Infrastructure · Cabo Verde
Yearly data from 1960 to 2024, from the World Bank.
Cabo Verde's mobile cellular subscriptions was 587,026 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 4.3% from 613,378 in 2014 (0.44% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 587,026 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 595,681 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 613,378 | 2014 |
| Highest | 613,378 | 2014 |
| Lowest | 0 | 1960 |
| Average since 2015 | 593,257 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 0 | 1960 |
Over five years it is down 1.45% from 595,681 in 2019 (0.29% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 12 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
In 2024, Cabo Verde's mobile cellular subscriptions fell 3,328 on 2023 (from 590,354 to 587,026).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +19,678 and a typical year strayed about 36,896 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 125,458 in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 50,952 in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 24% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2024, Cabo Verde had the 139th highest value of the 151 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Cabo Verde | 587,026 | 2024 |
| World | 9.17 billion | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.2 billion | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 3.76 billion | 2025 |
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.
Limitations: Operators have traditionally been the main source of telecommunications data, so information on subscriptions has been widely available for most countries. This gives a general idea of access, but a more precise measure is the penetration rate - the share of households with access to telecommunications. During the past few years more information on information and communication technology use has become available from household and business surveys. Also important are data on actual use of telecommunications services. Ideally, statistics on telecommunications (and other information and communications technologies) should be compiled for all three measures: subscriptions, access, and use.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
| Year | Mobile cellular subscriptions |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 587,026 |
| 2023 | 590,354 |
| 2022 | 588,593 |
| 2021 | 590,171 |
| 2020 | 544,729 |
| 2019 | 595,681 |
| 2018 | 610,328 |
| 2017 | 612,259 |
| 2016 | 601,956 |
| 2015 | 611,468 |
| 2014 | 613,378 |
| 2013 | 499,458 |
| 2012 | 425,310 |
| 2011 | 396,429 |
| 2010 | 371,871 |
| 2009 | 290,621 |
| 2008 | 277,670 |
| 2007 | 152,212 |
| 2006 | 108,858 |
| 2005 | 81,721 |
| 2004 | 65,780 |
| 2003 | 53,342 |
| 2002 | 42,949 |
| 2001 | 31,507 |
| 2000 | 19,729 |
| 1999 | 8,068 |
| 1998 | 1,020 |
| 1997 | 20 |
| 1996 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 |
| 1976 | 0 |
| 1975 | 0 |
| 1974 | no data |
| 1973 | no data |
| 1972 | no data |
| 1971 | no data |
| 1970 | 0 |
| 1969 | no data |
| 1968 | no data |
| 1967 | no data |
| 1966 | no data |
| 1965 | 0 |
| 1964 | no data |
| 1963 | no data |
| 1962 | no data |
| 1961 | no data |
| 1960 | 0 |
Every indicator for Cabo Verde is on the Cabo Verde data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IT.CEL.SETS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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