Costa Rica vs Palau: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Costa Rica
136.03 per 100 people
in 2024
Palau
135.39 per 100 people
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
46th
Palau rank
47th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Palau
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 136.03 per 100 people against 135.39 per 100 people in Palau, a difference of 0.64 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Palau ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 46th and Palau ranks 47th of 212 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Palau in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Palau Difference Ahead
2000s 29.08 per 100 people 38.8 per 100 people 9.72 per 100 people Palau
2010s 124.72 per 100 people 105.56 per 100 people 19.16 per 100 people Costa Rica
2020s 138.33 per 100 people 135.1 per 100 people 3.23 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 Palau?
Costa Rica, at 136.03 per 100 people against 135.39 per 100 people in Palau as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Costa Rica and Palau?
0.64 per 100 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Palau?
19 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Palau rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Costa Rica ranks 46th and Palau 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.