Colombia vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Colombia
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 174.09 per 100 people against 117.7 per 100 people in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 56.39 per 100 people.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.5 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
Colombia ranks 14th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 16th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 3 and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high 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 per 100 people | 0.0003 per 100 people | 0.0003 per 100 people | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 1.57 per 100 people | 1.59 per 100 people | 0.0245 per 100 people | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 2000s | 45.54 per 100 people | 42.1 per 100 people | 3.44 per 100 people | Colombia |
| 2010s | 117.6 per 100 people | 107.87 per 100 people | 9.73 per 100 people | Colombia |
| 2020s | 155.51 per 100 people | 110.24 per 100 people | 45.27 per 100 people | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Colombia or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Colombia, at 174.09 per 100 people against 117.7 per 100 people in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 56.39 per 100 people, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Colombia ranks 14th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 16th 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.