Costa Rica vs Palau: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Costa Rica
- Palau
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
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.