Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Kuwait: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 167.68 per 100 people against 117.3 per 100 people in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), a difference of 50.38 per 100 people.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.4 times Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kuwait ahead.
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Kuwait ranks 19th of 45 groups.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | Kuwait | 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 | 0.0016 per 100 people | 0.2955 per 100 people | 0.2939 per 100 people | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 0.8007 per 100 people | 7.43 per 100 people | 6.63 per 100 people | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 44.83 per 100 people | 59.6 per 100 people | 14.77 per 100 people | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 107.48 per 100 people | 172.78 per 100 people | 65.3 per 100 people | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 109.85 per 100 people | 162.14 per 100 people | 52.29 per 100 people | Kuwait |
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 Kuwait?
- Kuwait, at 167.68 per 100 people against 117.3 per 100 people in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Kuwait?
- 50.38 per 100 people, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Kuwait?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Kuwait rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Kuwait ranks 19th 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.