United Arab Emirates vs Upper middle income: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- United Arab Emirates
- Upper middle income
How they compare
United Arab Emirates currently reports 203.21 per 100 people against 132.4 per 100 people in Upper middle income, a difference of 70.81 per 100 people.
That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.5 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 28 years both countries report, United Arab Emirates has been ahead every year.
United Arab Emirates ranks 4th and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 214 countries.
United Arab Emirates has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | United Arab Emirates | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6605 per 100 people | 0.0016 per 100 people | 0.659 per 100 people | United Arab Emirates |
| 1990s | 8.12 per 100 people | 0.9641 per 100 people | 7.15 per 100 people | United Arab Emirates |
| 2010s | 213.17 per 100 people | 113.26 per 100 people | 99.91 per 100 people | United Arab Emirates |
| 2020s | 195.8 per 100 people | 124.82 per 100 people | 70.98 per 100 people | United Arab Emirates |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, United Arab Emirates or Upper middle income?
- United Arab Emirates, at 203.21 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 United Arab Emirates and Upper middle income?
- 70.81 per 100 people, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for United Arab Emirates and Upper middle income?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
- How do United Arab Emirates and Upper middle income rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 4th and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 214 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.