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Zimbabwe: Mobile cellular subscriptions

94.25per 100 people · 2024+13.5% 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 Zimbabwe from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202494.245
202391.634
202288.996
202190.254
202084.96
201986.409
201885.863
201795.137
201688.21
201588.599
201483.046
201397.284
201291.287
201167.67
201057.65
200930.366
200812.769
20079.572
20066.72
20055.184
20043.443
20032.973
20022.803
20012.623
20002.24
19991.485
19980.165
19970.05
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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