Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Mauritius: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
117.5 per 100 people
in 2025
Mauritius
172.68 per 100 people
in 2024
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
15th
Mauritius rank
16th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

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

Mauritius currently reports 172.68 per 100 people against 117.5 per 100 people in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 55.18 per 100 people.

That makes Mauritius's figure about 1.5 times Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mauritius ahead.

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 15th and Mauritius ranks 16th of 45 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) averaged higher in 1 and Mauritius in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) Mauritius 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 0.0006 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0.0006 per 100 people Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
1990s 1.76 per 100 people 2.15 per 100 people 0.3809 per 100 people Mauritius
2000s 44.29 per 100 people 49.88 per 100 people 5.59 per 100 people Mauritius
2010s 110.09 per 100 people 126.86 per 100 people 16.77 per 100 people Mauritius
2020s 110.44 per 100 people 161.07 per 100 people 50.63 per 100 people Mauritius

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) or Mauritius?
Mauritius, at 172.68 per 100 people against 117.5 per 100 people in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and Mauritius?
55.18 per 100 people, with Mauritius ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and Mauritius?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and Mauritius rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 15th and Mauritius ranks 16th of 45 groups.
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
260 places, 13,015 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.