Kuwait vs Singapore: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Kuwait
- Singapore
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
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.