Saudi Arabia
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

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.

Global rank#19out of 151 countries
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Historical trend

20715510351.80.1199020072024Saudi Arabia · 2024: 160Saudi Arabia

Analytical takeaways

  • Saudi Arabia records 160 for Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) in 2024, ranking #19 globally out of 151 countries.
  • Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) increased from 0 in 1990 to 160 in 2024, a gain of 159.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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