Caribbean Small States vs Panama: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Caribbean Small States
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 156.59 per 100 people against 109.13 per 100 people in Caribbean Small States, a difference of 47.46 per 100 people.
That makes Panama's figure about 1.4 times Caribbean Small States's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Panama ahead.
Caribbean Small States ranks 23rd and Panama ranks 25th of 48 groups.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean Small States | Panama | 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 | 0.803 per 100 people | 1.2 per 100 people | 0.3943 per 100 people | Panama |
| 2000s | 50.82 per 100 people | 59.32 per 100 people | 8.5 per 100 people | Panama |
| 2010s | 100.49 per 100 people | 154.68 per 100 people | 54.18 per 100 people | Panama |
| 2020s | 110.37 per 100 people | 145.09 per 100 people | 34.73 per 100 people | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Caribbean Small States or Panama?
- Panama, at 156.59 per 100 people against 109.13 per 100 people in Caribbean Small States as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Caribbean Small States and Panama?
- 47.46 per 100 people, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean Small States and Panama?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2021.
- How do Caribbean Small States and Panama rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 23rd and Panama ranks 25th of 48 groups.
- 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.