Kuwait vs Thailand: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- Kuwait
- Thailand
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 167.68 per 100 people against 160.64 per 100 people in Thailand, a difference of 7.04 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Thailand ahead.
Kuwait ranks 19th and Thailand ranks 22nd of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 4 and Thailand in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Thailand | 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 | 0.0119 per 100 people | 0.2836 per 100 people | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 7.43 per 100 people | 1.86 per 100 people | 5.57 per 100 people | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 59.6 per 100 people | 49.2 per 100 people | 10.4 per 100 people | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 172.78 per 100 people | 145.4 per 100 people | 27.38 per 100 people | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 162.14 per 100 people | 168.92 per 100 people | 6.78 per 100 people | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Kuwait or Thailand?
- Kuwait, at 167.68 per 100 people against 160.64 per 100 people in Thailand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Kuwait and Thailand?
- 7.04 per 100 people, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Thailand?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and Thailand rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Kuwait ranks 19th and Thailand ranks 22nd 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.