What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita between IDA only and Maldives?

0.5934 units per person, with Maldives ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for IDA only and Maldives?

53 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

IDA only vs Maldives: Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita

IDA only

0.8866 units per person

in 2025

Maldives

1.48 units per person

in 2024

IDA only rank

33rd

Maldives rank

31st

Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita over time

IDA only
Maldives

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 1.48 units per person against 0.8866 units per person in IDA only, a difference of 0.5934 units per person.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.7 times IDA only's.

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

IDA only ranks 33rd and Maldives ranks 31st of 45 groups.

Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA only	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	—
1990s	0.0004 units per person	0.0021 units per person	0.0017 units per person	Maldives
2000s	0.0997 units per person	0.5941 units per person	0.4944 units per person	Maldives
2010s	0.6449 units per person	1.64 units per person	0.9998 units per person	Maldives
2020s	0.8227 units per person	1.41 units per person	0.5891 units per person	Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita, IDA only or Maldives?: Maldives, at 1.48 units per person against 0.8866 units per person in IDA only as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita between IDA only and Maldives?: 0.5934 units per person, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA only and Maldives?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do IDA only and Maldives rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita?: IDA only ranks 33rd and Maldives ranks 31st of 45 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.