IDA total vs Suriname: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- IDA total
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 142.12 per 100 people against 87.1 per 100 people in IDA total, a difference of 55.02 per 100 people.
That makes Suriname's figure about 1.6 times IDA total's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Suriname ahead.
IDA total ranks 38th and Suriname ranks 35th of 48 groups.
Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | IDA total | Suriname | 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 | 0.0421 per 100 people | 0.7031 per 100 people | 0.661 per 100 people | Suriname |
| 2000s | 12.01 per 100 people | 56.32 per 100 people | 44.31 per 100 people | Suriname |
| 2010s | 65.37 per 100 people | 126.59 per 100 people | 61.22 per 100 people | Suriname |
| 2020s | 85.7 per 100 people | 148.39 per 100 people | 62.69 per 100 people | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, IDA total or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 142.12 per 100 people against 87.1 per 100 people in IDA total as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between IDA total and Suriname?
- 55.02 per 100 people, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Suriname?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do IDA total and Suriname rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- IDA total ranks 38th and Suriname ranks 35th 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
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.