High income vs Macao: Mobile cellular subscriptions

High income
141.6 per 100 people
in 2025
Macao
201.14 per 100 people
in 2024
High income rank
3rd
Macao rank
5th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • High income
  • Macao
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How they compare

Macao currently reports 201.14 per 100 people against 141.6 per 100 people in High income, a difference of 59.54 per 100 people.

That makes Macao's figure about 1.4 times High income's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Macao ahead.

High income ranks 3rd and Macao ranks 5th of 48 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, High income averaged higher in 1 and Macao in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade High income Macao 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 0.0402 per 100 people 0.1086 per 100 people High income
1990s 9.3 per 100 people 9.46 per 100 people 0.1646 per 100 people Macao
2010s 123.84 per 100 people 335.86 per 100 people 212.02 per 100 people Macao
2020s 132.04 per 100 people 197.36 per 100 people 65.32 per 100 people Macao

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, High income or Macao?
Macao, at 201.14 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 Macao?
59.54 per 100 people, with Macao ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Macao?
38 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do High income and Macao rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
High income ranks 3rd and Macao ranks 5th 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

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.