Macao vs Upper middle income: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Macao
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Macao currently reports 201.14 per 100 people against 132.4 per 100 people in Upper middle income, a difference of 68.74 per 100 people.
That makes Macao's figure about 1.5 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Macao ranks 5th and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 212 countries.
Macao has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Macao | Upper middle income | 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 | 0.0402 per 100 people | 0.0013 per 100 people | 0.0389 per 100 people | Macao |
| 1990s | 9.46 per 100 people | 0.9641 per 100 people | 8.5 per 100 people | Macao |
| 2010s | 335.86 per 100 people | 113.26 per 100 people | 222.6 per 100 people | Macao |
| 2020s | 197.36 per 100 people | 124.82 per 100 people | 72.54 per 100 people | Macao |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Macao or Upper middle income?
- Macao, at 201.14 per 100 people against 132.4 per 100 people in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Macao and Upper middle income?
- 68.74 per 100 people, with Macao ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Macao and Upper middle income?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Macao and Upper middle income rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Macao ranks 5th and Upper middle income ranks 6th 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.