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Rwanda: Mobile cellular subscriptions

93.20per 100 people · 2024+36.7% 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 Rwanda from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202493.201
202391.462
202280.595
202181.638
202081.238
201975.599
201877.679
201772.276
201674.85
201575.254
201468.167
201360.299
201252.547
201142.049
201034.395
200924.147
200813.49
20076.651
20063.379
20052.463
20041.557
20031.522
20020.981
20010.784
20000.475
19990.137
19980.063
19970
19960
19950
19940
19930
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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