Chile vs Low income: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Chile
132.66 per 100 people
in 2024
Low income
69.3 per 100 people
in 2025
Chile rank
50th
Low income rank
47th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Chile
  • Low income
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How they compare

Chile currently reports 132.66 per 100 people against 69.3 per 100 people in Low income, a difference of 63.36 per 100 people.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.9 times Low income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Low income ahead.

Chile ranks 50th and Low income ranks 47th of 212 countries.

Chile has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Low income 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 0.0037 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0.0037 per 100 people Chile
1990s 2.99 per 100 people 0.0141 per 100 people 2.98 per 100 people Chile
2010s 128.78 per 100 people 51.42 per 100 people 77.36 per 100 people Chile
2020s 133.93 per 100 people 62.58 per 100 people 71.35 per 100 people Chile

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Chile or Low income?
Chile, at 132.66 per 100 people against 69.3 per 100 people in Low income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Chile and Low income?
63.36 per 100 people, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Low income?
38 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Chile and Low income rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Chile ranks 50th and Low income ranks 47th 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.