High income vs United Arab Emirates: Mobile cellular subscriptions

High income
141.6 per 100 people
in 2025
United Arab Emirates
203.21 per 100 people
in 2024
High income rank
3rd
United Arab Emirates rank
4th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • High income
  • United Arab Emirates
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How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 203.21 per 100 people against 141.6 per 100 people in High income, a difference of 61.61 per 100 people.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.4 times High income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1982 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

High income ranks 3rd and United Arab Emirates ranks 4th of 46 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, High income averaged higher in 1 and United Arab Emirates in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade High income United Arab Emirates Difference Ahead
1980s 0.1848 per 100 people 0.6605 per 100 people 0.4758 per 100 people United Arab Emirates
1990s 9.3 per 100 people 8.12 per 100 people 1.18 per 100 people High income
2010s 123.84 per 100 people 213.17 per 100 people 89.33 per 100 people United Arab Emirates
2020s 132.04 per 100 people 195.8 per 100 people 63.76 per 100 people United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, High income or United Arab Emirates?
United Arab Emirates, at 203.21 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 United Arab Emirates?
61.61 per 100 people, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and United Arab Emirates?
28 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do High income and United Arab Emirates rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
High income ranks 3rd and United Arab Emirates ranks 4th of 46 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.