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Samoa: Mobile cellular subscriptions

62.40per 100 people · 2022+22.2% since 2012

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 Samoa from 1960 to 2022.

19802022

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202262.399
202132.276
202032.556
201940.042
201848.174
201760.468
201674.206
201559.726
201453.252
201350.38
201251.045
201046.627
200745.562
200624.24
200512.836
20048.591
20035.663
20021.464
20011.365
20001.376
19991.335
19980.82
19970.429
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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