Arab World vs Qatar: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Arab World
102.93 per 100 people
in 2022
Qatar
153.61 per 100 people
in 2024
Arab World rank
28th
Qatar rank
28th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Arab World
  • Qatar
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How they compare

Qatar currently reports 153.61 per 100 people against 102.93 per 100 people in Arab World, a difference of 50.69 per 100 people.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.5 times Arab World's.

Across all 43 years both countries report, Qatar has been ahead every year.

Arab World ranks 28th and Qatar ranks 28th of 48 groups.

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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.