Libya: Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people

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 Libya

Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people

 Latest value 192.97
 Year 2022
 Measure subscribers per 100 people
 Data availability 1960 - 2022
 Average 46.06
 Min - Max 0.00 - 195.12
 Source The International Telecommunication Union
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The latest value from 2022 is 192.97 subscribers per 100 people, a decline from 195.12 subscribers per 100 people in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 112.11 subscribers per 100 people, based on data from 195 countries. Historically, the average for Libya from 1960 to 2022 is 46.06 subscribers per 100 people. The minimum value, 0 subscribers per 100 people, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 195.12 subscribers per 100 people was recorded in 2021. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Libya: Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people
 2022 192.97
 2021 195.12
 2020 164.99
 2019 164.00
 2017 89.33
 2016 115.50
 2015 149.22
 2014 132.20




Definition: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

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