Maldives vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Maldives
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 148.14 per 100 people against 101 per 100 people in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 47.14 per 100 people.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.5 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
Maldives ranks 31st and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 4 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high 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 per 100 people | 0.0005 per 100 people | 0.0005 per 100 people | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 0.2126 per 100 people | 0.1878 per 100 people | 0.0247 per 100 people | Maldives |
| 2000s | 59.41 per 100 people | 26.1 per 100 people | 33.31 per 100 people | Maldives |
| 2010s | 164.46 per 100 people | 93.59 per 100 people | 70.87 per 100 people | Maldives |
| 2020s | 141.18 per 100 people | 95.28 per 100 people | 45.9 per 100 people | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Maldives or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Maldives, at 148.14 per 100 people against 101 per 100 people in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Maldives and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- 47.14 per 100 people, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Maldives ranks 31st and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 30th 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.