Eritrea vs Somalia: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Eritrea
- Somalia
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 59.12 per 100 people against 53.96 per 100 people in Somalia, a difference of 5.16 per 100 people.
That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Somalia ahead.
Eritrea ranks 196th and Somalia ranks 198th of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Somalia | 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 | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 2000s | 1.64 per 100 people | 3.55 per 100 people | 1.91 per 100 people | Somalia |
| 2010s | 15.94 per 100 people | 34.17 per 100 people | 18.23 per 100 people | Somalia |
| 2020s | 55.87 per 100 people | 51.33 per 100 people | 4.53 per 100 people | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Eritrea or Somalia?
- Eritrea, at 59.12 per 100 people against 53.96 per 100 people in Somalia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Eritrea and Somalia?
- 5.16 per 100 people, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Somalia?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Eritrea and Somalia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Eritrea ranks 196th and Somalia ranks 198th 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.