El Salvador vs Japan: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- El Salvador
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 178.43 per 100 people against 176.52 per 100 people in El Salvador, a difference of 1.91 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
El Salvador ranks 13th and Japan ranks 11th of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Japan | 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 | 0.0932 per 100 people | 0.0932 per 100 people | Japan |
| 1990s | 1.24 per 100 people | 15.18 per 100 people | 13.94 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2000s | 53.82 per 100 people | 72.85 per 100 people | 19.03 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2010s | 147.82 per 100 people | 123.2 per 100 people | 24.62 per 100 people | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 174.88 per 100 people | 165.25 per 100 people | 9.63 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 Japan?
- Japan, at 178.43 per 100 people against 176.52 per 100 people in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between El Salvador and Japan?
- 1.91 per 100 people, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Japan?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Japan rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- El Salvador ranks 13th and Japan ranks 11th of 212 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.