North Korea vs Liberia: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- North Korea
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 32.06 per 100 people against 24.13 per 100 people in North Korea, a difference of 7.93 per 100 people.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.3 times North Korea's.
Across all 50 years both countries report, Liberia has been ahead every year.
North Korea ranks 212th and Liberia ranks 210th of 214 countries.
Liberia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | Liberia | 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 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 2000s | 0.0278 per 100 people | 8.29 per 100 people | 8.26 per 100 people | Liberia |
| 2010s | 10.09 per 100 people | 56.21 per 100 people | 46.12 per 100 people | Liberia |
| 2020s | 23.32 per 100 people | 31.86 per 100 people | 8.54 per 100 people | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, North Korea or Liberia?
- Liberia, at 32.06 per 100 people against 24.13 per 100 people in North Korea as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between North Korea and Liberia?
- 7.93 per 100 people, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Liberia?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do North Korea and Liberia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- North Korea ranks 212th and Liberia ranks 210th of 214 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.