Kiribati vs Yemen: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Kiribati
- Yemen
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 53.52 per 100 people against 50.89 per 100 people in Yemen, a difference of 2.63 per 100 people.
That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.1 times Yemen's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Yemen ahead.
Kiribati ranks 199th and Yemen ranks 200th of 212 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Yemen | 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 | 0.0255 per 100 people | 0.0518 per 100 people | 0.0263 per 100 people | Yemen |
| 2000s | 1.49 per 100 people | 11.13 per 100 people | 9.64 per 100 people | Yemen |
| 2010s | 28.7 per 100 people | 48.07 per 100 people | 19.38 per 100 people | Yemen |
| 2020s | 46.18 per 100 people | 46.79 per 100 people | 0.612 per 100 people | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Kiribati or Yemen?
- Kiribati, at 53.52 per 100 people against 50.89 per 100 people in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Kiribati and Yemen?
- 2.63 per 100 people, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Yemen?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Kiribati and Yemen rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Kiribati ranks 199th and Yemen ranks 200th 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
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.