Pacific island small states vs Palau: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Pacific island small states
- Palau
How they compare
Palau currently reports 135.39 per 100 people against 76.18 per 100 people in Pacific island small states, a difference of 59.21 per 100 people.
That makes Palau's figure about 1.8 times Pacific island small states's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, Palau has been ahead every year.
Pacific island small states ranks 46th and Palau ranks 47th of 48 groups.
Palau has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Pacific island small states | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.66 per 100 people | 38.8 per 100 people | 17.14 per 100 people | Palau |
| 2010s | 68.64 per 100 people | 105.56 per 100 people | 36.92 per 100 people | Palau |
| 2020s | 76.63 per 100 people | 134.93 per 100 people | 58.3 per 100 people | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Pacific island small states or Palau?
- Palau, at 135.39 per 100 people against 76.18 per 100 people in Pacific island small states as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Pacific island small states and Palau?
- 59.21 per 100 people, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Pacific island small states and Palau?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2021.
- How do Pacific island small states and Palau rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Pacific island small states ranks 46th and Palau ranks 47th of 48 groups.
- 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.