Mobile-cellular subscriptions vs Data-only mobile broadband basket price as share of GNI per capita

In 2025, mobile-cellular subscriptions worldwide was 9.2 billion; data-only mobile broadband basket price as share of GNI per capita was 1.4%.

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Global, annual figures, spaced by time from 2024 to 2025 . Different units, drawn on separate scales and clipped to the years both series publish; earlier history stays on each indicator’s own page. Read the values, not the heights.

Mobile-cellular subscriptions

Unit: billion · 2 observations

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Mobile-cellular subscriptionsMobile-cellular subscriptions. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 9.1 billion to 9.2 billion. Latest value 9.2 billion (2025). billion 0 2 4 6 8 10 2024 2025 9.1 9.2
Mobile-cellular subscriptionsMobile-cellular subscriptions. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 9.1 billion to 9.2 billion. Latest value 9.2 billion (2025). billion 0 3 6 9 12 2024 2025 9.1 9.2
Mobile-cellular subscriptionsMobile-cellular subscriptions. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 9.1 billion to 9.2 billion. Latest value 9.2 billion (2025). billion 0 3 6 9 12 2024 2025 9.1 9.2
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Mobile-cellular subscriptions
Period Type Value
2024 Estimate 9.1 billion
2025 Estimate 9.2 billion
Source: ITU · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

Data-only mobile broadband basket price as share of GNI per capita

Unit: % · 2 observations

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Data-only mobile broadband basket price as share of GNI per capitaData-only mobile broadband basket price as share of GNI per capita. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 1.1% to 1.4%. Latest value 1.4% (2025). % 0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 2024 2025 1.1% 1.4%
Data-only mobile broadband basket price as share of GNI per capitaData-only mobile broadband basket price as share of GNI per capita. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 1.1% to 1.4%. Latest value 1.4% (2025). % 0 0.5 1 1.5 2024 2025 1.1% 1.4%
Data-only mobile broadband basket price as share of GNI per capitaData-only mobile broadband basket price as share of GNI per capita. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 1.1% to 1.4%. Latest value 1.4% (2025). % 0 0.5 1 1.5 2024 2025 1.1% 1.4%
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Data-only mobile broadband basket price as share of GNI per capita
Period Type Value
2024 Actual 1.1%
2025 Estimate 1.4%
Source: ITU · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

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Period Mobile-cellular subscriptions Data-only mobile broadband basket price as share of GNI per capita
2024 9.1 billion ITU 1.1% ITU
2025 9.2 billion ITU 1.4% ITU

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Mobile-cellular subscriptions

Total number of active mobile-cellular subscriptions in the region at the end of the period.

2 observations charted in Global · source organisations: ITU

Data-only mobile broadband basket price as share of GNI per capita

Price of the ITU data-only mobile broadband basket in the economy, expressed as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.

2 observations charted in Global · source organisations: ITU

Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON

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