Small states vs United Arab Emirates: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Small states
- United Arab Emirates
How they compare
United Arab Emirates currently reports 203.21 per 100 people against 161.6 per 100 people in Small states, a difference of 41.61 per 100 people.
That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.3 times Small states's.
Across all 43 years both countries report, United Arab Emirates has been ahead every year.
Small states ranks 1st and United Arab Emirates ranks 4th of 48 groups.
United Arab Emirates has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Small states | United Arab Emirates | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0361 per 100 people | 0.6605 per 100 people | 0.6245 per 100 people | United Arab Emirates |
| 1990s | 2.54 per 100 people | 8.12 per 100 people | 5.57 per 100 people | United Arab Emirates |
| 2000s | 45.86 per 100 people | 96 per 100 people | 50.14 per 100 people | United Arab Emirates |
| 2010s | 104.54 per 100 people | 197.92 per 100 people | 93.38 per 100 people | United Arab Emirates |
| 2020s | 123.36 per 100 people | 195.8 per 100 people | 72.44 per 100 people | United Arab Emirates |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Small states or United Arab Emirates?
- United Arab Emirates, at 203.21 per 100 people against 161.6 per 100 people in Small states as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Small states and United Arab Emirates?
- 41.61 per 100 people, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Small states and United Arab Emirates?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
- How do Small states and United Arab Emirates rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Small states ranks 1st and United Arab Emirates ranks 4th 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.