Early-demographic dividend vs Maldives: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Early-demographic dividend
96.37 per 100 people
in 2022
Maldives
148.14 per 100 people
in 2024
Early-demographic dividend rank
31st
Maldives rank
31st

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Early-demographic dividend
  • Maldives
050100150200196019922024

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 148.14 per 100 people against 96.37 per 100 people in Early-demographic dividend, a difference of 51.77 per 100 people.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.5 times Early-demographic dividend's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Maldives ahead.

Early-demographic dividend ranks 31st and Maldives ranks 31st of 48 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Early-demographic dividend averaged higher in 2 and Maldives in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Early-demographic dividend Maldives 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 0.0006 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0.0006 per 100 people Early-demographic dividend
1990s 0.4286 per 100 people 0.2126 per 100 people 0.216 per 100 people Early-demographic dividend
2000s 20.94 per 100 people 59.41 per 100 people 38.47 per 100 people Maldives
2010s 85.97 per 100 people 164.46 per 100 people 78.49 per 100 people Maldives
2020s 96.62 per 100 people 138.73 per 100 people 42.11 per 100 people Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Early-demographic dividend or Maldives?
Maldives, at 148.14 per 100 people against 96.37 per 100 people in Early-demographic dividend as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Early-demographic dividend and Maldives?
51.77 per 100 people, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Early-demographic dividend and Maldives?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Early-demographic dividend and Maldives rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Early-demographic dividend ranks 31st and Maldives ranks 31st of 48 groups.
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.

Individual pages

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.