Arab World vs Maldives: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Arab World
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 148.14 per 100 people against 102.93 per 100 people in Arab World, a difference of 45.21 per 100 people.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.4 times Arab World's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Maldives ahead.
Arab World ranks 28th and Maldives ranks 31st of 48 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Arab World averaged higher in 2 and Maldives in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Arab World | Maldives | 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 | 0.0088 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.0088 per 100 people | Arab World |
| 1990s | 0.3913 per 100 people | 0.2126 per 100 people | 0.1787 per 100 people | Arab World |
| 2000s | 29.79 per 100 people | 59.41 per 100 people | 29.62 per 100 people | Maldives |
| 2010s | 98.41 per 100 people | 164.46 per 100 people | 66.05 per 100 people | Maldives |
| 2020s | 99.46 per 100 people | 138.73 per 100 people | 39.26 per 100 people | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Arab World or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 148.14 per 100 people against 102.93 per 100 people in Arab World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Arab World and Maldives?
- 45.21 per 100 people, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Arab World and Maldives?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Arab World and Maldives rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Arab World ranks 28th and Maldives ranks 31st 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
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.