Nauru vs Vanuatu: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Nauru
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports 89.29 per 100 people against 87.17 per 100 people in Nauru, a difference of 2.12 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Vanuatu ahead.
Nauru ranks 162nd and Vanuatu ranks 159th of 212 countries.
Nauru has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nauru | Vanuatu | 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 | 4.16 per 100 people | 0.0593 per 100 people | 4.1 per 100 people | Nauru |
| 2000s | 13.3 per 100 people | 0.1896 per 100 people | 13.12 per 100 people | Nauru |
| 2010s | 77.65 per 100 people | 72.15 per 100 people | 5.5 per 100 people | Nauru |
| 2020s | 86.15 per 100 people | 81.9 per 100 people | 4.25 per 100 people | Nauru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Nauru or Vanuatu?
- Vanuatu, at 89.29 per 100 people against 87.17 per 100 people in Nauru as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Nauru and Vanuatu?
- 2.12 per 100 people, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Vanuatu?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Nauru and Vanuatu rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Nauru ranks 162nd and Vanuatu ranks 159th 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.