Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) vs Uruguay: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 145.5 per 100 people against 92.7 per 100 people in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 52.8 per 100 people.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uruguay ahead.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 31st and Uruguay ranks 33rd of 45 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Uruguay | 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 | 0.0001 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.0001 per 100 people | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 0.2321 per 100 people | 2.15 per 100 people | 1.92 per 100 people | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 14.19 per 100 people | 50.51 per 100 people | 36.32 per 100 people | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 66.77 per 100 people | 146.76 per 100 people | 79.98 per 100 people | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 89.68 per 100 people | 139.81 per 100 people | 50.13 per 100 people | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 145.5 per 100 people against 92.7 per 100 people in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Uruguay?
- 52.8 per 100 people, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Uruguay?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Uruguay rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 31st and Uruguay ranks 33rd of 45 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.