El Salvador vs Iran: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- El Salvador
- Iran
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 176.52 per 100 people against 174.07 per 100 people in Iran, a difference of 2.45 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Iran ahead.
El Salvador ranks 13th and Iran ranks 15th of 214 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Iran | 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 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 1990s | 1.24 per 100 people | 0.1897 per 100 people | 1.05 per 100 people | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 53.82 per 100 people | 21.85 per 100 people | 31.97 per 100 people | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 147.82 per 100 people | 90.72 per 100 people | 57.1 per 100 people | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 175.2 per 100 people | 160.43 per 100 people | 14.77 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 Iran?
- El Salvador, at 176.52 per 100 people against 174.07 per 100 people in Iran as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between El Salvador and Iran?
- 2.45 per 100 people, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Iran?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Iran rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- El Salvador ranks 13th and Iran ranks 15th of 214 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.