What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita between Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa?

0.5751 units per person, with Maldives ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa?

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.

Maldives vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita

Maldives

1.48 units per person

in 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa

0.9049 units per person

in 2025

Maldives rank

31st

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

33rd

Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita over time

Maldives
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 1.48 units per person against 0.9049 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.5751 units per person.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

Maldives ranks 31st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 33rd of 213 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 3 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Maldives	Sub-Saharan Africa	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	Sub-Saharan Africa
1990s	0.0021 units per person	0.0023 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	0.5941 units per person	0.1378 units per person	0.4563 units per person	Maldives
2010s	1.64 units per person	0.6519 units per person	0.9927 units per person	Maldives
2020s	1.41 units per person	0.8616 units per person	0.5503 units per person	Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita, Maldives or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Maldives, at 1.48 units per person against 0.9049 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita between Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 0.5751 units per person, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita?: Maldives ranks 31st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 33rd 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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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.