Caribbean Small States vs Ghana: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Caribbean Small States
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 39.13 million against 3.41 million in Caribbean Small States, a difference of 35.71 million.
That makes Ghana's figure about 11.5 times Caribbean Small States's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ghana ahead.
Caribbean Small States ranks 46th and Ghana ranks 43rd of 47 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean Small States averaged higher in 1 and Ghana in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean Small States | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 20,172 | 15,809 | 4,364 | Caribbean Small States |
| 2000s | 1.41 million | 4.56 million | 3.15 million | Ghana |
| 2010s | 2.89 million | 31.45 million | 28.56 million | Ghana |
| 2020s | 3.44 million | 40.46 million | 37.02 million | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Caribbean Small States or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 39.13 million against 3.41 million in Caribbean Small States as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Caribbean Small States and Ghana?
- 35.71 million, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean Small States and Ghana?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2021.
- How do Caribbean Small States and Ghana rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 46th and Ghana ranks 43rd of 47 groups.
- 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.