Barbados vs Philippines: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Barbados
114.58 per 100 people
in 2022
Philippines
115.3 per 100 people
in 2024
Barbados rank
106th
Philippines rank
105th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Barbados
  • Philippines
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How they compare

Philippines currently reports 115.3 per 100 people against 114.58 per 100 people in Barbados, a difference of 0.72 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Philippines ahead.

Barbados ranks 106th and Philippines ranks 105th of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 3 and Philippines in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Philippines 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 1.05 per 100 people 1.11 per 100 people Barbados
2000s 68.38 per 100 people 41.02 per 100 people 27.36 per 100 people Barbados
2010s 119.07 per 100 people 110.13 per 100 people 8.94 per 100 people Barbados
2020s 110.51 per 100 people 141.77 per 100 people 31.26 per 100 people Philippines

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Barbados or Philippines?
Philippines, at 115.3 per 100 people against 114.58 per 100 people in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Barbados and Philippines?
0.72 per 100 people, with Philippines ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Philippines?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Barbados and Philippines rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Barbados ranks 106th and Philippines ranks 105th of 214 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
261 places, 13,022 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.