Namibia vs Uganda: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Namibia
- Uganda
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 85.16 per 100 people against 83.17 per 100 people in Uganda, a difference of 1.99 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.
Namibia ranks 164th and Uganda ranks 165th of 214 countries.
Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Uganda | 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 | 0.0425 per 100 people | 0.3744 per 100 people | Namibia |
| 2000s | 26.75 per 100 people | 9.41 per 100 people | 17.34 per 100 people | Namibia |
| 2010s | 106.61 per 100 people | 53.72 per 100 people | 52.89 per 100 people | Namibia |
| 2020s | 96.67 per 100 people | 71.5 per 100 people | 25.17 per 100 people | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Namibia or Uganda?
- Namibia, at 85.16 per 100 people against 83.17 per 100 people in Uganda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Namibia and Uganda?
- 1.99 per 100 people, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Uganda?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Namibia and Uganda rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Namibia ranks 164th and Uganda ranks 165th of 214 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.