Africa Eastern and Southern vs Uruguay: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Africa Eastern and Southern
93.1 per 100 people
in 2025
Uruguay
145.5 per 100 people
in 2024
Africa Eastern and Southern rank
32nd
Uruguay rank
33rd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Africa Eastern and Southern
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 145.5 per 100 people against 93.1 per 100 people in Africa Eastern and Southern, a difference of 52.4 per 100 people.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.6 times Africa Eastern and Southern's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uruguay ahead.

Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 32nd and Uruguay ranks 33rd of 48 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Africa Eastern and Southern averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Eastern and Southern Uruguay 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 0.0001 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0.0001 per 100 people Africa Eastern and Southern
1990s 0.3632 per 100 people 2.15 per 100 people 1.79 per 100 people Uruguay
2000s 13.67 per 100 people 50.51 per 100 people 36.85 per 100 people Uruguay
2010s 58.56 per 100 people 146.76 per 100 people 88.19 per 100 people Uruguay
2020s 78.38 per 100 people 139.81 per 100 people 61.43 per 100 people Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Africa Eastern and Southern or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 145.5 per 100 people against 93.1 per 100 people in Africa Eastern and Southern as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Africa Eastern and Southern and Uruguay?
52.4 per 100 people, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Eastern and Southern and Uruguay?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Africa Eastern and Southern and Uruguay rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 32nd and Uruguay ranks 33rd of 48 groups.
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

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,015 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.