Russia vs Upper middle income: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Russia
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Russia currently reports 186.1 per 100 people against 132.4 per 100 people in Upper middle income, a difference of 53.7 per 100 people.
That makes Russia's figure about 1.4 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Russia ranks 8th and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 212 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Russia averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Russia | Upper middle income | 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 | 0.0013 per 100 people | 0.0013 per 100 people | Upper middle income |
| 1990s | 0.2008 per 100 people | 0.9641 per 100 people | 0.7633 per 100 people | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 157.88 per 100 people | 113.26 per 100 people | 44.62 per 100 people | Russia |
| 2020s | 173.52 per 100 people | 124.82 per 100 people | 48.7 per 100 people | Russia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Russia or Upper middle income?
- Russia, at 186.1 per 100 people against 132.4 per 100 people in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Russia and Upper middle income?
- 53.7 per 100 people, with Russia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Russia and Upper middle income?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Russia and Upper middle income rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Russia ranks 8th and Upper middle income ranks 6th 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.