Côte d’Ivoire vs Upper middle income: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Côte d’Ivoire
183.88 per 100 people
in 2024
Upper middle income
132.4 per 100 people
in 2025
Côte d’Ivoire rank
9th
Upper middle income rank
6th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Côte d’Ivoire
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Côte d’Ivoire currently reports 183.88 per 100 people against 132.4 per 100 people in Upper middle income, a difference of 51.48 per 100 people.

That makes Côte d’Ivoire's figure about 1.4 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Upper middle income ahead.

Côte d’Ivoire ranks 9th and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 213 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Côte d’Ivoire averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Côte d’Ivoire Upper middle 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 0.0013 per 100 people 0.0013 per 100 people Upper middle income
1990s 0.2474 per 100 people 0.9641 per 100 people 0.7166 per 100 people Upper middle income
2010s 116.14 per 100 people 113.26 per 100 people 2.88 per 100 people Côte d’Ivoire
2020s 161.22 per 100 people 124.82 per 100 people 36.4 per 100 people Côte d’Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Côte d’Ivoire or Upper middle income?
Côte d’Ivoire, at 183.88 per 100 people against 132.4 per 100 people in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Côte d’Ivoire and Upper middle income?
51.48 per 100 people, with Côte d’Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d’Ivoire and Upper middle income?
38 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Côte d’Ivoire and Upper middle income rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Côte d’Ivoire ranks 9th and Upper middle income ranks 6th 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

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.