Mobile subscriptions in South Korea
South Korea had 173 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
South Korea, 2024
173
Change from 2023
+10per 100 people
World, 2024
110 per 100 people
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
127 per 100 people
Mobile subscriptions in South Korea 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 Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 112 per 100 people |
| 2024 | 173 per 100 people | 110 per 100 people |
| 2023 | 162 per 100 people | 110 per 100 people |
| 2022 | 149 per 100 people | 108 per 100 people |
| 2021 | 141 per 100 people | 107 per 100 people |
| 2020 | 136 per 100 people | 105 per 100 people |
| 2019 | 133 per 100 people | 106 per 100 people |
| 2018 | 128 per 100 people | 103 per 100 people |
| 2017 | 124 per 100 people | 101 per 100 people |
| 2016 | 119 per 100 people | 99 per 100 people |
| 2015 | 116 per 100 people | 96 per 100 people |
| 2014 | 113 per 100 people | 97 per 100 people |
| 2013 | 109 per 100 people | 93 per 100 people |
| 2012 | 108 per 100 people | 89 per 100 people |
| 2011 | 107 per 100 people | 84 per 100 people |
| 2010 | 104 per 100 people | 77 per 100 people |
| 2009 | 99 per 100 people | 68 per 100 people |
| 2008 | 94 per 100 people | 60 per 100 people |
| 2007 | 92 per 100 people | 51 per 100 people |
| 2006 | 84 per 100 people | 42 per 100 people |
| 2005 | 80 per 100 people | 34 per 100 people |
| 2004 | 77 per 100 people | – |
| 2003 | 71 per 100 people | – |
| 2002 | 68 per 100 people | – |
| 2001 | 62 per 100 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +10 from 162 per 100 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 113 per 100 people, the figure has changed by +59.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 110 per 100 people.