Maldives vs Qatar: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- Maldives
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 153.61 per 100 people against 148.14 per 100 people in Maldives, a difference of 5.47 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Qatar ahead.
Maldives ranks 31st and Qatar ranks 28th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 1 and Qatar in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Qatar | 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 | 0.2126 per 100 people | 4.78 per 100 people | 4.57 per 100 people | Qatar |
| 2000s | 59.41 per 100 people | 70.55 per 100 people | 11.14 per 100 people | Qatar |
| 2010s | 164.46 per 100 people | 142.82 per 100 people | 21.64 per 100 people | Maldives |
| 2020s | 141.18 per 100 people | 149.38 per 100 people | 8.19 per 100 people | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Maldives or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 153.61 per 100 people against 148.14 per 100 people in Maldives as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Maldives and Qatar?
- 5.47 per 100 people, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Qatar?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Qatar rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Maldives ranks 31st and Qatar ranks 28th 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.