Brazil vs Faroe Islands: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

Brazil
101.93 per 100 people
in 2024
Faroe Islands
105.8 per 100 people
in 2022
Brazil rank
135th
Faroe Islands rank
132nd

Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time

  • Brazil
  • Faroe Islands
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How they compare

Faroe Islands currently reports 105.8 per 100 people against 101.93 per 100 people in Brazil, a difference of 3.87 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Faroe Islands ahead.

Brazil ranks 135th and Faroe Islands ranks 132nd of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Faroe Islands in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil 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 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people —
1990s 1.85 per 100 people 7.69 per 100 people 5.85 per 100 people Faroe Islands
2000s 44.24 per 100 people 85.89 per 100 people 41.64 per 100 people Faroe Islands
2010s 117.97 per 100 people 115.62 per 100 people 2.35 per 100 people Brazil
2020s 101.57 per 100 people 109.83 per 100 people 8.26 per 100 people Faroe Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Brazil or Faroe Islands?
Faroe Islands, at 105.8 per 100 people against 101.93 per 100 people in Brazil as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Brazil and Faroe Islands?
3.87 per 100 people, with Faroe Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Faroe Islands?
50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Brazil and Faroe Islands rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Brazil ranks 135th and Faroe Islands ranks 132nd 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.