Maldives vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Maldives
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 148.14 per 100 people against 90.4 per 100 people in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 57.74 per 100 people.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
Maldives ranks 31st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 34th of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 3 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Sub-Saharan 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 | 0.0001 per 100 people | 0.0001 per 100 people | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1990s | 0.2126 per 100 people | 0.2324 per 100 people | 0.0199 per 100 people | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2000s | 59.41 per 100 people | 14.2 per 100 people | 45.21 per 100 people | Maldives |
| 2010s | 164.46 per 100 people | 65.63 per 100 people | 98.83 per 100 people | Maldives |
| 2020s | 141.18 per 100 people | 86.12 per 100 people | 55.06 per 100 people | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Maldives or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Maldives, at 148.14 per 100 people against 90.4 per 100 people in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 57.74 per 100 people, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Maldives ranks 31st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 34th 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.