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

0.5551 units per person, with Uruguay ahead.

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

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.

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

Sub-Saharan Africa

0.9049 units per person

in 2025

Uruguay

1.46 units per person

in 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

33rd

Uruguay rank

33rd

Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita over time

Sub-Saharan Africa
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 1.46 units per person against 0.9049 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.5551 units per person.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uruguay ahead.

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 33rd and Uruguay ranks 33rd of 47 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Sub-Saharan Africa averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sub-Saharan Africa	Uruguay	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	0.0023 units per person	0.0217 units per person	0.0194 units per person	Uruguay
2000s	0.1378 units per person	0.5051 units per person	0.3673 units per person	Uruguay
2010s	0.6519 units per person	1.47 units per person	0.8156 units per person	Uruguay
2020s	0.8616 units per person	1.4 units per person	0.5366 units per person	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita, Sub-Saharan Africa or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 1.46 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 Sub-Saharan Africa and Uruguay?: 0.5551 units per person, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Uruguay?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Uruguay rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita?: Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 33rd and Uruguay ranks 33rd 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.