Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

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.

Type of figure

Administrative data. Counted from government or institutional records, such as school registers or health facility reports.

Updated

Yearly

Compiled from

World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators (IT.CEL.SETS.P2)

Licence

CC-BY-4.0

Version

Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026

Cite this

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IT.CEL.SETS.P2. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

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