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El Salvador: Mobile cellular subscriptions

176.52per 100 people · 2024+18.3% 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 El Salvador from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024176.517
2023179.706
2022183.249
2021176.973
2020159.575
2019167.089
2018151.669
2017152.539
2016155.42
2015150.948
2014149.171
2013146.476
2012141.463
2011136.551
2010126.896
2009125.097
2008115.282
2007102.122
200664.169
200540.159
200430.519
200319.168
200214.847
200114.373
200012.512
19998.632
19982.33
19970.687
19960.401
19950.234
19940.086
19930.029
19920
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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