Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Qatar: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
107.1 per 100 people
in 2025
Qatar
153.61 per 100 people
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
26th
Qatar rank
28th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
  • Qatar
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How they compare

Qatar currently reports 153.61 per 100 people against 107.1 per 100 people in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 46.51 per 100 people.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.4 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

Across all 45 years both countries report, Qatar has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 26th and Qatar ranks 28th of 47 groups.

Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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 0.6699 per 100 people 4.78 per 100 people 4.11 per 100 people Qatar
2000s 32.06 per 100 people 70.55 per 100 people 38.49 per 100 people Qatar
2010s 101.83 per 100 people 142.82 per 100 people 40.99 per 100 people Qatar
2020s 100.44 per 100 people 149.38 per 100 people 48.94 per 100 people Qatar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan or Qatar?
Qatar, at 153.61 per 100 people against 107.1 per 100 people in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Qatar?
46.51 per 100 people, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Qatar?
45 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Qatar rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 26th and Qatar ranks 28th 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.