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Mobile Penetration Rate

Data from Jan 1997 to May 2019Updated 9 months ago

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)

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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%
1997-01	13.6
1997-02	13.9
1997-03	14.2
1997-04	15.7
1997-05	16.8
1997-06	18.0
1997-07	19.3
1997-08	20.0
1997-09	21.0
1997-10	21.7

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Month	month	Month (YYYY-MM)	-	-
Mobile Penetration Rate	mobile_penetration_rate	Numeric (Percentage)	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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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 March 14, 2025 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.

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IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)

Mobile Penetration Rate

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MobilePenetrationRate.csv (269 rows, 3.6 KB)

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About this dataset

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Sample OpenAPI query

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MobilePenetrationRate.csv (269 rows, 3.6 KB)

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Mobile penetration rate by Month