Lebanon vs Syria: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Lebanon
- Syria
How they compare
Lebanon currently reports 74.01 per 100 people against 71.22 per 100 people in Syria, a difference of 2.79 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Syria ahead.
Lebanon ranks 172nd and Syria ranks 175th of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lebanon averaged higher in 3 and Syria in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lebanon | Syria | 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 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 1990s | 4.39 per 100 people | 0.0025 per 100 people | 4.39 per 100 people | Lebanon |
| 2000s | 23.62 per 100 people | 17.06 per 100 people | 6.56 per 100 people | Lebanon |
| 2010s | 69.12 per 100 people | 68.94 per 100 people | 0.1818 per 100 people | Lebanon |
| 2020s | 74.74 per 100 people | 78.79 per 100 people | 4.05 per 100 people | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Lebanon or Syria?
- Lebanon, at 74.01 per 100 people against 71.22 per 100 people in Syria as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Lebanon and Syria?
- 2.79 per 100 people, with Lebanon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Syria?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Lebanon and Syria rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Lebanon ranks 172nd and Syria ranks 175th of 212 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.