Colombia vs Euro area: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Colombia
174.09 per 100 people
in 2024
Euro area
123.5 per 100 people
in 2022
Colombia rank
14th
Euro area rank
14th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Colombia
  • Euro area
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How they compare

Colombia currently reports 174.09 per 100 people against 123.5 per 100 people in Euro area, a difference of 50.59 per 100 people.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.4 times Euro area's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Euro area ahead.

Colombia ranks 14th and Euro area ranks 14th of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 1 and Euro area in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Euro area 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 0.0644 per 100 people 0.0644 per 100 people Euro area
1990s 1.57 per 100 people 8.93 per 100 people 7.36 per 100 people Euro area
2000s 45.54 per 100 people 94.6 per 100 people 49.06 per 100 people Euro area
2010s 117.6 per 100 people 121.23 per 100 people 3.63 per 100 people Euro area
2020s 145.49 per 100 people 122.65 per 100 people 22.85 per 100 people Colombia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Colombia or Euro area?
Colombia, at 174.09 per 100 people against 123.5 per 100 people in Euro area as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Colombia and Euro area?
50.59 per 100 people, with Colombia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Euro area?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Colombia and Euro area rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Colombia ranks 14th and Euro area ranks 14th 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.