Mobile subscriptions in Laos

Laos had 65 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 2014.

Measure: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 1960 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Laos, 2023 65 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2022 +1per 100 people 2022: 63 per 100 people
World, 2023 110 per 100 people Official aggregate
Position in 2023 159th of 172 See the full ranking

Mobile subscriptions in Laos 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 LaosWorld
2025 – 112 per 100 people
2024 – 110 per 100 people
2023 65 per 100 people 110 per 100 people
2022 63 per 100 people 108 per 100 people
2021 65 per 100 people 107 per 100 people
2020 63 per 100 people 105 per 100 people
2019 64 per 100 people 106 per 100 people
2018 51 per 100 people 103 per 100 people
2017 53 per 100 people 101 per 100 people
2016 57 per 100 people 99 per 100 people
2015 55 per 100 people 96 per 100 people
2014 69 per 100 people 97 per 100 people
2013 70 per 100 people 93 per 100 people
2012 66 per 100 people 89 per 100 people
2011 85 per 100 people 84 per 100 people
2010 63 per 100 people 77 per 100 people
2009 52 per 100 people 68 per 100 people
2008 33 per 100 people 60 per 100 people
2007 24 per 100 people 51 per 100 people
2006 17 per 100 people 42 per 100 people
2005 11 per 100 people 34 per 100 people
2004 4 per 100 people –
2003 2 per 100 people –
2002 1 per 100 people –
2001 1 per 100 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1 from 63 per 100 people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 70 per 100 people, the figure has changed by −5.
  • Among the 172 countries with data for 2023, Laos has the 159th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 110 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 2023 for Laos
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