Euro area vs Japan: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Euro area
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 178.43 per 100 people against 123.5 per 100 people in Euro area, a difference of 54.93 per 100 people.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.4 times Euro area's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Euro area ranks 14th and Japan ranks 11th of 48 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Euro area averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Euro area | 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 | 0.0644 per 100 people | 0.0932 per 100 people | 0.0288 per 100 people | Japan |
| 1990s | 8.93 per 100 people | 15.18 per 100 people | 6.25 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2000s | 94.6 per 100 people | 72.85 per 100 people | 21.75 per 100 people | Euro area |
| 2010s | 121.23 per 100 people | 123.2 per 100 people | 1.97 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2020s | 122.65 per 100 people | 160.85 per 100 people | 38.2 per 100 people | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Euro area or Japan?
- Japan, at 178.43 per 100 people against 123.5 per 100 people in Euro area as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Euro area and Japan?
- 54.93 per 100 people, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Japan?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Euro area and Japan rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Euro area ranks 14th and Japan ranks 11th of 48 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.