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Mobile Penetration Rate

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)

Data from Jan 1997 to May 2019

Last updated 06 Jun 2024

Mobile penetration rate by Month

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MobilePenetrationRate.csv (269 rows, 3.6 KB)

Month
Month (YYYY-MM)
Mobile Penetration Rate
Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
1997-0113.6
1997-0213.9
1997-0314.2
1997-0415.7
1997-0516.8
1997-0618.0
1997-0719.3
1997-0820.0
1997-0921.0
1997-1021.7
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_5fb7ffda1ffd756151b1650d4c64363c"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Info-communications Media Development Authority. (2015). Mobile Penetration Rate (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 13, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5fb7ffda1ffd756151b1650d4c64363c/view

About this dataset

Contact

info@imda.gov.sg

Created on

20 Nov 2015

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)