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Nigeria – Mobile Subscriptions 2006

Number of mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Includes both prepaid and postpaid subscriptions. · World Bank
21.68 +8.86 from 2005 G20 rank: 146th

Nigeria's mobile subscriptions was 21.68 in 2006, increased +8.86 from 12.82 in 2005. This was the 146th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2006▾
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Cayman Islands 191.90 10.9%
2nd Luxembourg 150.78 37.6%
3rd Lithuania 144.30 10.1%
4th Italy 136.87 12.0%
5th Antigua and Barbuda 136.69 26.5%
6th Hong Kong SAR, China 136.26 10.2%
7th Macao SAR, China 125.08 16.3%
8th Estonia 123.15 15.4%
9th Israel 122.79 6.5%
10th Czechia 120.40 5.1%
11th Portugal 116.18 6.6%
12th United Kingdom 114.79 6.2%
13th Cyprus 114.50 8.9%
14th Aruba 114.30 4.1%
15th Austria 112.23 6.6%
16th Trinidad and Tobago 111.78 63.5%
17th United Arab Emirates 110.19 13.4%
18th Ireland 109.87 6.9%
19th St. Kitts and Nevis 109.52 -0.3%
20th Singapore 108.66 5.8%
21st Bulgaria 108.03 33.1%
22nd Finland 107.67 7.2%
23rd Denmark 107.19 6.6%
24th Sweden 105.80 4.9%
25th Ukraine 105.28 64.5%
26th Netherlands 104.86 9.0%
27th Germany 104.84 8.5%
28th European Union 104.63 10.2%
29th Russian Federation 104.56 26.0%
30th Norway 104.47 1.6%
31st Dominica 103.92 37.4%
32nd Faroe Islands 103.17 18.7%
33rd Spain 102.24 5.3%
34th Croatia 101.84 20.4%
35th Montenegro 101.55 18.5%
36th Greece 99.67 6.7%
37th Switzerland 99.43 8.1%
38th Iceland 99.36 4.2%
39th Hungary 99.16 7.1%
40th Latvia 98.41 17.8%
41st Poland 96.52 26.2%
42nd Australia 95.97 5.7%
43rd Bermuda 95.65 13.8%
44th Greenland 94.76 16.1%
45th Qatar 94.55 8.9%
46th Belgium 93.35 1.9%
47th Saudi Arabia 91.80 33.3%
48th Bahrain 91.23 10.9%
49th Slovak Republic 91.01 7.8%
50th New Zealand 90.92 6.5%
51st Slovenia 90.84 3.1%
52nd Serbia 89.38 21.2%
53rd Barbados 87.82 14.4%
54th Andorra 86.70 4.0%
55th Maldives 86.36 30.0%
56th Jamaica 84.22 14.2%
57th Korea 83.73 4.5%
58th Malta 83.47 6.5%
59th France 83.26 6.7%
60th Brunei Darussalam 82.65 27.4%
61st Liechtenstein 82.22 3.7%
62nd Argentina 79.53 40.8%
63rd South Africa 79.33 15.6%
64th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 78.23 24.6%
65th Japan 77.99 3.4%
66th Seychelles 77.83 18.1%
67th United States 76.86 11.6%
68th Romania 76.02 20.8%
69th Chile 75.42 16.7%
70th Türkiye 75.18 19.5%
71st Gibraltar 74.34 8.4%
72nd Malaysia 73.68 -2.6%
73rd Bahamas, The 72.62 9.6%
74th Tunisia 70.93 28.1%
75th Uruguay 70.83 101.5%
76th Oman 70.45 32.7%
77th Colombia 69.72 34.4%
78th Jordan 67.57 29.9%
79th Libya 65.68 92.4%
80th Panama 64.43 22.1%
81st El Salvador 64.17 59.8%
82nd St. Lucia 63.37 -0.8%
83rd New Caledonia 62.61 14.0%
84th Albania 62.60 25.8%
85th Algeria 62.45 51.4%
86th Belarus 62.03 46.3%
87th Mauritius 61.12 17.0%
88th Suriname 60.95 36.0%
89th North Macedonia 60.49 11.8%
90th Thailand 60.28 30.6%
91st Ecuador 60.24 33.5%
92nd San Marino 60.09 0.1%
93rd Gabon 59.53 18.3%
94th Paraguay 58.72 69.5%
95th Puerto Rico (US) 58.23 10.7%
96th French Polynesia 57.75 24.9%
97th Canada 57.23 9.1%
98th Monaco 57.11 7.0%
99th Guatemala 53.70 55.8%
100th Brazil 53.53 14.7%
101st Guyana 52.70 42.5%
102nd Morocco 52.01 27.4%
103rd Mexico 51.65 16.0%
104th Kuwait 49.88 -19.3%
105th Dominican Republic 49.30 25.5%
106th Kazakhstan 48.29 42.8%
107th Philippines 47.89 21.2%
108th Bosnia and Herzegovina 46.46 19.4%
109th Botswana 43.91 43.3%
110th Georgia 42.63 46.2%
111th Palau 42.60 39.5%
112th Armenia 42.13 298.2%
113th Grenada 41.94 -1.8%
114th Belize 40.99 19.4%
115th Azerbaijan 38.15 46.3%
116th Mauritania 35.18 38.7%
117th China 34.98 16.5%
118th Moldova 34.64 26.8%
119th Nicaragua 33.78 61.2%
120th Costa Rica 33.41 29.3%
121st Iraq 32.66 505.2%
122nd Peru 32.20 62.1%
123rd Fiji 31.97 37.6%
124th Kosovo 31.00 0.3%
125th Namibia 30.57 33.9%
126th Tajikistan 30.46 696.1%
127th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 30.21 16.8%
128th Mongolia 29.98 37.9%
129th Honduras 29.26 70.8%
130th Tonga 28.28 0.0%
131st Indonesia 27.27 34.2%
132nd Sri Lanka 26.59 59.9%
133rd Senegal 25.94 68.4%
134th Samoa 24.24 88.8%
135th Congo, Republic of 23.91 58.3%
136th Kyrgyz Republic 23.89 131.4%
137th Syrian Arab Republic 23.81 51.8%
138th Gambia, The 23.57 58.8%
139th Lebanon 23.29 9.5%
140th Eswatini 23.05 24.4%
141st Viet Nam 22.99 94.3%
142nd Ghana 22.60 76.5%
143rd West Bank and Gaza 22.55 41.3%
144th Cabo Verde 22.18 31.7%
145th Egypt, Arab Republic of 21.77 29.5%
146th Nigeria 21.68 69.2%
147th Iran, Islamic Republic of 20.96 76.9%
148th Kenya 19.89 54.4%
149th Côte d'Ivoire 19.79 69.0%
150th Pakistan 19.20 163.8%
151st Lesotho 18.40 43.9%
152nd Cameroon 17.87 35.4%
153rd Lao PDR 16.93 51.1%
154th Micronesia, Federated States of 16.81 32.9%
155th Tuvalu 15.91 21.7%
156th Angola 15.26 82.7%
157th Sudan 14.64 150.4%
158th India 14.16 81.4%
159th Tanzania 13.92 84.0%
160th Zambia 13.71 69.2%
161st Bangladesh 13.07 110.1%
162nd Haiti 13.02 135.9%
163rd Yemen, Republic of 12.65 26.6%
164th Cambodia 12.62 59.7%
165th Bhutan 12.24 125.0%
166th Benin 12.14 71.6%
167th Equatorial Guinea 12.12 18.5%
168th Togo 11.78 58.8%
169th Mozambique 11.25 51.9%
170th São Tomé and Principe 11.12 50.4%
171st Guinea-Bissau 11.12 55.4%
172nd Mali 10.81 92.1%
173rd Afghanistan 9.91 101.6%
174th Uzbekistan 9.48 246.9%
175th Liberia 8.02 65.5%
176th Congo, Democratic Republic of 7.28 55.9%
177th Burkina Faso 7.07 55.5%
178th Uganda 6.98 48.3%
179th Vanuatu 6.95 15.4%
180th Zimbabwe 6.72 29.6%
181st Comoros 6.10 132.8%
182nd Madagascar 5.30 99.0%
183rd Djibouti 5.24 -0.2%
184th Timor-Leste 5.03 44.2%
185th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 5.01 6.7%
186th Malawi 4.70 43.2%
187th Nepal 4.36 404.1%
188th Chad 4.35 114.1%
189th Turkmenistan 4.21 102.7%
190th Niger 3.39 43.8%
191st Rwanda 3.38 37.2%
192nd Burundi 2.54 26.1%
193rd Central African Republic 2.51 7.8%
194th Eritrea 2.29 50.9%
195th Papua New Guinea 1.48 29.1%
196th Solomon Islands 1.42 14.6%
197th Cuba 1.35 12.5%
198th Kiribati 0.70 5.6%
199th Myanmar 0.45 65.2%
200th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 0.00 –
Source: World Bank (IT.CEL.SETS.P2)
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Nigeria matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2006. Historically: 682 occurrences, 460 successful (67%). Outcome 24 months later: 6.8%. View full analysis →

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