Sri Lanka Teledensity: Mobile

1960 - 2021 | Yearly | Number | World Bank

Key information about Sri Lanka Teledensity: Mobile

  • Sri Lanka Teledensity: Mobile was reported at 141.292 Number in Dec 2021
  • This records an increase from the previous number of 136.912 Number for Dec 2020
  • Sri Lanka Teledensity: Mobile data is updated yearly, averaging 0.505 Number from Dec 1960 to 2021, with 50 observations
  • The data reached an all-time high of 141.292 Number in 2021 and a record low of 0.000 Number in 1989
  • Sri Lanka Teledensity: Mobile data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank
  • The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Telecommunication Sector – Table LK.World Bank.WDI: Telecommunication
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.;International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database;Weighted average;Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data.

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Sri Lanka Teledensity: Mobile

What was Sri Lanka's Teledensity: Mobile in 2021?

Sri Lanka Teledensity: Mobile was reported at 141.292 Number in Dec 2021 See the table below for more data.

Last Previous Min Max Unit Frequency Range
141.292 2021 136.912 2020 0.000 1989 141.292 2021 Number yearly 1960 - 2021

Teledensity: Mobile by Country Comparison

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country/region Last Frequency Range
Afghanistan (Number) 56.554 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Albania (Number) 92.320 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Algeria (Number) 106.424 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Andorra (Number) 142.214 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Angola (Number) 67.373 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Antigua and Barbuda (Number) 197.383 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Argentina (Number) 132.358 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Armenia (Number) 128.961 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Aruba (Number) 132.350 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Australia (Number) 105.262 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Austria (Number) 121.969 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Azerbaijan (Number) 104.888 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Bahamas (Number) 98.539 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Bahrain (Number) 131.449 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Bangladesh (Number) 108.909 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Barbados (Number) 112.601 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Belarus (Number) 122.780 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Belgium (Number) 101.871 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Belize (Number) 65.995 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Benin (Number) 97.960 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Bermuda (Number) 105.944 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Bhutan (Number) 100.067 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Bolivia (Number) 99.623 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Number) 113.997 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Botswana (Number) 160.737 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Brazil (Number) 98.891 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Brunei (Number) 135.501 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Bulgaria (Number) 114.768 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Burkina Faso (Number) 111.663 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Burundi (Number) 61.671 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Cambodia (Number) 116.326 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Cameroon (Number) 82.778 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Canada (Number) 88.091 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Cape Verde (Number) 99.232 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Cayman Islands (Number) 146.765 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Central African Republic (Number) 33.552 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Chad (Number) 60.223 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Chile (Number) 136.313 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
China (Number) 121.538 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Colombia (Number) 155.785 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Comoros (Number) 100.238 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Congo (Number) 96.788 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Costa Rica (Number) 152.025 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Croatia (Number) 111.168 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Cuba (Number) 63.105 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Cyprus (Number) 148.738 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Czech Republic (Number) 126.412 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Democratic Republic of Congo (Number) 48.893 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Denmark (Number) 125.782 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Djibouti (Number) 46.327 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Dominica (Number) 85.857 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Dominican Republic (Number) 90.391 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Ecuador (Number) 97.165 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Egypt (Number) 93.206 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
El Salvador (Number) 175.337 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Equatorial Guinea (Number) 53.343 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Eritrea (Number) 49.747 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Estonia (Number) 149.081 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Swaziland (Number) 120.052 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Ethiopia (Number) 56.025 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Faroe Islands (Number) 111.959 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Fiji (Number) 107.234 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Finland (Number) 128.683 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
France (Number) 112.737 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
French Polynesia (Number) 106.212 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Gabon (Number) 125.387 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Gambia (Number) 101.441 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Georgia (Number) 147.755 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Germany (Number) 127.565 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Ghana (Number) 123.212 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Greece (Number) 109.063 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Greenland (Number) 118.424 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Grenada (Number) 81.067 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Guatemala (Number) 115.182 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Guinea (Number) 101.944 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Guinea-Bissau (Number) 108.531 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Guyana (Number) 106.393 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Haiti (Number) 63.935 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Honduras (Number) 76.081 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Hong Kong SAR, China (Number) 291.910 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Hungary (Number) 104.056 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Iceland (Number) 118.074 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
India (Number) 80.649 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Indonesia (Number) 114.901 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Iran (Number) 164.502 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Iraq (Number) 93.604 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Ireland (Number) 107.768 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Israel (Number) 152.222 2022 yearly 1990 - 2022
Italy (Number) 131.861 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Ivory Coast (Number) 174.025 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Jamaica (Number) 106.202 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Japan (Number) 167.523 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Jordan (Number) 65.262 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Kazakhstan (Number) 130.421 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Kenya (Number) 121.674 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Kiribati (Number) 40.840 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
South Korea (Number) 148.588 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Kuwait (Number) 180.995 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan (Number) 130.382 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021
Laos (Number) 64.955 2021 yearly 1960 - 2021

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Government and Public Finance Last Frequency Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) -10.5 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2014 - Sep 2023
Tax Revenue (USD mn) 5,458.017 2022 yearly 1990 - 2022
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) 10.6 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2023
National Government Debt (USD mn) 86,964.6 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2023
Government Debt: % of GDP (%) 103.9 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2023
Forecast: Government Expenditure (LKR bn) 4,472.550 2022 yearly 1990 - 2022
Forecast: Government Net Debt (LKR bn) 27,899.420 2022 yearly 1990 - 2022
Forecast: Government Revenue (LKR bn) 2,012.590 2022 yearly 1990 - 2022
Government Debt: Domestic (LKR mn) 16,617,629.160 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2023
Government Debt: Foreign (LKR mn) 11,402,380.792 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2023
Government Revenue & Grants​: Revenue (LKR mn) 795,600.830 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2023
Government Expenditure & Lending Minus Repayments (LR) (LKR mn) 1,172,712.077 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2023
Government Expenditure & LR: Recurrent (LKR mn) 1,002,143.567 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2023
Overall Fiscal Surplus/Deficit (LKR mn) -371,009.687 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2023
Government Expenditure & LR: Capital & Net Lending (LKR mn) 170,568.510 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2014 - Sep 2023
Foreign Trade Last Frequency Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) 3.626 2028 yearly 1980 - 2028
Trade Balance (USD mn) -541.1 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 1982 - Jan 2024
Total Exports (USD mn) 970.7 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 1982 - Jan 2024
Total Exports Growth (%) -0.8 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 1983 - Jan 2024
Aluminum: Exports (USD th) 8,005.174 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Exports: Medicament (USD th) 8,546.747 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 3,537.951 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Total Imports (USD mn) 1,511.8 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 1982 - Jan 2024
Total Imports Growth (%) 6.2 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 1983 - Jan 2024
Imports: Medicament (USD th) 381,649.432 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 128,854.946 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Total Exports to USA (USD mn) 272.761 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 1978 - Nov 2023
Total Imports from USA (USD mn) 36.519 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 1978 - Nov 2023
Total Exports to China (USD mn) 24.920 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 2016 - Nov 2023
Total Imports from China (USD mn) 377.199 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 2016 - Nov 2023
Exports: Germany (USD mn) 742.000 2022 yearly 2003 - 2022
Imports: India (USD mn) 4,738.000 2022 yearly 2003 - 2022
Import Volume Index (IVoI): 2010=100 (2010=100) 169.493 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 2010 - Jan 2024
Export Volume Index (EVoI): 2010=100 (2010=100) 200.505 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 2010 - Jan 2024
Terms of Trade Index: 2010=100 (2010=100) 84.410 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 2010 - Jan 2024
Balance of Payments Last Frequency Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) 8.5 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2023
Current Account Balance (USD mn) 639.0 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 1977 - Sep 2023
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) 3.0 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2002 - Sep 2023
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) 158.7 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 1977 - Sep 2023
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) 0.7 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2002 - Sep 2023
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) 85.052 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2023
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) 0.4 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2023
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) 5.0 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2023
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) 80.015 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2012 - Sep 2023
External Debt (USD mn) 52,653.4 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2012 - Sep 2023
External Debt: % of GDP (%) 74.7 2022 yearly 1998 - 2022
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn) 7,545.9 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2012 - Sep 2023
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%) 11.5 2022 yearly 1998 - 2022
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) -0.744 2022 yearly 1980 - 2022
Net International Investment Position (USD mn) -50,271.614 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2013 - Sep 2023
BoP: FA: Assets: Errors & Ommissions (USD mn) 192.632 Dec 2018 quarterly Mar 2012 - Dec 2018
BoP: FA: Liabilities: Financial Derivatives (USD mn) 0.000 Dec 2018 quarterly Mar 2012 - Dec 2018
BoP: FA: Assets: Financial Derivatives (USD mn) 0.000 Dec 2018 quarterly Mar 2012 - Dec 2018
IIP: Assets (USD mn) 11,636.010 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2012 - Sep 2023
International Investment Position (IIP): Net (USD mn) -50,271.614 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2012 - Sep 2023
IIP: Liabilities (USD mn) 61,907.624 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2012 - Sep 2023
No of Registered Enterprises (Unit) 6,298.000 2022 yearly 1994 - 2022
Monetary Last Frequency Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) 4.5 2021 yearly 1998 - 2021
Household Debt: % of GDP (%) 7.4 Jun 2023 quarterly Dec 2010 - Jun 2023
Money Supply M1 (USD mn) 5,120.576 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 1994 - Dec 2023
Money Supply M2 (USD mn) 35,469.638 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 1994 - Dec 2023
M2 Growth (%) 9.4 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 1995 - Dec 2023
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) 4.0 Jun 2023 monthly Mar 1997 - Jun 2023
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) 4,425.6 Jan 2024 monthly Dec 1956 - Jan 2024
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) 2.9 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 1982 - Jan 2024
Gold Reserves (USD mn) 30.887 Jan 2024 monthly Dec 1977 - Jan 2024
Total Deposits (USD mn) 45,118.862 Jul 2023 monthly Dec 2002 - Jul 2023
Total Deposits Growth (%) 5.8 Jun 2023 monthly Dec 2003 - Jun 2023
Domestic Credit (USD mn) 1,267.7 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 1996 - Dec 2023
Domestic Credit Growth (%) -97.5 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 1997 - Dec 2023
Household Debt (USD mn) 6,407.8 Jun 2023 quarterly Jun 2010 - Jun 2023
Total Loans (USD mn) 25,800.594 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 1983 - Dec 2023
Total Loans Growth (%) -0.51 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 1984 - Dec 2023
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) 26.18 Jun 2023 quarterly Dec 2010 - Jun 2023
Official Reserve Assets (ORA) (USD mn) 4,496.000 Jan 2024 monthly Nov 2013 - Jan 2024
ORA: Foreign Currency Reserves in Convertible FC (FCR) (USD mn) 4,425.613 Jan 2024 monthly Nov 2013 - Jan 2024
Commercial Banks: Loans: Personal Loans & Advances (LA) (LKR mn) 1,969,066.000 Jun 2023 quarterly Jun 2010 - Jun 2023
Business and Economic Survey Last Frequency Range
Business Confidence Growth (% Point) -8.2 May 2023 monthly May 2016 - May 2023
Business Sentiment Index: Business Condition: Current Quarter (Index) 93.000 Dec 2023 quarterly Jun 2014 - Dec 2023
Purchasing Managers Index: Manufacturing (Index) 52.700 Jan 2024 monthly May 2015 - Jan 2024

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