Nigeria - Mobile Subscriptions 2017
72.37
−6.60 from 2016
Nigeria's mobile subscriptions was 72.37 in 2017, decreased +6.60 from 78.97 in 2016. This was the 167th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Macao SAR, China | 316.60 | 1.9% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 247.08 | 4.1% |
| 3rd | United Arab Emirates | 214.70 | -2.6% |
| 4th | Antigua and Barbuda | 203.39 | 1.7% |
| 5th | Maldives | 196.41 | 7.2% |
| 6th | Costa Rica | 179.93 | 5.1% |
| 7th | Kuwait | 171.83 | -10.2% |
| 8th | Thailand | 170.78 | 1.1% |
| 9th | Montenegro | 168.47 | 1.0% |
| 10th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 163.40 | 0.4% |
| 11th | Indonesia | 162.78 | 11.7% |
| 12th | Bahrain | 159.55 | -23.8% |
| 13th | Russian Federation | 155.49 | -1.1% |
| 14th | Lithuania | 154.15 | 5.2% |
| 15th | South Africa | 153.55 | 6.7% |
| 16th | El Salvador | 152.54 | -1.9% |
| 17th | Uruguay | 150.44 | -0.6% |
| 18th | Cayman Islands | 149.77 | -1.2% |
| 19th | Singapore | 149.57 | -1.4% |
| 20th | Oman | 148.82 | -2.9% |
| 21st | Seychelles | 148.79 | 7.6% |
| 22nd | Qatar | 147.36 | 4.9% |
| 23rd | Georgia | 145.07 | -0.6% |
| 24th | Estonia | 144.56 | 0.2% |
| 25th | Kazakhstan | 143.11 | 2.9% |
| 26th | Botswana | 142.96 | -2.9% |
| 27th | Mauritius | 142.53 | 1.5% |
| 28th | Trinidad and Tobago | 140.50 | -6.8% |
| 29th | Argentina | 139.76 | -3.7% |
| 30th | Italy | 138.88 | -2.3% |
| 31st | Cyprus | 136.17 | 2.7% |
| 32nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 136.14 | 9.2% |
| 33rd | Japan | 135.99 | 3.6% |
| 34th | British Virgin Islands | 134.69 | 15.0% |
| 35th | Suriname | 134.05 | -2.4% |
| 36th | Luxembourg | 133.11 | 1.7% |
| 37th | New Zealand | 132.98 | 2.8% |
| 38th | Germany | 132.00 | 5.6% |
| 39th | Poland | 131.90 | -4.8% |
| 40th | Ukraine | 131.36 | -1.4% |
| 41st | Switzerland | 131.17 | -2.3% |
| 42nd | Slovak Republic | 130.95 | 1.7% |
| 43rd | Malaysia | 130.85 | -4.3% |
| 44th | Saudi Arabia | 130.63 | -16.3% |
| 45th | Finland | 129.98 | -1.1% |
| 46th | Nicaragua | 129.51 | 4.2% |
| 47th | Colombia | 129.27 | 4.5% |
| 48th | Malta | 129.25 | 0.5% |
| 49th | Nepal | 128.86 | 12.2% |
| 50th | Panama | 128.83 | 0.9% |
| 51st | Sri Lanka | 127.67 | 8.4% |
| 52nd | Latvia | 126.85 | -6.2% |
| 53rd | Gambia, The | 126.63 | 1.9% |
| 54th | Viet Nam | 126.10 | -1.7% |
| 55th | Israel | 126.05 | -2.1% |
| 56th | Brunei Darussalam | 125.87 | 2.8% |
| 57th | Mongolia | 125.18 | 13.0% |
| 58th | Albania | 125.10 | 7.6% |
| 59th | Sweden | 124.47 | -1.5% |
| 60th | Timor-Leste | 124.36 | 2.4% |
| 61st | Peru | 124.23 | 3.8% |
| 62nd | Chile | 124.00 | -2.8% |
| 63rd | Morocco | 123.89 | 4.5% |
| 64th | Denmark | 123.86 | 1.6% |
| 65th | Korea | 123.64 | 3.5% |
| 66th | Gabon | 123.48 | -12.5% |
| 67th | Austria | 123.42 | -2.7% |
| 68th | Serbia | 123.14 | -4.7% |
| 69th | Tunisia | 123.03 | -0.7% |
| 70th | Liechtenstein | 122.59 | 4.1% |
| 71st | European Union | 122.56 | 0.3% |
| 72nd | Ghana | 122.47 | -6.1% |
| 73rd | Guatemala | 120.64 | 7.5% |
| 74th | Bulgaria | 120.60 | -4.2% |
| 75th | Greece | 120.31 | 3.4% |
| 76th | Belarus | 120.21 | -0.2% |
| 77th | Czechia | 119.87 | 1.1% |
| 78th | Gibraltar | 119.83 | -2.0% |
| 79th | Armenia | 119.68 | 1.7% |
| 80th | Cabo Verde | 119.37 | 1.6% |
| 81st | United Kingdom | 119.21 | -0.5% |
| 82nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 118.76 | 12.4% |
| 83rd | Netherlands | 118.58 | -2.3% |
| 84th | Slovenia | 118.46 | 2.4% |
| 85th | Paraguay | 117.82 | -1.7% |
| 86th | Barbados | 117.63 | -1.0% |
| 87th | Moldova | 117.32 | 0.3% |
| 88th | Iceland | 116.80 | -2.4% |
| 89th | Cambodia | 115.55 | -8.0% |
| 90th | Portugal | 113.87 | 1.8% |
| 91st | Romania | 113.77 | -1.7% |
| 92nd | Faroe Islands | 112.69 | 2.4% |
| 93rd | Fiji | 112.53 | -1.0% |
| 94th | Spain | 112.03 | 1.6% |
| 95th | Mali | 111.21 | 5.6% |
| 96th | Greenland | 111.15 | 2.1% |
| 97th | Curaçao | 111.08 | -0.1% |
| 98th | Philippines | 110.96 | -1.4% |
| 99th | San Marino | 110.54 | 3.3% |
| 100th | Lesotho | 110.37 | 3.0% |
| 101st | Algeria | 109.97 | -4.5% |
| 102nd | Dominica | 109.83 | -2.5% |
| 103rd | Jamaica | 109.78 | -5.6% |
| 104th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 109.64 | 3.5% |
| 105th | Tajikistan | 109.00 | 2.8% |
| 106th | Andorra | 108.91 | 3.3% |
| 107th | Norway | 108.39 | -0.9% |
| 108th | Brazil | 108.09 | -10.0% |
| 109th | Australia | 107.80 | -1.2% |
| 110th | Namibia | 106.92 | -2.0% |
| 111th | Croatia | 105.80 | -0.9% |
| 112th | France | 105.72 | 1.8% |
| 113th | China | 104.07 | 7.1% |
| 114th | North Macedonia | 103.46 | -1.0% |
| 115th | French Polynesia | 102.77 | 2.4% |
| 116th | Tonga | 102.45 | 35.1% |
| 117th | United States | 102.38 | -0.4% |
| 118th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 102.38 | 6.6% |
| 119th | Bermuda | 102.23 | 1.5% |
| 120th | Ireland | 101.84 | -0.7% |
| 121st | Senegal | 101.83 | 0.8% |
| 122nd | Hungary | 101.63 | 0.2% |
| 123rd | Azerbaijan | 101.59 | -1.6% |
| 124th | Puerto Rico (US) | 100.52 | 7.4% |
| 125th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.33 | 2.4% |
| 126th | St. Lucia | 100.20 | -0.4% |
| 127th | Belgium | 99.83 | -9.9% |
| 128th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 99.29 | 3.2% |
| 129th | Grenada | 98.04 | -5.1% |
| 130th | Bhutan | 96.86 | 3.7% |
| 131st | Mauritania | 96.76 | 9.4% |
| 132nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 96.64 | 6.9% |
| 133rd | Zimbabwe | 95.14 | 7.9% |
| 134th | Jordan | 94.81 | -3.4% |
| 135th | Congo, Republic of | 94.49 | -9.0% |
| 136th | Guinea | 94.46 | 2.7% |
| 137th | Türkiye | 93.64 | 1.9% |
| 138th | Bangladesh | 93.07 | 10.1% |
| 139th | Mexico | 92.65 | 1.4% |
| 140th | Myanmar | 92.39 | -5.9% |
| 141st | Bahamas, The | 90.54 | -2.5% |
| 142nd | Burkina Faso | 90.21 | 13.2% |
| 143rd | Sierra Leone | 89.78 | 3.0% |
| 144th | Libya | 89.33 | -22.7% |
| 145th | Eswatini | 88.71 | 2.5% |
| 146th | Nauru | 88.31 | -0.5% |
| 147th | Monaco | 87.53 | -2.0% |
| 148th | Ecuador | 87.42 | 3.9% |
| 149th | Kenya | 87.03 | 7.5% |
| 150th | Canada | 86.10 | 1.8% |
| 151st | India | 85.97 | 2.4% |
| 152nd | Honduras | 85.87 | 3.2% |
| 153rd | Iraq | 84.95 | -2.3% |
| 154th | West Bank and Gaza | 84.26 | 5.1% |
| 155th | São Tomé and Principe | 84.05 | -3.8% |
| 156th | Guyana | 83.70 | 9.3% |
| 157th | Cameroon | 83.45 | 4.6% |
| 158th | Dominican Republic | 82.21 | -0.4% |
| 159th | Vanuatu | 81.87 | 1.9% |
| 160th | Syrian Arab Republic | 80.03 | 15.1% |
| 161st | Zambia | 77.05 | 8.5% |
| 162nd | Guinea-Bissau | 76.44 | 8.9% |
| 163rd | Uzbekistan | 76.26 | 2.5% |
| 164th | Togo | 75.34 | 7.5% |
| 165th | Tuvalu | 73.60 | 5.9% |
| 166th | Benin | 72.87 | -4.1% |
| 167th | Nigeria | 72.37 | -8.4% |
| 168th | Rwanda | 72.28 | -3.4% |
| 169th | Tanzania | 71.79 | -3.5% |
| 170th | Lebanon | 71.41 | 5.6% |
| 171st | Solomon Islands | 67.87 | 7.9% |
| 172nd | Sudan | 67.06 | -0.5% |
| 173rd | Afghanistan | 67.05 | 7.7% |
| 174th | Pakistan | 64.73 | 4.4% |
| 175th | Belize | 64.16 | 5.0% |
| 176th | Uganda | 62.10 | 5.5% |
| 177th | Comoros | 61.97 | 1.2% |
| 178th | Samoa | 60.47 | -18.5% |
| 179th | Haiti | 58.29 | -4.4% |
| 180th | Liberia | 54.86 | -16.3% |
| 181st | Lao PDR | 52.89 | -7.7% |
| 182nd | Burundi | 51.45 | 7.9% |
| 183rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 47.73 | 2.9% |
| 184th | Yemen, Republic of | 46.41 | -9.3% |
| 185th | Angola | 44.07 | -1.1% |
| 186th | Papua New Guinea | 43.78 | 3.7% |
| 187th | Malawi | 43.09 | 5.4% |
| 188th | Mozambique | 42.16 | -23.3% |
| 189th | Cuba | 41.02 | 15.9% |
| 190th | Niger | 40.96 | 13.4% |
| 191st | Chad | 40.76 | 10.3% |
| 192nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 40.62 | 18.1% |
| 193rd | Kiribati | 38.35 | -12.6% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | 36.23 | -5.1% |
| 195th | Djibouti | 35.37 | 6.3% |
| 196th | Marshall Islands | 34.39 | 8.3% |
| 197th | Madagascar | 32.59 | 6.3% |
| 198th | South Sudan | 27.18 | 9.0% |
| 199th | Central African Republic | 24.52 | -7.4% |
| 200th | Eritrea | 22.06 | 36.2% |
| 201st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 21.11 | -1.6% |
| 202nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 14.76 | 5.2% |
FAQ
What was Nigeria's mobile subscriptions in 2017?▾
Nigeria's mobile subscriptions in 2017 was 72.37. This ranked 167th globally.
How did Nigeria's mobile subscriptions change in 2017?▾
Nigeria's mobile subscriptions decreased by 8.4% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest mobile subscriptions in 2017?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest mobile subscriptions in 2017 at 316.60.
What is the mobile subscriptions of Nigeria in 2017?▾
The mobile subscriptions of Nigeria in 2017 was 72.37. This ranked 167th globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Nigeria's mobile subscriptions?▾
Nigeria's mobile subscriptions went from 78.97 in 2016 to 72.37 in 2017, a 8.4% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Nigeria matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2017. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 11.4%. View full analysis →
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