9 +7.6%
2005 90.3 +7.4 +8.87%
2004 82.9 +6.3 +8.21%
2003 76.7 +5.9 +8.35%
2002 70.7 +2.7 +4.03%
2001 68 +10.9 +19.16%
2000 57.1 +22.7 +66.14%
1999 34.3 +15.4 +81.02%
1998 19 +8.4 +79.89%
1997 10.5 +4.6 +76.75%
1996 6 +2.3 +61.47%
1995 3.7 +1.2 +49.26%
1994 2.5 +0.7 +42.27%
1993 1.7 +0.6 +52.99%
1992 1.1 +0.4 +47.31%
1991 0.8 +0.3 +54.49%
1990 0.5 +0.2 +57.72%
1989 0.3 +0.1 +73.3%
1988 0.2 +0.1 +108.93%
1987 0.1 +0 +112.32%
1986 0 +0 +355.23%
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

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.