Ethiopia vs Sao Tome and Principe: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Ethiopia
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 65.08 per 100 people against 62.44 per 100 people in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 2.64 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 186th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189th of 213 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Sao Tome and Principe | 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 | 0.001 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.001 per 100 people | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 1.04 per 100 people | 12.02 per 100 people | 10.98 per 100 people | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 29.05 per 100 people | 72.74 per 100 people | 43.69 per 100 people | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 54.43 per 100 people | 75.61 per 100 people | 21.18 per 100 people | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Ethiopia or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Ethiopia, at 65.08 per 100 people against 62.44 per 100 people in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Ethiopia and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 2.64 per 100 people, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Ethiopia ranks 186th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189th 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
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.