High income vs Hong Kong, China: Mobile cellular subscriptions

High income
141.6 per 100 people
in 2025
Hong Kong, China
364.85 per 100 people
in 2024
High income rank
3rd
Hong Kong, China rank
2nd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • High income
  • Hong Kong, China
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How they compare

Hong Kong, China currently reports 364.85 per 100 people against 141.6 per 100 people in High income, a difference of 223.25 per 100 people.

That makes Hong Kong, China's figure about 2.6 times High income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Hong Kong, China ahead.

High income ranks 3rd and Hong Kong, China ranks 2nd of 45 groups.

Hong Kong, China has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade High income Hong Kong, China 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 0.1488 per 100 people 0.3241 per 100 people 0.1753 per 100 people Hong Kong, China
1990s 9.3 per 100 people 20.38 per 100 people 11.08 per 100 people Hong Kong, China
2010s 123.84 per 100 people 252.89 per 100 people 129.05 per 100 people Hong Kong, China
2020s 132.04 per 100 people 317.78 per 100 people 185.74 per 100 people Hong Kong, China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, High income or Hong Kong, China?
Hong Kong, China, at 364.85 per 100 people against 141.6 per 100 people in High income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between High income and Hong Kong, China?
223.25 per 100 people, with Hong Kong, China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Hong Kong, China?
38 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do High income and Hong Kong, China rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
High income ranks 3rd and Hong Kong, China ranks 2nd 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

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.