Benin vs Gambia: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Benin
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 126.24 per 100 people against 125.94 per 100 people in Benin, a difference of 0.3 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gambia ahead.
Benin ranks 72nd and Gambia ranks 71st of 212 countries.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Gambia | 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 | 0.0331 per 100 people | 0.1594 per 100 people | 0.1264 per 100 people | Gambia |
| 2000s | 14.83 per 100 people | 24.89 per 100 people | 10.06 per 100 people | Gambia |
| 2010s | 78.71 per 100 people | 102.62 per 100 people | 23.92 per 100 people | Gambia |
| 2020s | 105.58 per 100 people | 113.09 per 100 people | 7.51 per 100 people | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Benin or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 126.24 per 100 people against 125.94 per 100 people in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Benin and Gambia?
- 0.3 per 100 people, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Gambia?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Gambia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Benin ranks 72nd and Gambia ranks 71st 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.