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Values for 2022

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Portugal × Spain × European Union ×

Subscriptions per 100 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people (subscriptions per 100 people), 2001 to 2024
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2024 124 per 100 people 130 per 100 people –
2023 123 per 100 people 128 per 100 people –
2022 123 per 100 people 123 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2021 120 per 100 people 119 per 100 people 123 per 100 people
2020 114 per 100 people 117 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2019 115 per 100 people 117 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2018 115 per 100 people 115 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2017 114 per 100 people 112 per 100 people 123 per 100 people
2016 112 per 100 people 110 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2015 113 per 100 people 109 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2014 114 per 100 people 109 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2013 115 per 100 people 107 per 100 people 125 per 100 people
2012 113 per 100 people 108 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2011 117 per 100 people 112 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2010 115 per 100 people 110 per 100 people 118 per 100 people
2009 112 per 100 people 109 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2008 133 per 100 people 107 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2007 128 per 100 people 106 per 100 people 115 per 100 people
2006 116 per 100 people 102 per 100 people 105 per 100 people
2005 109 per 100 people 97 per 100 people 95 per 100 people
2004 101 per 100 people 89 per 100 people 85 per 100 people
2003 96 per 100 people 88 per 100 people 77 per 100 people
2002 83 per 100 people 80 per 100 people 70 per 100 people
2001 77 per 100 people 72 per 100 people 63 per 100 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database