Sri Lanka vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita

Sri Lanka
1.4 units per person
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.8324 units per person
in 2025
Sri Lanka rank
41st
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
38th

Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita over time

  • Sri Lanka
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
00.511.5196019922025

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 1.4 units per person against 0.8324 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.5676 units per person.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.7 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 41st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 38th of 213 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 4 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sri Lanka Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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 (excluding high income)
1990s 0.0039 units per person 0.0023 units per person 0.0016 units per person Sri Lanka
2000s 0.2428 units per person 0.1377 units per person 0.105 units per person Sri Lanka
2010s 1.1 units per person 0.6469 units per person 0.4567 units per person Sri Lanka
2020s 1.44 units per person 0.8063 units per person 0.6312 units per person Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita, Sri Lanka or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sri Lanka, at 1.4 units per person against 0.8324 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita between Sri Lanka and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.5676 units per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Sri Lanka and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita?
Sri Lanka ranks 41st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 38th 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

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.