Eritrea vs Somalia: Fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions
Fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Eritrea
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 8.02 per 100 people against 5.55 per 100 people in Eritrea, a difference of 2.47 per 100 people.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.4 times Eritrea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 53rd and Somalia ranks 52nd of 53 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5715 per 100 people | 0.254 per 100 people | 0.3175 per 100 people | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 1.8 per 100 people | 5.49 per 100 people | 3.69 per 100 people | Somalia |
| 2010s | 4.56 per 100 people | 8.02 per 100 people | 3.46 per 100 people | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions, Eritrea or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 8.02 per 100 people against 5.55 per 100 people in Eritrea as of 2010.
- What is the difference in fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions between Eritrea and Somalia?
- 2.47 per 100 people, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Somalia?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2010.
- How do Eritrea and Somalia rank globally for fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Eritrea ranks 53rd and Somalia ranks 52nd of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, published as Fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions are total telephone subscriptions (fixed line plus mobile). Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones. 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.