Euro area vs Iran: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- Euro area
- Iran
How they compare
Iran currently reports 174.07 per 100 people against 123.5 per 100 people in Euro area, a difference of 50.57 per 100 people.
That makes Iran's figure about 1.4 times Euro area's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Iran ahead.
Euro area ranks 14th and Iran ranks 15th of 47 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Euro area averaged higher in 4 and Iran in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Euro area | 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 | 0.0644 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.0644 per 100 people | Euro area |
| 1990s | 8.93 per 100 people | 0.1897 per 100 people | 8.74 per 100 people | Euro area |
| 2000s | 94.6 per 100 people | 21.85 per 100 people | 72.74 per 100 people | Euro area |
| 2010s | 121.23 per 100 people | 90.72 per 100 people | 30.51 per 100 people | Euro area |
| 2020s | 122.65 per 100 people | 153.94 per 100 people | 31.3 per 100 people | Iran |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Euro area or Iran?
- Iran, at 174.07 per 100 people against 123.5 per 100 people in Euro area as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Euro area and Iran?
- 50.57 per 100 people, with Iran ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Iran?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Euro area and Iran rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Euro area ranks 14th and Iran ranks 15th of 47 groups.
- 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.