Cayman Islands vs South Asia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Cayman Islands
139.31 per 100 people
in 2022
South Asia
81.7 per 100 people
in 2025
Cayman Islands rank
43rd
South Asia rank
42nd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Cayman Islands
  • South Asia
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How they compare

Cayman Islands currently reports 139.31 per 100 people against 81.7 per 100 people in South Asia, a difference of 57.61 per 100 people.

That makes Cayman Islands's figure about 1.7 times South Asia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 46 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Asia ahead.

Cayman Islands ranks 43rd and South Asia ranks 42nd of 213 countries.

Cayman Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cayman Islands South Asia Difference Ahead
1960s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people β€”
1970s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people β€”
1980s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people β€”
1990s 7.85 per 100 people 0.0464 per 100 people 7.81 per 100 people Cayman Islands
2000s 120.34 per 100 people 12.72 per 100 people 107.63 per 100 people Cayman Islands
2010s 161.23 per 100 people 73.05 per 100 people 88.19 per 100 people Cayman Islands
2020s 142.52 per 100 people 85.83 per 100 people 56.68 per 100 people Cayman Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Cayman Islands or South Asia?
Cayman Islands, at 139.31 per 100 people against 81.7 per 100 people in South Asia as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Cayman Islands and South Asia?
57.61 per 100 people, with Cayman Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cayman Islands and South Asia?
46 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Cayman Islands and South Asia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Cayman Islands ranks 43rd and South Asia ranks 42nd of 213 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.