South Korea vs OECD members: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- South Korea
- OECD members
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 172.52 per 100 people against 122.31 per 100 people in OECD members, a difference of 50.21 per 100 people.
That makes South Korea's figure about 1.4 times OECD members's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1960 it was OECD members ahead.
South Korea ranks 17th and OECD members ranks 15th of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, South Korea averaged higher in 4 and OECD members in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Korea | OECD members | 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 | 0.0225 per 100 people | 0.179 per 100 people | 0.1566 per 100 people | OECD members |
| 1990s | 11.06 per 100 people | 9.61 per 100 people | 1.45 per 100 people | South Korea |
| 2000s | 78.39 per 100 people | 74.4 per 100 people | 3.99 per 100 people | South Korea |
| 2010s | 116.2 per 100 people | 110.77 per 100 people | 5.43 per 100 people | South Korea |
| 2020s | 141.72 per 100 people | 119.6 per 100 people | 22.12 per 100 people | South Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, South Korea or OECD members?
- South Korea, at 172.52 per 100 people against 122.31 per 100 people in OECD members as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between South Korea and OECD members?
- 50.21 per 100 people, with South Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and OECD members?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do South Korea and OECD members rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- South Korea ranks 17th and OECD members ranks 15th 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.