What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita between High income and United Arab Emirates?

0.63 units per person, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for High income and United Arab Emirates?

28 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.

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.

High income vs United Arab Emirates: Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita

High income

1.41 units per person

in 2025

United Arab Emirates

2.04 units per person

in 2024

High income rank

3rd

United Arab Emirates rank

5th

Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita over time

High income
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 2.04 units per person against 1.41 units per person in High income, a difference of 0.63 units per person.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.4 times High income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1982 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

High income ranks 3rd and United Arab Emirates ranks 5th of 47 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, High income averaged higher in 1 and United Arab Emirates in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	High income	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1980s	0.0018 units per person	0.0066 units per person	0.0048 units per person	United Arab Emirates
1990s	0.0928 units per person	0.0788 units per person	0.014 units per person	High income
2010s	1.24 units per person	2.14 units per person	0.9014 units per person	United Arab Emirates
2020s	1.33 units per person	1.98 units per person	0.6544 units per person	United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita, High income or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 2.04 units per person against 1.41 units per person in High income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita between High income and United Arab Emirates?: 0.63 units per person, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and United Arab Emirates?: 28 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do High income and United Arab Emirates rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita?: High income ranks 3rd and United Arab Emirates ranks 5th 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: 18 August 2026

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.