Costa Rica vs Pacific island small states: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Costa Rica
- Pacific island small states
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 136.03 per 100 people against 76.18 per 100 people in Pacific island small states, a difference of 59.85 per 100 people.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.8 times Pacific island small states's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Pacific island small states ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 46th and Pacific island small states ranks 44th of 213 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Pacific island small states | 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 | 1.03 per 100 people | 0.3081 per 100 people | 0.725 per 100 people | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 24.62 per 100 people | 18.06 per 100 people | 6.56 per 100 people | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 139.55 per 100 people | 73.48 per 100 people | 66.07 per 100 people | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 141.63 per 100 people | 76.63 per 100 people | 65.01 per 100 people | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Costa Rica or Pacific island small states?
- Costa Rica, at 136.03 per 100 people against 76.18 per 100 people in Pacific island small states as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Costa Rica and Pacific island small states?
- 59.85 per 100 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Pacific island small states?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2021.
- How do Costa Rica and Pacific island small states rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Costa Rica ranks 46th and Pacific island small states ranks 44th 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
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.