Aruba vs Samoa: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Aruba
- Samoa
How they compare
Aruba currently reports 140,815 against 134,320 in Samoa, a difference of 6,495.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.
Aruba ranks 187th and Samoa ranks 188th of 214 countries.
Aruba has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Aruba | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 3,190 | 584.75 | 2,605 | Aruba |
| 2000s | 78,022 | 23,712 | 54,309 | Aruba |
| 2010s | 137,883 | 100,205 | 37,678 | Aruba |
| 2020s | 140,938 | 90,773 | 50,165 | Aruba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Aruba or Samoa?
- Aruba, at 140,815 against 134,320 in Samoa as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Aruba and Samoa?
- 6,495, with Aruba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Samoa?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Aruba and Samoa rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Aruba ranks 187th and Samoa ranks 188th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.