Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs South Korea: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- South Korea
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 172.52 per 100 people against 117.3 per 100 people in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), a difference of 55.22 per 100 people.
That makes South Korea's figure about 1.5 times Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Korea ahead.
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 16th and South Korea ranks 17th of 45 groups.
South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | South Korea | 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 | 0.002 per 100 people | 0.0225 per 100 people | 0.0205 per 100 people | South Korea |
| 1990s | 0.8007 per 100 people | 11.06 per 100 people | 10.26 per 100 people | South Korea |
| 2000s | 44.83 per 100 people | 78.39 per 100 people | 33.56 per 100 people | South Korea |
| 2010s | 107.48 per 100 people | 116.2 per 100 people | 8.72 per 100 people | South Korea |
| 2020s | 110.96 per 100 people | 151.96 per 100 people | 41 per 100 people | South Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) or South Korea?
- South Korea, at 172.52 per 100 people against 117.3 per 100 people in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and South Korea?
- 55.22 per 100 people, with South Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and South Korea?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and South Korea rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 16th and South Korea ranks 17th of 45 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.