Liberia vs Papua New Guinea: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Liberia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 38.77 per 100 people against 32.06 per 100 people in Liberia, a difference of 6.71 per 100 people.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Liberia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Liberia ranks 209th and Papua New Guinea ranks 207th of 213 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | β |
| 1970s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | β |
| 1980s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | β |
| 1990s | 0 per 100 people | 0.0366 per 100 people | 0.0366 per 100 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 8.29 per 100 people | 3.99 per 100 people | 4.3 per 100 people | Liberia |
| 2010s | 56.21 per 100 people | 37.61 per 100 people | 18.6 per 100 people | Liberia |
| 2020s | 31.86 per 100 people | 48.8 per 100 people | 16.93 per 100 people | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Liberia or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 38.77 per 100 people against 32.06 per 100 people in Liberia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Liberia and Papua New Guinea?
- 6.71 per 100 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Papua New Guinea?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Liberia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Liberia ranks 209th and Papua New Guinea ranks 207th of 213 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.