Mauritania vs Rwanda: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Mauritania
92.07 per 100 people
in 2024
Rwanda
93.2 per 100 people
in 2024
Mauritania rank
156th
Rwanda rank
154th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Mauritania
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 93.2 per 100 people against 92.07 per 100 people in Mauritania, a difference of 1.13 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Rwanda ahead.

Mauritania ranks 156th and Rwanda ranks 154th of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 3 and Rwanda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Rwanda 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 per 100 people 0.0201 per 100 people 0.0201 per 100 people Rwanda
2000s 28.29 per 100 people 5.54 per 100 people 22.74 per 100 people Mauritania
2010s 97.99 per 100 people 63.31 per 100 people 34.67 per 100 people Mauritania
2020s 111.31 per 100 people 85.63 per 100 people 25.68 per 100 people Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Mauritania or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 93.2 per 100 people against 92.07 per 100 people in Mauritania as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Mauritania and Rwanda?
1.13 per 100 people, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Rwanda?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and Rwanda rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Mauritania ranks 156th and Rwanda ranks 154th 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

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 13,022 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.