Belgium vs Faroe Islands: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Belgium
- Faroe Islands
How they compare
Faroe Islands currently reports 105.8 per 100 people against 103.91 per 100 people in Belgium, a difference of 1.89 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Faroe Islands ahead.
Belgium ranks 134th and Faroe Islands ranks 132nd of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and Faroe Islands in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Faroe Islands | 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 | 0.0338 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.0338 per 100 people | Belgium |
| 1990s | 6.86 per 100 people | 7.69 per 100 people | 0.8358 per 100 people | Faroe Islands |
| 2000s | 87.96 per 100 people | 85.89 per 100 people | 2.07 per 100 people | Belgium |
| 2010s | 108.33 per 100 people | 115.62 per 100 people | 7.28 per 100 people | Faroe Islands |
| 2020s | 101.02 per 100 people | 109.83 per 100 people | 8.81 per 100 people | Faroe Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Belgium or Faroe Islands?
- Faroe Islands, at 105.8 per 100 people against 103.91 per 100 people in Belgium as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Belgium and Faroe Islands?
- 1.89 per 100 people, with Faroe Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Faroe Islands?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Belgium and Faroe Islands rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Belgium ranks 134th and Faroe Islands ranks 132nd 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.