Barbados vs Ghana: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Barbados
- Ghana
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 114.58 per 100 people against 113.65 per 100 people in Ghana, a difference of 0.93 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ghana ahead.
Barbados ranks 106th and Ghana ranks 108th of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 3 and Ghana in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Ghana | 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 | 2.17 per 100 people | 0.0848 per 100 people | 2.08 per 100 people | Barbados |
| 2000s | 68.38 per 100 people | 19.13 per 100 people | 49.25 per 100 people | Barbados |
| 2010s | 119.07 per 100 people | 109.53 per 100 people | 9.55 per 100 people | Barbados |
| 2020s | 110.51 per 100 people | 124.03 per 100 people | 13.52 per 100 people | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Barbados or Ghana?
- Barbados, at 114.58 per 100 people against 113.65 per 100 people in Ghana as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Barbados and Ghana?
- 0.93 per 100 people, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Ghana?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Barbados and Ghana rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Barbados ranks 106th and Ghana ranks 108th 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
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.