Namibia vs Turkmenistan: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Namibia
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Turkmenistan currently reports 88.19 per 100 people against 85.16 per 100 people in Namibia, a difference of 3.03 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Turkmenistan ahead.
Namibia ranks 164th and Turkmenistan ranks 161st of 212 countries.
Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Turkmenistan | 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 | 0.4169 per 100 people | 0.0214 per 100 people | 0.3955 per 100 people | Namibia |
| 2000s | 26.75 per 100 people | 7.56 per 100 people | 19.19 per 100 people | Namibia |
| 2010s | 106.57 per 100 people | 101.22 per 100 people | 5.35 per 100 people | Namibia |
| 2020s | 104.97 per 100 people | 88.45 per 100 people | 16.52 per 100 people | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Namibia or Turkmenistan?
- Turkmenistan, at 88.19 per 100 people against 85.16 per 100 people in Namibia as of 2021.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Namibia and Turkmenistan?
- 3.03 per 100 people, with Turkmenistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Turkmenistan?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2021.
- How do Namibia and Turkmenistan rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Namibia ranks 164th and Turkmenistan ranks 161st of 212 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
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.