El Salvador vs Euro area: Mobile cellular subscriptions

El Salvador
176.52 per 100 people
in 2024
Euro area
123.5 per 100 people
in 2022
El Salvador rank
13th
Euro area rank
14th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • El Salvador
  • Euro area
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 176.52 per 100 people against 123.5 per 100 people in Euro area, a difference of 53.02 per 100 people.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.4 times Euro area's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Euro area ahead.

El Salvador ranks 13th and Euro area ranks 14th of 213 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Euro area in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Euro area Difference Ahead
1960s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people β€”
1970s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people β€”
1980s 0 per 100 people 0.0644 per 100 people 0.0644 per 100 people Euro area
1990s 1.24 per 100 people 8.93 per 100 people 7.69 per 100 people Euro area
2000s 53.82 per 100 people 94.6 per 100 people 40.77 per 100 people Euro area
2010s 147.82 per 100 people 121.23 per 100 people 26.59 per 100 people El Salvador
2020s 173.27 per 100 people 122.65 per 100 people 50.62 per 100 people El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, El Salvador or Euro area?
El Salvador, at 176.52 per 100 people against 123.5 per 100 people in Euro area as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between El Salvador and Euro area?
53.02 per 100 people, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Euro area?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and Euro area rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
El Salvador ranks 13th and Euro area ranks 14th 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.