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Ecuador – Mobile Subscriptions

Name: Ecuador Mobile Subscriptions
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Number of mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Includes both prepaid and postpaid subscriptions. · World Bank

101.03 +2.90 from 2022 G20 rank: 118th · all-time high: 105.68 (2012)

APA

Ecuador Mobile Subscriptions. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/ecuador/mobile-subscriptions

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_ecuador_mobile-subscriptions,
  title = {Ecuador Mobile Subscriptions},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/ecuador/mobile-subscriptions},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	109.30	–	–
2025* trend	106.39	–	–
2023	101.03	+2.90	118th
2022	98.13	+3.18	148th
2021	94.95	+6.70	144th
2020	88.26	−3.17	153rd
2019	91.42	−1.09	142nd
2018	92.51	+5.09	136th
2017	87.42	+3.31	148th
2016	84.11	+4.53	149th
2015	79.57	−23.98	157th
2014	103.56	−1.62	116th
2013	105.18	−0.50	106th
2012	105.68	+5.64	103rd
2011	100.04	+2.01	101st
2010	98.04	+8.72	95th
2009	89.31	+9.15	95th
2008	80.17	+10.80	94th
2007	69.37	+9.13	97th
2006	60.24	+15.12	91st
2005	45.11	+19.07	94th
2004	26.04	+8.11	107th
2003	17.93	+6.05	108th
2002	11.88	+5.23	107th
2001	6.65	+2.85	110th
2000	3.80	+0.71	110th
1999	3.09	+1.10	97th
1998	1.99	+0.94	91st
1997	1.06	+0.55	90th
1996	0.51	+0.04	96th
1995	0.47	+0.30	80th
1994	0.17	+0.17	82nd
1993	0.00	+0.00	136th
1992	0.00	+0.00	123rd
1991	0.00	+0.00	108th
1990	0.00	+0.00	99th
1989	0.00	+0.00	82nd
1988	0.00	+0.00	80th
1987	0.00	+0.00	78th
1986	0.00	+0.00	77th
1985	0.00	+0.00	69th
1984	0.00	+0.00	63rd
1983	0.00	+0.00	60th
1982	0.00	+0.00	60th
1981	0.00	+0.00	59th
1980	0.00	+0.00	56th
1979	0.00	+0.00	54th
1978	0.00	+0.00	54th
1977	0.00	+0.00	54th
1976	0.00	+0.00	54th
1975	0.00	+0.00	54th
1970	0.00	+0.00	54th
1965	0.00	+0.00	54th
1960	0.00	–	54th

Show all years (1960–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +10.9% GDP growth 9.4% C/A balance 2.8%

This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful

United Arab Emirates 2024

Reserves YoY

+25.6%

GDP growth

4.0%

C/A balance

14.5%

Guatemala 2024

Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

Cambodia 2024

Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

Sri Lanka 2024

Reserves YoY

+38.3%

GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

Lesotho 2024

Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

3.9%

Lithuania 2024

Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

In 460 of 682 past occurrences of this pattern, the outcome was successful (67% of cases). Ecuador matched this pattern in 2021. View full analysis →

HistorySaid

Over the last decade, Ecuador's mobile subscriptions averaged 92.10. The 2023 figure of 101.03 is above this long-run average. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 106.39 by 2025.