Burundi vs Ethiopia: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- Burundi
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 65.08 per 100 people against 63.16 per 100 people in Burundi, a difference of 1.92 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Burundi ranks 188th and Ethiopia ranks 186th of 214 countries.
Burundi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Ethiopia | 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 | 0.0066 per 100 people | 0.001 per 100 people | 0.0055 per 100 people | Burundi |
| 2000s | 2.76 per 100 people | 1.04 per 100 people | 1.73 per 100 people | Burundi |
| 2010s | 34.6 per 100 people | 29.05 per 100 people | 5.56 per 100 people | Burundi |
| 2020s | 57.92 per 100 people | 51.77 per 100 people | 6.15 per 100 people | Burundi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Burundi or Ethiopia?
- Ethiopia, at 65.08 per 100 people against 63.16 per 100 people in Burundi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Burundi and Ethiopia?
- 1.92 per 100 people, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Ethiopia?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Burundi and Ethiopia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Burundi ranks 188th and Ethiopia ranks 186th 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
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.