South Sudan - Mobile cellular subscriptions

Mobile cellular subscriptions

Mobile cellular subscriptions in South Sudan was 1,344,000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 10 years was 2,899,000 in 2015, while its lowest value was 1,344,000 in 2020.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

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Year Value
2010 1,500,000
2011 1,800,000
2012 2,300,000
2013 2,853,228
2014 2,876,097
2015 2,899,000
2016 2,700,000
2017 2,788,933
2018 1,916,255
2019 2,221,967
2020 1,344,000

Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) in South Sudan was 12.01 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 10 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.55 in 2013 and a minimum value of 12.01 in 2020.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

See also:

Year Value
2010 15.78
2011 18.31
2012 22.74
2013 27.55
2014 27.25
2015 27.05
2016 24.92
2017 25.56
2018 17.46
2019 20.09
2020 12.01

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications