Suriname vs Uruguay: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Suriname
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 145.5 per 100 people against 142.12 per 100 people in Suriname, a difference of 3.38 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uruguay ahead.
Suriname ranks 35th and Uruguay ranks 33rd of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Suriname averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Suriname | 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 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 1990s | 0.7031 per 100 people | 2.15 per 100 people | 1.45 per 100 people | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 56.32 per 100 people | 50.51 per 100 people | 5.8 per 100 people | Suriname |
| 2010s | 126.59 per 100 people | 146.76 per 100 people | 20.16 per 100 people | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 148.39 per 100 people | 139.81 per 100 people | 8.58 per 100 people | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Suriname or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 145.5 per 100 people against 142.12 per 100 people in Suriname as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Suriname and Uruguay?
- 3.38 per 100 people, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Suriname and Uruguay?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Suriname and Uruguay rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Suriname ranks 35th and Uruguay ranks 33rd 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.