Middle income vs Panama: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Middle income
108.26 per 100 people
in 2022
Panama
156.59 per 100 people
in 2023
Middle income rank
24th
Panama rank
25th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Middle income
  • Panama
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How they compare

Panama currently reports 156.59 per 100 people against 108.26 per 100 people in Middle income, a difference of 48.33 per 100 people.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.4 times Middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Panama ahead.

Middle income ranks 24th and Panama ranks 25th of 48 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Middle income averaged higher in 1 and Panama in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle income Panama 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 0.0007 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0.0007 per 100 people Middle income
1990s 0.5632 per 100 people 1.2 per 100 people 0.634 per 100 people Panama
2000s 25.38 per 100 people 59.32 per 100 people 33.95 per 100 people Panama
2010s 92.17 per 100 people 154.68 per 100 people 62.5 per 100 people Panama
2020s 107.68 per 100 people 147.41 per 100 people 39.74 per 100 people Panama

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Middle income or Panama?
Panama, at 156.59 per 100 people against 108.26 per 100 people in Middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Middle income and Panama?
48.33 per 100 people, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and Panama?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Middle income and Panama rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Middle income ranks 24th and Panama ranks 25th of 48 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
260 places, 13,015 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.