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Costa Rica: Mobile cellular subscriptions

136.02per 100 people · 2024-7.6% since 2014

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. Annual figures for Costa Rica from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024136.025
2023133.528
2022136.518
2021140.788
2020142.482
2019144.514
2018171.357
2017179.931
2016171.166
2015156.404
2014147.267
2013150.801
2012115.312
201190.091
201068.665
200943.342
200842.49
200734.432
200633.409
200525.845
200421.978
200318.805
200212.329
20018.155
20005.374
19993.542
19982.846
19971.722
19961.273
19950.525
19940.2
19930.133
19920.091
19910
19900
19890
19880
19870
19860
19850
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19700
19650
19600

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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