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Jamaica: Mobile cellular subscriptions

117.69per 100 people · 2024+9.4% 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 Jamaica from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024117.694
2023115.092
2022105.762
2021102.387
2020101.502
2019107.105
2018105.137
2017109.783
2016116.279
2015111.942
2014107.579
2013102.246
201297.926
2011106.698
2010115.769
2009108.004
200899.915
200798.914
200684.216
200573.741
200468.765
200359.337
200247.148
200122.78
200014.071
19995.561
19983.052
19972.583
19962.157
19951.799
19941.051
19930.619
19920.313
19910.101
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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