Afghanistan vs Niger: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- Afghanistan
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 60.59 per 100 people against 60.1 per 100 people in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.49 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Niger ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 194th and Niger ranks 193rd of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 2 and Niger in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 1970s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 1980s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 1990s | 0 per 100 people | 0.0033 per 100 people | 0.0033 per 100 people | Niger |
| 2000s | 10.44 per 100 people | 4.29 per 100 people | 6.15 per 100 people | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 54.42 per 100 people | 37.28 per 100 people | 17.14 per 100 people | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 57.33 per 100 people | 62.25 per 100 people | 4.92 per 100 people | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Afghanistan or Niger?
- Niger, at 60.59 per 100 people against 60.1 per 100 people in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Afghanistan and Niger?
- 0.49 per 100 people, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Niger?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Niger rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Afghanistan ranks 194th and Niger ranks 193rd of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as 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
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.