Africa Eastern and Southern vs Maldives: Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita

Africa Eastern and Southern
0.9305 units per person
in 2025
Maldives
1.48 units per person
in 2024
Africa Eastern and Southern rank
30th
Maldives rank
31st

Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita over time

  • Africa Eastern and Southern
  • Maldives
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 1.48 units per person against 0.9305 units per person in Africa Eastern and Southern, a difference of 0.5495 units per person.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.6 times Africa Eastern and Southern's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Maldives ahead.

Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 30th and Maldives ranks 31st of 47 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Africa Eastern and Southern averaged higher in 2 and Maldives in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Eastern and Southern Maldives Difference Ahead
1960s 0 units per person 0 units per person 0 units per person
1970s 0 units per person 0 units per person 0 units per person
1980s 0 units per person 0 units per person 0 units per person Africa Eastern and Southern
1990s 0.0035 units per person 0.0021 units per person 0.0014 units per person Africa Eastern and Southern
2000s 0.1326 units per person 0.5941 units per person 0.4615 units per person Maldives
2010s 0.5823 units per person 1.64 units per person 1.06 units per person Maldives
2020s 0.7838 units per person 1.41 units per person 0.628 units per person Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita, Africa Eastern and Southern or Maldives?
Maldives, at 1.48 units per person against 0.9305 units per person in Africa Eastern and Southern as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita between Africa Eastern and Southern and Maldives?
0.5495 units per person, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Eastern and Southern and Maldives?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Africa Eastern and Southern and Maldives rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita?
Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 30th and Maldives ranks 31st of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
260 places, 13,039 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Mobile cellular subscriptions divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.