Estonia vs Low & middle income: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Estonia
151.13 per 100 people
in 2024
Low & middle income
104.4 per 100 people
in 2022
Estonia rank
30th
Low & middle income rank
27th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Estonia
  • Low & middle income
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How they compare

Estonia currently reports 151.13 per 100 people against 104.4 per 100 people in Low & middle income, a difference of 46.73 per 100 people.

That makes Estonia's figure about 1.4 times Low & middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Low & middle income ahead.

Estonia ranks 30th and Low & middle income ranks 27th of 213 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 4 and Low & middle income in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Estonia Low & middle income 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 0.0007 per 100 people 0.0007 per 100 people Low & middle income
1990s 6.38 per 100 people 0.5219 per 100 people 5.86 per 100 people Estonia
2000s 91.39 per 100 people 23.82 per 100 people 67.57 per 100 people Estonia
2010s 142.82 per 100 people 87.86 per 100 people 54.95 per 100 people Estonia
2020s 148.61 per 100 people 102.91 per 100 people 45.71 per 100 people Estonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Estonia or Low & middle income?
Estonia, at 151.13 per 100 people against 104.4 per 100 people in Low & middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Estonia and Low & middle income?
46.73 per 100 people, with Estonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Low & middle income?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Estonia and Low & middle income rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Estonia ranks 30th and Low & middle income ranks 27th 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.