Afghanistan – Mobile Subscriptions 2011

Number of mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Includes both prepaid and postpaid subscriptions. · World Bank
47.02 +10.90 from 2010 G20 rank: 173rd

Afghanistan's mobile subscriptions was 47.02 in 2011, increased +10.90 from 36.12 in 2010. This was the 173rd highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2011
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Macao SAR, China 235.08 17.9%
2nd Hong Kong SAR, China 214.10 10.2%
3rd Saudi Arabia 206.85 0.9%
4th Antigua and Barbuda 203.87 3.6%
5th Montenegro 183.20 -1.0%
6th Panama 182.36 -0.4%
7th Cayman Islands 174.04 -6.4%
8th Finland 165.92 6.1%
9th St. Kitts and Nevis 164.23 -3.8%
10th Lithuania 163.04 3.3%
11th United Arab Emirates 162.89 3.4%
12th British Virgin Islands 162.30 -5.5%
13th Italy 159.09 2.2%
14th Dominica 157.74 2.9%
15th Libya 157.65 -6.0%
16th Kuwait 157.50 16.5%
17th Austria 155.16 6.0%
18th Singapore 150.40 3.4%
19th Oman 147.93 -2.3%
20th Kazakhstan 147.90 28.3%
21st Luxembourg 147.51 3.0%
22nd Argentina 145.51 5.3%
23rd Viet Nam 143.91 12.8%
24th Uruguay 143.00 7.0%
25th Maldives 141.96 3.6%
26th Bulgaria 141.94 3.5%
27th Russian Federation 141.45 -14.3%
28th Serbia 141.04 3.7%
29th Bahrain 140.35 8.7%
30th Botswana 139.87 20.3%
31st El Salvador 136.55 7.6%
32nd Estonia 136.07 9.6%
33rd Gabon 133.01 42.1%
34th Guatemala 131.69 5.7%
35th Poland 131.28 6.5%
36th Trinidad and Tobago 130.91 -4.2%
37th Seychelles 130.48 5.4%
38th Curaçao 130.10 0.0%
39th Denmark 128.76 11.3%
40th Chile 128.61 11.3%
41st Switzerland 127.40 3.4%
42nd Qatar 127.13 -0.6%
43rd Cyprus 126.56 2.8%
44th St. Lucia 126.04 8.7%
45th Barbados 125.99 -0.9%
46th Malaysia 125.72 6.4%
47th Czechia 125.46 1.5%
48th Israel 123.14 -0.8%
49th Malta 122.87 14.0%
50th Faroe Islands 121.99 -1.2%
51st Ukraine 121.94 3.5%
52nd European Union 121.51 2.7%
53rd United Kingdom 121.50 -0.2%
54th Sweden 121.22 3.4%
55th South Africa 120.77 25.5%
56th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 120.54 0.6%
57th Brazil 120.01 18.0%
58th Croatia 119.49 4.3%
59th Netherlands 117.67 2.9%
60th Hungary 117.53 -2.4%
61st Portugal 116.84 1.2%
62nd Norway 115.60 0.9%
63rd Romania 115.47 -3.1%
64th Georgia 114.52 12.1%
65th Tunisia 113.79 10.2%
66th Belgium 113.20 1.9%
67th Belarus 112.90 3.7%
68th Germany 112.42 2.8%
69th Paraguay 112.29 8.8%
70th Thailand 112.23 7.3%
71st Kyrgyz Republic 112.20 16.8%
72nd Latvia 112.09 2.0%
73rd Spain 111.90 2.0%
74th Morocco 111.06 12.7%
75th Brunei Darussalam 110.96 0.1%
76th Slovak Republic 110.84 0.9%
77th Peru 110.77 10.7%
78th San Marino 110.25 10.4%
79th New Zealand 109.98 1.5%
80th Armenia 109.85 -16.7%
81st Azerbaijan 109.33 9.9%
82nd Greece 109.17 -1.2%
83rd North Macedonia 108.47 3.3%
84th Grenada 107.83 -1.3%
85th Iceland 107.82 0.6%
86th Mongolia 107.18 15.3%
87th Ireland 107.14 3.9%
88th Korea 106.88 2.7%
89th Jamaica 106.70 -7.8%
90th Albania 106.47 15.8%
91st Slovenia 105.85 2.0%
92nd Australia 105.82 4.1%
93rd Japan 103.64 7.8%
94th Greenland 103.36 2.0%
95th Gibraltar 102.65 6.9%
96th Namibia 102.24 10.6%
97th Colombia 102.08 2.8%
98th Liechtenstein 101.93 3.4%
99th Mauritius 100.61 8.4%
100th Indonesia 100.14 16.7%
101st Ecuador 100.04 2.0%
102nd Jordan 100.03 10.3%
103rd Algeria 96.51 6.5%
104th Suriname 95.91 1.2%
105th Philippines 95.87 11.1%
106th United States 94.68 3.3%
107th Mauritania 94.63 15.6%
108th Honduras 94.40 -16.9%
109th France 93.85 3.0%
110th Monaco 93.65 32.6%
111th Cambodia 93.44 66.2%
112th Turkmenistan 93.25 62.3%
113th Egypt, Arab Republic of 91.58 15.6%
114th Moldova 90.44 28.8%
115th Costa Rica 90.09 31.2%
116th Uzbekistan 88.27 19.6%
117th Dominican Republic 88.19 -2.6%
118th Türkiye 88.02 4.5%
119th Sri Lanka 87.20 4.9%
120th Palau 85.44 8.3%
121st Lao PDR 85.28 34.9%
122nd New Caledonia 85.28 1.0%
123rd Bosnia and Herzegovina 84.75 3.9%
124th Puerto Rico (US) 84.38 6.8%
125th Congo, Republic of 84.27 1.1%
126th Andorra 83.62 3.0%
127th Nicaragua 82.89 20.0%
128th Mexico 82.07 2.0%
129th French Polynesia 82.00 2.8%
130th Ghana 81.11 18.5%
131st Tajikistan 80.82 4.1%
132nd Bolivia, Plurinational State of 80.72 14.5%
133rd Bahamas, The 80.38 -31.0%
134th Fiji 79.63 3.9%
135th Iraq 79.35 5.9%
136th Canada 77.67 2.9%
137th Cabo Verde 77.51 6.3%
138th Benin 76.93 6.5%
139th Côte d'Ivoire 75.47 8.8%
140th China 72.51 14.1%
141st Senegal 72.17 9.3%
142nd Iran, Islamic Republic of 71.50 2.4%
143rd India 70.87 17.2%
144th Guyana 70.86 -5.3%
145th Gambia, The 70.63 -8.0%
146th West Bank and Gaza 70.09 8.1%
147th Sudan 69.33 35.7%
148th Eswatini 68.57 5.0%
149th Bhutan 68.26 21.5%
150th Belize 67.95 12.1%
151st Lebanon 67.83 19.4%
152nd Zimbabwe 67.67 17.4%
153rd Nauru 66.35 7.5%
154th Mali 65.71 40.8%
155th Kenya 65.67 9.4%
156th São Tomé and Principe 61.97 9.7%
157th Lesotho 61.19 23.7%
158th Zambia 56.55 45.0%
159th Syrian Arab Republic 56.46 8.5%
160th Vanuatu 56.25 -21.1%
161st Tanzania 55.76 18.9%
162nd Nigeria 55.53 6.0%
163rd Timor-Leste 55.32 26.9%
164th Bangladesh 54.93 23.1%
165th Pakistan 53.45 7.4%
166th Cameroon 51.83 18.0%
167th Tonga 51.13 1.1%
168th Uganda 50.06 26.4%
169th Angola 49.85 23.5%
170th Solomon Islands 49.71 129.4%
171st Nepal 48.62 44.6%
172nd Liberia 47.87 23.7%
173rd Afghanistan 47.02 30.2%
174th Burkina Faso 46.11 30.7%
175th Guinea 45.61 18.5%
176th Guinea-Bissau 45.56 5.4%
177th Haiti 42.36 3.8%
178th Yemen, Republic of 42.30 2.1%
179th Rwanda 42.05 22.3%
180th Togo 38.97 0.8%
181st Equatorial Guinea 38.56 14.8%
182nd Madagascar 38.04 9.4%
183rd Sierra Leone 33.46 4.1%
184th Mozambique 33.22 5.7%
185th Comoros 32.40 28.4%
186th Papua New Guinea 30.54 22.1%
187th Chad 28.74 23.1%
188th Niger 27.61 24.6%
189th Malawi 25.89 23.1%
190th Micronesia, Federated States of 25.63 0.2%
191st Congo, Democratic Republic of 22.08 28.1%
192nd Central African Republic 21.74 -0.2%
193rd Djibouti 20.35 14.3%
194th Tuvalu 19.76 31.1%
195th Burundi 19.70 10.1%
196th South Sudan 17.50 13.7%
197th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 14.58 175.7%
198th Kiribati 12.46 27.9%
199th Cuba 11.64 31.1%
200th Eritrea 8.07 28.3%
201st Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 3.98 130.5%
202nd Myanmar 2.52 107.7%
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Afghanistan matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2011. Historically: 329 occurrences, 239 successful (73%). Outcome 24 months later: 7.4%. View full analysis →