Mobile subscriptions in Euro area

The euro area had 124 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 1960 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2022 124 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2021 0per 100 people 2021: 123 per 100 people
World, 2022 108 per 100 people Official aggregate

Mobile subscriptions in Euro area over time

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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 2025
Period Euro areaWorld
2025 – 112 per 100 people
2024 – 110 per 100 people
2023 – 110 per 100 people
2022 124 per 100 people 108 per 100 people
2021 123 per 100 people 107 per 100 people
2020 121 per 100 people 105 per 100 people
2019 122 per 100 people 106 per 100 people
2018 123 per 100 people 103 per 100 people
2017 123 per 100 people 101 per 100 people
2016 121 per 100 people 99 per 100 people
2015 120 per 100 people 96 per 100 people
2014 121 per 100 people 97 per 100 people
2013 123 per 100 people 93 per 100 people
2012 122 per 100 people 89 per 100 people
2011 120 per 100 people 84 per 100 people
2010 117 per 100 people 77 per 100 people
2009 121 per 100 people 68 per 100 people
2008 122 per 100 people 60 per 100 people
2007 117 per 100 people 51 per 100 people
2006 107 per 100 people 42 per 100 people
2005 99 per 100 people 34 per 100 people
2004 90 per 100 people –
2003 83 per 100 people –
2002 77 per 100 people –
2001 72 per 100 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 from 123 per 100 people in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 122 per 100 people, the figure has changed by +2.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 108 per 100 people.

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 2022 for Euro area
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