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Mobile cellular subscriptions — Zambia

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Zambia in 2024 — 108.7 per 100. Ranked 101 in the world out of 151.

2024 108.7 per 100 +6.51% vs 2023
World rank 101of 151
Period maximum 108.7 per 1002024
Period minimum 0 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Mobile cellular subscriptions — Zambia, 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 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: 0.1 per 1001999: 0.3 per 1002000: 1 per 1002001: 1.2 per 1002002: 1.3 per 1002003: 2.2 per 1002004: 4.1 per 1002005: 8.1 per 1002006: 13.7 per 1002007: 21 per 1002008: 27.2 per 1002009: 32.7 per 1002010: 39 per 1002011: 56.5 per 1002012: 70.6 per 1002013: 67.5 per 1002014: 63.6 per 1002015: 70.5 per 1002016: 71 per 1002017: 77.1 per 1002018: 86.1 per 1002019: 93 per 1002020: 100.2 per 1002021: 103.3 per 1002022: 98.4 per 1002023: 102.1 per 1002024: 108.7 per 100
Change over the period: +108.7

Comparison, 2024

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

Zambia 108.7 per 100
World 110.4 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 89.2 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 93.7 per 100
Mobile cellular subscriptions — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 108.7 +6.6 +6.51%
2023 102.1 +3.6 +3.68%
2022 98.4 −4.8 −4.69%
2021 103.3 +3 +3.04%
2020 100.2 +7.2 +7.76%
2019 93 +6.9 +8.07%
2018 86.1 +9 +11.71%
2017 77.1 +6 +8.45%
2016 71 +0.6 +0.81%
2015 70.5 +6.8 +10.75%
2014 63.6 −3.9 −5.74%
2013 67.5 −3.1 −4.34%
2012 70.6 +14 +24.79%
2011 56.5 +17.5 +44.99%
2010 39 +6.3 +19.4%
2009 32.7 +5.5 +20.19%
2008 27.2 +6.2 +29.4%
2007 21 +7.3 +53.16%
2006 13.7 +5.6 +69.24%
2005 8.1 +4 +97.85%
2004 4.1 +1.9 +86.65%
2003 2.2 +0.9 +67.97%
2002 1.3 +0.1 +11.28%
2001 1.2 +0.2 +18.95%
2000 1 +0.7 +236.79%
1999 0.3 +0.2 +232.46%
1998 0.1 +0 +76.9%
1997 0 +0 +62.99%
1996 0 +0 +71.58%
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, 2024

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

MU Mauritius 172.7 TZ Tanzania 126.6 KE Kenya 126.5 SC Seychelles 125.6 ZM Zambia 108.7 ZW Zimbabwe 94.2 RW Rwanda 93.2 UG Uganda 83.2 MW Malawi 69.3 ET Ethiopia 65.1 MZ Mozambique 49.5
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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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