Arab Region | Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (Arab countries,1990–2021)

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.
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Arab Development Portal
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Arab Region
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697
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Arab Region | Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (Arab countries,1990–2021)
1990 Algeria 0
2006 Algeria 62.8
2008 Algeria 78.19
2010 Algeria 91.42
2013 Algeria 103.99
2021 Algeria 106.42
1993 Bahrain 1.98
2005 Bahrain 85.05
2009 Bahrain 118.87
2015 Bahrain 184.93
2016 Bahrain 212.45
2021 Bahrain 131.45
1991 Comoros 0
1995 Comoros 0
2007 Comoros 10.07
2008 Comoros 14.57
2011 Comoros 32.3
1991 Djibouti 0
2001 Djibouti 0.39
2012 Djibouti 22.26
2018 Djibouti 37.37
1990 Egypt 0.01
2013 Egypt 106.78
2016 Egypt 98
1991 Iraq 0
1997 Iraq 0
1999 Iraq 0
2020 Iraq 88.06
2004 Jordan 29.36
2005 Jordan 55.26
1990 Kuwait 1.24
2006 Kuwait 49.91
2018 Kuwait 164.46
2021 Kuwait 162.78
1992 Lebanon 0
2007 Lebanon 26.2
2009 Lebanon 48.28
2017 Lebanon 72.01
2019 Lebanon 73.3
1991 Libya 0
1993 Libya 0
1996 Libya 0
1997 Libya 0.2
1999 Libya 0.59
2015 Libya 157.41
1991 Mauritania 0
1992 Mauritania 0
1993 Mauritania 0
1997 Mauritania 0
1999 Mauritania 0
2002 Mauritania 8.76
2009 Mauritania 65.68
2015 Mauritania 92.35
2016 Mauritania 89.2
2016 Morocco 118.18
2020 Morocco 133.89
1990 Oman 0.15
1995 Oman 0.37
2001 Oman 14.07
2002 Oman 19.83
1994 Palestine 0
2009 Palestine 45.48
2019 Palestine 86.33
2000 Qatar 18.71
2005 Qatar 84.45
2010 Qatar 127.6
2015 Qatar 154.91
1991 Saudi Arabia 0.09
1995 Saudi Arabia 0.08
2003 Saudi Arabia 31.27
1991 Somalia 0
1992 Somalia 0
1998 Somalia 0
2003 Somalia 2.05
2007 Somalia 5.4
2009 Somalia 5.46
2010 Somalia 5.39
1990 Sudan 0
1996 Sudan 0.01
2008 Sudan 37.4
1997 Syria 0
2010 Syria 52.36
2011 Syria 56.83
2017 Syria 81.05
2021 Syria 79.68
1993 Tunisia 0.03
1995 Tunisia 0.03
2008 Tunisia 80.54
2014 Tunisia 124.98
2021 Tunisia 127.58
1998 Yemen 0.09
2001 Yemen 0.77
1994 United Arab Emirates 3.93
1998 United Arab Emirates 16.89
2002 United Arab Emirates 66.82
2005 United Arab Emirates 105.91
2006 United Arab Emirates 112.66
2010 United Arab Emirates 128.82
2019 United Arab Emirates 212.8
2021 United Arab Emirates 194.73

Arab Region | Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (Arab countries,1990–2021)

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.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
697
Source