Saudi Arabia - Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Saudi Arabia was 43,215,440 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 54,000,000 in 2011, while its lowest value was 14,851 in 1990.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 14,851 |
| 1991 | 15,331 |
| 1992 | 15,828 |
| 1993 | 15,910 |
| 1994 | 15,959 |
| 1995 | 16,008 |
| 1996 | 190,736 |
| 1997 | 332,068 |
| 1998 | 627,321 |
| 1999 | 836,628 |
| 2000 | 1,375,881 |
| 2001 | 2,528,640 |
| 2002 | 5,007,965 |
| 2003 | 7,238,224 |
| 2004 | 9,175,764 |
| 2005 | 14,164,180 |
| 2006 | 19,700,000 |
| 2007 | 28,400,000 |
| 2008 | 36,000,000 |
| 2009 | 44,864,360 |
| 2010 | 51,564,380 |
| 2011 | 54,000,000 |
| 2012 | 53,000,000 |
| 2013 | 53,104,000 |
| 2014 | 52,735,000 |
| 2015 | 52,796,060 |
| 2016 | 47,932,520 |
| 2017 | 40,210,960 |
| 2018 | 41,310,580 |
| 2019 | 41,298,630 |
| 2020 | 43,215,440 |
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) in Saudi Arabia was 124.13 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 191.03 in 2011 and a minimum value of 0.09 in 1995.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.09 |
| 1991 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 0.09 |
| 1993 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 0.09 |
| 1995 | 0.09 |
| 1996 | 1.00 |
| 1997 | 1.71 |
| 1998 | 3.17 |
| 1999 | 4.14 |
| 2000 | 6.66 |
| 2001 | 11.93 |
| 2002 | 22.97 |
| 2003 | 32.23 |
| 2004 | 39.67 |
| 2005 | 59.47 |
| 2006 | 80.41 |
| 2007 | 112.77 |
| 2008 | 139.06 |
| 2009 | 168.47 |
| 2010 | 188.04 |
| 2011 | 191.03 |
| 2012 | 181.79 |
| 2013 | 176.71 |
| 2014 | 170.57 |
| 2015 | 166.46 |
| 2016 | 147.74 |
| 2017 | 121.48 |
| 2018 | 122.57 |
| 2019 | 120.51 |
| 2020 | 124.13 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
