Burkina Faso vs Mexico: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Burkina Faso
116.59 per 100 people
in 2024
Mexico
116.49 per 100 people
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
100th
Mexico rank
101st

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 116.59 per 100 people against 116.49 per 100 people in Mexico, a difference of 0.1 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mexico ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 100th and Mexico ranks 101st of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 1 and Mexico in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Mexico 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 0.0012 per 100 people 0.0012 per 100 people Mexico
1990s 0.0087 per 100 people 1.7 per 100 people 1.7 per 100 people Mexico
2000s 7.48 per 100 people 42.75 per 100 people 35.27 per 100 people Mexico
2010s 71.01 per 100 people 89.3 per 100 people 18.29 per 100 people Mexico
2020s 112.38 per 100 people 105.99 per 100 people 6.39 per 100 people Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Burkina Faso or Mexico?
Burkina Faso, at 116.59 per 100 people against 116.49 per 100 people in Mexico as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Burkina Faso and Mexico?
0.1 per 100 people, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mexico?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Mexico rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Burkina Faso ranks 100th and Mexico ranks 101st 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

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
260 places, 13,015 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.