Greenland vs Jamaica: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Greenland
118.64 per 100 people
in 2022
Jamaica
117.69 per 100 people
in 2024
Greenland rank
94th
Jamaica rank
97th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Greenland
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

Greenland currently reports 118.64 per 100 people against 117.69 per 100 people in Jamaica, a difference of 0.95 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Jamaica ahead.

Greenland ranks 94th and Jamaica ranks 97th of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Greenland averaged higher in 3 and Jamaica in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greenland Jamaica 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 6.54 per 100 people 1.72 per 100 people 4.81 per 100 people Greenland
2000s 69.77 per 100 people 67.69 per 100 people 2.08 per 100 people Greenland
2010s 107.1 per 100 people 107.13 per 100 people 0.0273 per 100 people Jamaica
2020s 118.37 per 100 people 103.22 per 100 people 15.15 per 100 people Greenland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Greenland or Jamaica?
Greenland, at 118.64 per 100 people against 117.69 per 100 people in Jamaica as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Greenland and Jamaica?
0.95 per 100 people, with Greenland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Jamaica?
50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Greenland and Jamaica rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Greenland ranks 94th and Jamaica ranks 97th of 212 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

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,015 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.