Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) vs Sweden: Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.8324 units per person
in 2025
Sweden
1.41 units per person
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
38th
Sweden rank
38th
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita over time
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 1.41 units per person against 0.8324 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.5776 units per person.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.7 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 53 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 38th and Sweden ranks 38th of 45 groups.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | 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 | 0.0023 units per person | 0.2352 units per person | 0.233 units per person | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.1377 units per person | 0.9756 units per person | 0.8379 units per person | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.6469 units per person | 1.24 units per person | 0.5975 units per person | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.8063 units per person | 1.34 units per person | 0.5356 units per person | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 1.41 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 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Sweden?
- 0.5776 units per person, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Sweden?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Sweden rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 38th and Sweden ranks 38th 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.
Individual pages
About this data
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.