Colombia vs Latin America & Caribbean: Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita
Colombia
1.74 units per person
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean
1.17 units per person
in 2025
Colombia rank
14th
Latin America & Caribbean rank
16th
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita over time
- Colombia
- Latin America & Caribbean
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 1.74 units per person against 1.17 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 0.57 units per person.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.5 times Latin America & Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Latin America & Caribbean ahead.
Colombia ranks 14th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 16th of 213 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 3 and Latin America & Caribbean in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 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 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 1990s | 0.0157 units per person | 0.0177 units per person | 0.002 units per person | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 2000s | 0.4554 units per person | 0.4363 units per person | 0.019 units per person | Colombia |
| 2010s | 1.18 units per person | 1.09 units per person | 0.0895 units per person | Colombia |
| 2020s | 1.56 units per person | 1.1 units per person | 0.458 units per person | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita, Colombia or Latin America & Caribbean?
- Colombia, at 1.74 units per person against 1.17 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita between Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean?
- 0.57 units per person, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita?
- Colombia ranks 14th and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 16th of 213 countries.
- 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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About this data
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.