Mobile cellular subscriptions rose 8.42% to 16.8 mil in Ecuador in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, mobile cellular subscriptions in Ecuador reached an all time high of 16.8 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.019 mil in 1994. When compared to Ecuador's main peers, mobile cellular subscriptions in Brazil amounted to 220 mil, 75.1 mil in Colombia, 6.00 mil in Panama and 43.1 mil in Peru in 2021.
Ecuador has been ranked 58th within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of mobile cellular subscriptions, 6 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mobile Cellular Subscriptions | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bolivia | mil | 10.2 | 10.1 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 11.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | mil | 258 | 244 | 221 | 209 | 202 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | mil | 23.2 | 23.3 | 23.0 | 25.2 | 25.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | mil | 57.3 | 58.7 | 62.2 | 64.5 | 66.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | mil | 7.54 | 8.33 | 8.84 | 8.50 | 8.55 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ecuador | mil | 12.9 | 13.9 | 14.7 | 15.8 | 15.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | mil | 8.05 | 7.83 | 8.23 | 7.59 | 7.56 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | mil | 7.26 | 7.75 | 8.18 | 7.44 | 5.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | mil | 5.74 | 5.14 | 5.28 | 5.72 | 5.83 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | mil | 34.2 | 36.9 | 38.9 | 42.2 | 39.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | mil | 29.1 | 27.6 | 24.5 | 20.7 | 18.5 |
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