Business & Markets · Mobile subscriptions · Namibia
Namibia’s mobile subscriptions fell to 85.2 per 100 people in 2024.
85.2 per 100 people
2024
Down 2.5 per 100 people from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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85.2 per 100 people
What it is. This measure counts active mobile cellular subscriptions and divides them by the population, then scales the result to 100 people. It counts subscriptions rather than individuals, so someone holding two SIM cards counts twice and the figure can pass 100. It says nothing about network quality, data use or who has no connection at all.
Higher is better. More subscriptions mean more people can make calls, send messages and use mobile services, so a higher figure is better. The latest figure, for 2024, is 85.2 per 100 people, down from 87.7 per 100 people a year earlier. That is a fall of 2.5 per 100 people, or 2.9%. It is also the lowest reading since 2015, and well below the high of 109 per 100 people reached in 2016.
Why it matters. At 85 subscriptions per 100 people, Namibia has fewer subscriptions than residents on average. Households that depend on a phone for calls, payments and information may find fewer connections within reach. Firms and public services that contact people by mobile reach a somewhat smaller base than in 2016. The next annual reading will show whether the fall continues.
| Period | Mobile subscriptions · Namibia |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 107.4 per 100 people |
| 2016 | 109 per 100 people |
| 2017 | 106.9 per 100 people |
| 2018 | 107.1 per 100 people |
| 2019 | 106.5 per 100 people |
| 2020 | 106.2 per 100 people |
| 2021 | 103.7 per 100 people |
| 2022 | 100.6 per 100 people |
| 2023 | 87.7 per 100 people |
| 2024 | 85.2 per 100 people |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Mobile subscriptions, Namibia, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/business/mobile-subscriptions/namibia
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Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Unit: per 100 people.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series IT.CEL.SETS.P2), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.