Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Uruguay: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
101 per 100 people
in 2025
Uruguay
145.5 per 100 people
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
30th
Uruguay rank
33rd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 145.5 per 100 people against 101 per 100 people in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 44.5 per 100 people.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.4 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 30th and Uruguay ranks 33rd of 47 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Uruguay 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 0.0005 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0.0005 per 100 people Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1990s 0.1878 per 100 people 2.15 per 100 people 1.97 per 100 people Uruguay
2000s 26.1 per 100 people 50.51 per 100 people 24.41 per 100 people Uruguay
2010s 93.59 per 100 people 146.76 per 100 people 53.16 per 100 people Uruguay
2020s 95.28 per 100 people 139.81 per 100 people 44.53 per 100 people Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 145.5 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Uruguay?
44.5 per 100 people, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Uruguay?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Uruguay rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 30th and Uruguay ranks 33rd of 47 groups.
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.