Malta vs Suriname: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- Malta
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 142.12 per 100 people against 142.07 per 100 people in Malta, a difference of 0.05 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Suriname ahead.
Malta ranks 36th and Suriname ranks 35th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 2 and Suriname in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Suriname | 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 | 3.08 per 100 people | 0.7031 per 100 people | 2.38 per 100 people | Malta |
| 2000s | 74.44 per 100 people | 56.32 per 100 people | 18.12 per 100 people | Malta |
| 2010s | 123.97 per 100 people | 126.59 per 100 people | 2.62 per 100 people | Suriname |
| 2020s | 132.33 per 100 people | 148.39 per 100 people | 16.06 per 100 people | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Malta or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 142.12 per 100 people against 142.07 per 100 people in Malta as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Malta and Suriname?
- 0.05 per 100 people, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Suriname?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Malta and Suriname rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Malta ranks 36th and Suriname ranks 35th 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.