Middle income vs Saudi Arabia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Middle income
108.26 per 100 people
in 2022
Saudi Arabia
159.54 per 100 people
in 2024
Middle income rank
24th
Saudi Arabia rank
23rd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Middle income
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 159.54 per 100 people against 108.26 per 100 people in Middle income, a difference of 51.28 per 100 people.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.5 times Middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Middle income ranks 24th and Saudi Arabia ranks 23rd of 48 groups.

Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle income Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1990s 0.5632 per 100 people 1.02 per 100 people 0.4599 per 100 people Saudi Arabia
2000s 25.38 per 100 people 76.4 per 100 people 51.02 per 100 people Saudi Arabia
2010s 92.17 per 100 people 171.34 per 100 people 79.17 per 100 people Saudi Arabia
2020s 107.68 per 100 people 144.75 per 100 people 37.07 per 100 people Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Middle income or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 159.54 per 100 people against 108.26 per 100 people in Middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Middle income and Saudi Arabia?
51.28 per 100 people, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and Saudi Arabia?
33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
How do Middle income and Saudi Arabia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Middle income ranks 24th and Saudi Arabia ranks 23rd 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.