Nepal vs Tuvalu: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Nepal
99.85 per 100 people
in 2024
Tuvalu
98.86 per 100 people
in 2022
Nepal rank
138th
Tuvalu rank
140th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Nepal
  • Tuvalu
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How they compare

Nepal currently reports 99.85 per 100 people against 98.86 per 100 people in Tuvalu, a difference of 0.99 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tuvalu ahead.

Nepal ranks 138th and Tuvalu ranks 140th of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 3 and Tuvalu in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nepal Tuvalu 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 0.0023 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0.0023 per 100 people Nepal
2000s 4.33 per 100 people 6.81 per 100 people 2.48 per 100 people Tuvalu
2010s 92.16 per 100 people 49.34 per 100 people 42.82 per 100 people Nepal
2020s 127.56 per 100 people 91.23 per 100 people 36.33 per 100 people Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Nepal or Tuvalu?
Nepal, at 99.85 per 100 people against 98.86 per 100 people in Tuvalu as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Nepal and Tuvalu?
0.99 per 100 people, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Tuvalu?
50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Nepal and Tuvalu rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Nepal ranks 138th and Tuvalu ranks 140th 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

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.