Niger vs Samoa: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Niger
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 62.4 per 100 people against 60.59 per 100 people in Niger, a difference of 1.81 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 47 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.
Niger ranks 193rd and Samoa ranks 190th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 1 and Samoa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Samoa | 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 | 0.0033 per 100 people | 0.2584 per 100 people | 0.2551 per 100 people | Samoa |
| 2000s | 1.78 per 100 people | 12.64 per 100 people | 10.85 per 100 people | Samoa |
| 2010s | 38.49 per 100 people | 54.47 per 100 people | 15.98 per 100 people | Samoa |
| 2020s | 61.64 per 100 people | 42.41 per 100 people | 19.23 per 100 people | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Niger or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 62.4 per 100 people against 60.59 per 100 people in Niger as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Niger and Samoa?
- 1.81 per 100 people, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Samoa?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Niger and Samoa rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Niger ranks 193rd and Samoa ranks 190th 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.