East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Maldives: Mobile cellular subscriptions, per square kilometre

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
170.35 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives
2,499 units per square kilometre
in 2023
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
4th
Maldives rank
7th

Mobile cellular subscriptions, per square kilometre over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Maldives
01.0k2.0k3.0k196519942023

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 2,499 units per square kilometre against 170.35 units per square kilometre in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 2,329 units per square kilometre.

That makes Maldives's figure about 14.7 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Maldives ahead.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 4th and Maldives ranks 7th of 45 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Maldives in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Maldives Difference Ahead
1960s 0 units per square kilometre 0 units per square kilometre 0 units per square kilometre
1970s 0 units per square kilometre 0 units per square kilometre 0 units per square kilometre
1980s 0.0013 units per square kilometre 0 units per square kilometre 0.0013 units per square kilometre East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s 0.8152 units per square kilometre 1.95 units per square kilometre 1.13 units per square kilometre Maldives
2000s 34.88 units per square kilometre 643.25 units per square kilometre 608.37 units per square kilometre Maldives
2010s 129.66 units per square kilometre 2,338 units per square kilometre 2,208 units per square kilometre Maldives
2020s 167.87 units per square kilometre 2,407 units per square kilometre 2,239 units per square kilometre Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, per square kilometre, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Maldives?
Maldives, at 2,499 units per square kilometre against 170.35 units per square kilometre in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per square kilometre between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Maldives?
2,329 units per square kilometre, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Maldives?
51 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2023.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Maldives rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions, per square kilometre?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 4th and Maldives ranks 7th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
259 places, 11,974 data points, 1965–2023
Last refreshed

Mobile cellular subscriptions divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.