Mobile subscriptions in Kuwait
Kuwait had 168 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2023.
Kuwait, 2023
168
Change from 2022
−1per 100 people
World, 2023
110 per 100 people
Position in 2023
14th of 172
Mobile subscriptions in Kuwait over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Subscriptions per 100 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kuwait | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 112 per 100 people |
| 2024 | – | 110 per 100 people |
| 2023 | 168 per 100 people | 110 per 100 people |
| 2022 | 168 per 100 people | 108 per 100 people |
| 2021 | 159 per 100 people | 107 per 100 people |
| 2020 | 154 per 100 people | 105 per 100 people |
| 2019 | 165 per 100 people | 106 per 100 people |
| 2018 | 164 per 100 people | 103 per 100 people |
| 2017 | 172 per 100 people | 101 per 100 people |
| 2016 | 191 per 100 people | 99 per 100 people |
| 2015 | 200 per 100 people | 96 per 100 people |
| 2014 | 207 per 100 people | 97 per 100 people |
| 2013 | 183 per 100 people | 93 per 100 people |
| 2012 | 153 per 100 people | 89 per 100 people |
| 2011 | 157 per 100 people | 84 per 100 people |
| 2010 | 135 per 100 people | 77 per 100 people |
| 2009 | 94 per 100 people | 68 per 100 people |
| 2008 | 57 per 100 people | 60 per 100 people |
| 2007 | 57 per 100 people | 51 per 100 people |
| 2006 | 50 per 100 people | 42 per 100 people |
| 2005 | 62 per 100 people | 34 per 100 people |
| 2004 | 82 per 100 people | – |
| 2003 | 67 per 100 people | – |
| 2002 | 60 per 100 people | – |
| 2001 | 44 per 100 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1 from 168 per 100 people in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 183 per 100 people, the figure has changed by −15.
- Among the 172 countries with data for 2023, Kuwait has the 14th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 110 per 100 people.