Mobile subscriptions in Netherlands

Netherlands had 129 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2024. The value for 2024 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 2024 Source: World Bank
Netherlands, 2024 129 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2023 +3per 100 people 2023: 125 per 100 people
European Union, 2022 124 per 100 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Netherlands (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 127 per 100 people Middle value of 25 countries

Mobile subscriptions in Netherlands 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 2024
Period NetherlandsEuropean Union
2024 129 per 100 people –
2023 125 per 100 people –
2022 116 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2021 123 per 100 people 123 per 100 people
2020 121 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2019 124 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2018 121 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2017 119 per 100 people 123 per 100 people
2016 121 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2015 122 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2014 115 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2013 115 per 100 people 125 per 100 people
2012 117 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2011 118 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2010 114 per 100 people 118 per 100 people
2009 121 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2008 124 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2007 117 per 100 people 115 per 100 people
2006 105 per 100 people 105 per 100 people
2005 96 per 100 people 95 per 100 people
2004 90 per 100 people 85 per 100 people
2003 81 per 100 people 77 per 100 people
2002 74 per 100 people 70 per 100 people
2001 75 per 100 people 63 per 100 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3 from 125 per 100 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 115 per 100 people, the figure has changed by +14.

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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 2024 for Netherlands
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