Ethiopia vs Italy: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Ethiopia
- Italy
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
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.