Mobile subscriptions in South Africa
South Africa had 179 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
South Africa, 2024
179
Change from 2023
+8per 100 people
World, 2024
110 per 100 people
Median of G20 countries, 2024
123 per 100 people
Mobile subscriptions in South Africa 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 | South Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 112 per 100 people |
| 2024 | 179 per 100 people | 110 per 100 people |
| 2023 | 172 per 100 people | 110 per 100 people |
| 2022 | 161 per 100 people | 108 per 100 people |
| 2021 | 163 per 100 people | 107 per 100 people |
| 2020 | 158 per 100 people | 105 per 100 people |
| 2019 | 163 per 100 people | 106 per 100 people |
| 2018 | 158 per 100 people | 103 per 100 people |
| 2017 | 154 per 100 people | 101 per 100 people |
| 2016 | 144 per 100 people | 99 per 100 people |
| 2015 | 155 per 100 people | 96 per 100 people |
| 2014 | 143 per 100 people | 97 per 100 people |
| 2013 | 141 per 100 people | 93 per 100 people |
| 2012 | 127 per 100 people | 89 per 100 people |
| 2011 | 121 per 100 people | 84 per 100 people |
| 2010 | 96 per 100 people | 77 per 100 people |
| 2009 | 90 per 100 people | 68 per 100 people |
| 2008 | 88 per 100 people | 60 per 100 people |
| 2007 | 84 per 100 people | 51 per 100 people |
| 2006 | 79 per 100 people | 42 per 100 people |
| 2005 | 69 per 100 people | 34 per 100 people |
| 2004 | 43 per 100 people | – |
| 2003 | 35 per 100 people | – |
| 2002 | 29 per 100 people | – |
| 2001 | 23 per 100 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +8 from 172 per 100 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 143 per 100 people, the figure has changed by +37.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 110 per 100 people.