Kuwait vs Singapore: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Kuwait
167.68 per 100 people
in 2023
Singapore
170.78 per 100 people
in 2024
Kuwait rank
19th
Singapore rank
18th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Kuwait
  • Singapore
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How they compare

Singapore currently reports 170.78 per 100 people against 167.68 per 100 people in Kuwait, a difference of 3.1 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Singapore ahead.

Kuwait ranks 19th and Singapore ranks 18th of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 2 and Singapore in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Singapore 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 0.3067 per 100 people 0.2114 per 100 people 0.0952 per 100 people Kuwait
1990s 7.43 per 100 people 13.27 per 100 people 5.84 per 100 people Singapore
2000s 59.6 per 100 people 101.5 per 100 people 41.9 per 100 people Singapore
2010s 172.78 per 100 people 151.51 per 100 people 21.27 per 100 people Kuwait
2020s 162.14 per 100 people 163.61 per 100 people 1.47 per 100 people Singapore

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Kuwait or Singapore?
Singapore, at 170.78 per 100 people against 167.68 per 100 people in Kuwait as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Kuwait and Singapore?
3.1 per 100 people, with Singapore ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Singapore?
48 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Kuwait and Singapore rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Kuwait ranks 19th and Singapore ranks 18th 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.