Kosovo vs Papua New Guinea: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Kosovo
34.54 per 100 people
in 2022
Papua New Guinea
38.77 per 100 people
in 2024
Kosovo rank
208th
Papua New Guinea rank
207th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Kosovo
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 38.77 per 100 people against 34.54 per 100 people in Kosovo, a difference of 4.23 per 100 people.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Kosovo's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Kosovo ahead.

Kosovo ranks 208th and Papua New Guinea ranks 207th of 214 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Kosovo averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kosovo Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
2000s 31.11 per 100 people 7.65 per 100 people 23.46 per 100 people Kosovo
2010s 31.42 per 100 people 25.01 per 100 people 6.41 per 100 people Kosovo
2020s 34.54 per 100 people 49.19 per 100 people 14.65 per 100 people Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Kosovo or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 38.77 per 100 people against 34.54 per 100 people in Kosovo as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Kosovo and Papua New Guinea?
4.23 per 100 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kosovo and Papua New Guinea?
7 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
How do Kosovo and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Kosovo ranks 208th and Papua New Guinea ranks 207th 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

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
261 places, 13,022 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.