Libya vs South Africa: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Libya
- South Africa
How they compare
Libya currently reports 192.97 per 100 people against 179.34 per 100 people in South Africa, a difference of 13.63 per 100 people.
That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Africa ahead.
Libya ranks 7th and South Africa ranks 10th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | South Africa | 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 | 0.001 per 100 people | 0.001 per 100 people | South Africa |
| 1990s | 0.1199 per 100 people | 2.68 per 100 people | 2.56 per 100 people | South Africa |
| 2000s | 45.55 per 100 people | 55.57 per 100 people | 10.01 per 100 people | South Africa |
| 2010s | 143.68 per 100 people | 138.08 per 100 people | 5.61 per 100 people | Libya |
| 2020s | 184.36 per 100 people | 160.77 per 100 people | 23.59 per 100 people | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Libya or South Africa?
- Libya, at 192.97 per 100 people against 179.34 per 100 people in South Africa as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Libya and South Africa?
- 13.63 per 100 people, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and South Africa?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Libya and South Africa rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Libya ranks 7th and South Africa ranks 10th 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.