East Asia & Pacific vs Libya: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- East Asia & Pacific
- Libya
How they compare
Libya currently reports 192.97 per 100 people against 135.1 per 100 people in East Asia & Pacific, a difference of 57.87 per 100 people.
That makes Libya's figure about 1.4 times East Asia & Pacific's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Libya ahead.
East Asia & Pacific ranks 4th and Libya ranks 7th of 47 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific averaged higher in 2 and Libya in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Asia & Pacific | Libya | 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 | 0.0105 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.0105 per 100 people | East Asia & Pacific |
| 1990s | 2.21 per 100 people | 0.1199 per 100 people | 2.09 per 100 people | East Asia & Pacific |
| 2000s | 34.71 per 100 people | 45.55 per 100 people | 10.85 per 100 people | Libya |
| 2010s | 100.97 per 100 people | 143.68 per 100 people | 42.71 per 100 people | Libya |
| 2020s | 127.47 per 100 people | 184.36 per 100 people | 56.89 per 100 people | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, East Asia & Pacific or Libya?
- Libya, at 192.97 per 100 people against 135.1 per 100 people in East Asia & Pacific as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between East Asia & Pacific and Libya?
- 57.87 per 100 people, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Libya?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do East Asia & Pacific and Libya rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 4th and Libya ranks 7th of 47 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.
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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.