Ethiopia vs Italy: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Ethiopia
85.95 million
in 2024
Italy
78.67 million
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
23rd
Italy rank
25th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Italy
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 85.95 million against 78.67 million in Italy, a difference of 7.27 million.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Italy ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 23rd and Italy ranks 25th of 214 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Italy Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 13,167 13,167 Italy
1990s 674 7.79 million 7.79 million Italy
2000s 879,454 68.93 million 68.05 million Italy
2010s 30.30 million 90.07 million 59.78 million Italy
2020s 68.69 million 78.27 million 9.58 million Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Ethiopia or Italy?
Ethiopia, at 85.95 million against 78.67 million in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Ethiopia and Italy?
7.27 million, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Italy?
52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Italy rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Ethiopia ranks 23rd and Italy ranks 25th 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

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 13,046 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.