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

0.5234 units per person, with Sweden ahead.

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

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 Sweden: Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita

IDA only

0.8866 units per person

in 2025

Sweden

1.41 units per person

in 2024

IDA only rank

35th

Sweden rank

38th

Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita over time

IDA only
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 1.41 units per person against 0.8866 units per person in IDA only, a difference of 0.5234 units per person.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.6 times IDA only's.

Across all 53 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

IDA only ranks 35th and Sweden ranks 38th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA only	Sweden	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	0.013 units per person	0.013 units per person	Sweden
1990s	0.0004 units per person	0.2352 units per person	0.2348 units per person	Sweden
2000s	0.0997 units per person	0.9756 units per person	0.8759 units per person	Sweden
2010s	0.6449 units per person	1.24 units per person	0.5996 units per person	Sweden
2020s	0.8227 units per person	1.34 units per person	0.5192 units per person	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita, IDA only or Sweden?: Sweden, at 1.41 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 Sweden?: 0.5234 units per person, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA only and Sweden?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do IDA only and Sweden rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita?: IDA only ranks 35th and Sweden ranks 38th 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.