Mobile subscriptions in United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates had 203 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2024.

Measure: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 1982 to 2024 Source: World Bank
United Arab Emirates, 2024 203 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2023 +4per 100 people 2023: 199 per 100 people
World, 2024 110 per 100 people Official aggregate

Mobile subscriptions in United Arab Emirates 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 United Arab EmiratesWorld
2025 – 112 per 100 people
2024 203 per 100 people 110 per 100 people
2023 199 per 100 people 110 per 100 people
2022 196 per 100 people 108 per 100 people
2021 186 per 100 people 107 per 100 people
2020 194 per 100 people 105 per 100 people
2019 209 per 100 people 106 per 100 people
2018 215 per 100 people 103 per 100 people
2017 215 per 100 people 101 per 100 people
2016 220 per 100 people 99 per 100 people
2015 207 per 100 people 96 per 100 people
2014 204 per 100 people 97 per 100 people
2013 205 per 100 people 93 per 100 people
2012 184 per 100 people 89 per 100 people
2011 163 per 100 people 84 per 100 people
2010 157 per 100 people 77 per 100 people
2009 159 per 100 people 68 per 100 people
2008 148 per 100 people 60 per 100 people
2007 137 per 100 people 51 per 100 people
2006 110 per 100 people 42 per 100 people
2005 97 per 100 people 34 per 100 people
2004 83 per 100 people –
2003 71 per 100 people –
2002 61 per 100 people –
2001 51 per 100 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4 from 199 per 100 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 204 per 100 people, the figure has changed by −1.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 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
1982 to 2024 for United Arab Emirates
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