Kuwait vs Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

Kuwait
167.68 per 100 people
in 2023
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
117.5 per 100 people
in 2025
Kuwait rank
19th
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
17th

Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time

  • Kuwait
  • Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 167.68 per 100 people against 117.5 per 100 people in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 50.18 per 100 people.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.4 times Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

Kuwait ranks 19th and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 17th of 214 countries.

Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 0.2955 per 100 people 0.0006 per 100 people 0.2949 per 100 people Kuwait
1990s 7.43 per 100 people 1.76 per 100 people 5.66 per 100 people Kuwait
2000s 59.6 per 100 people 44.29 per 100 people 15.31 per 100 people Kuwait
2010s 172.78 per 100 people 110.09 per 100 people 62.69 per 100 people Kuwait
2020s 162.14 per 100 people 109.22 per 100 people 52.91 per 100 people Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Kuwait or Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
Kuwait, at 167.68 per 100 people against 117.5 per 100 people in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2023.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Kuwait and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
50.18 per 100 people, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Kuwait and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Kuwait ranks 19th and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 17th 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.