Mobile subscriptions in South Sudan

South Sudan had 47 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2023.

Measure: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 2010 to 2023 Source: World Bank
South Sudan, 2023 47 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2022 −2per 100 people 2022: 48 per 100 people
World, 2023 110 per 100 people Official aggregate
Position in 2023 171st of 172 See the full ranking

Mobile subscriptions in South Sudan 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), 2005 to 2025
Period South SudanWorld
2025 – 112 per 100 people
2024 – 110 per 100 people
2023 47 per 100 people 110 per 100 people
2022 48 per 100 people 108 per 100 people
2021 30 per 100 people 107 per 100 people
2020 – 105 per 100 people
2019 21 per 100 people 106 per 100 people
2018 19 per 100 people 103 per 100 people
2017 27 per 100 people 101 per 100 people
2016 25 per 100 people 99 per 100 people
2015 26 per 100 people 96 per 100 people
2014 26 per 100 people 97 per 100 people
2013 26 per 100 people 93 per 100 people
2012 21 per 100 people 89 per 100 people
2011 17 per 100 people 84 per 100 people
2010 15 per 100 people 77 per 100 people
2009 – 68 per 100 people
2008 – 60 per 100 people
2007 – 51 per 100 people
2006 – 42 per 100 people
2005 – 34 per 100 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2 from 48 per 100 people in 2022.
  • Since 2012, when it was 21 per 100 people, the figure has changed by +25.
  • Among the 172 countries with data for 2023, South Sudan has the 171st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 110 per 100 people.

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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
2010 to 2023 for South Sudan
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