What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita between Somalia and Yemen, Republic of?

0.0307 units per person, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Yemen, Republic of?

52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.

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.

Somalia vs Yemen, Republic of: Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita

Somalia

0.5396 units per person

in 2023

Yemen, Republic of

0.5089 units per person

in 2023

Somalia rank

198th

Yemen, Republic of rank

200th

Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita over time

Somalia
Yemen, Republic of

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.5396 units per person against 0.5089 units per person in Yemen, Republic of, a difference of 0.0307 units per person.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Yemen, Republic of's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Yemen, Republic of ahead.

Somalia ranks 198th and Yemen, Republic of ranks 200th of 213 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 1 and Yemen, Republic of in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Yemen, Republic of	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 units per person	0.0005 units per person	0.0005 units per person	Yemen, Republic of
2000s	0.0355 units per person	0.1113 units per person	0.0758 units per person	Yemen, Republic of
2010s	0.357 units per person	0.4807 units per person	0.1237 units per person	Yemen, Republic of
2020s	0.5199 units per person	0.4679 units per person	0.052 units per person	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita, Somalia or Yemen, Republic of?: Somalia, at 0.5396 units per person against 0.5089 units per person in Yemen, Republic of as of 2023.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita between Somalia and Yemen, Republic of?: 0.0307 units per person, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Yemen, Republic of?: 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Somalia and Yemen, Republic of rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita?: Somalia ranks 198th and Yemen, Republic of ranks 200th 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.