Bahrain vs Low & middle income: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Bahrain
159.54 per 100 people
in 2024
Low & middle income
104.4 per 100 people
in 2022
Bahrain rank
24th
Low & middle income rank
27th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Bahrain
  • Low & middle income
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How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 159.54 per 100 people against 104.4 per 100 people in Low & middle income, a difference of 55.14 per 100 people.

That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.5 times Low & middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Low & middle income ahead.

Bahrain ranks 24th and Low & middle income ranks 27th of 212 countries.

Bahrain has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahrain Low & middle income 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 0.1951 per 100 people 0.0007 per 100 people 0.1944 per 100 people Bahrain
1990s 6.18 per 100 people 0.5219 per 100 people 5.66 per 100 people Bahrain
2000s 78.05 per 100 people 23.82 per 100 people 54.23 per 100 people Bahrain
2010s 161.92 per 100 people 87.86 per 100 people 74.05 per 100 people Bahrain
2020s 129.04 per 100 people 102.91 per 100 people 26.13 per 100 people Bahrain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Bahrain or Low & middle income?
Bahrain, at 159.54 per 100 people against 104.4 per 100 people in Low & middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Bahrain and Low & middle income?
55.14 per 100 people, with Bahrain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Low & middle income?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Bahrain and Low & middle income rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Bahrain ranks 24th and Low & middle income ranks 27th of 212 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

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.