Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Uganda: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- Uganda
How they compare
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) currently reports 299.00 million against 41.60 million in Uganda, a difference of 257.40 million.
That makes Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s figure about 7.2 times Uganda's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 40th and Uganda ranks 42nd of 45 groups.
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 3,092 | 0 | 3,092 | Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 1.66 million | 9,710 | 1.65 million | Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) |
| 2000s | 100.49 million | 2.82 million | 97.67 million | Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) |
| 2010s | 254.52 million | 20.22 million | 234.30 million | Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) |
| 2020s | 278.20 million | 33.94 million | 244.26 million | Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) or Uganda?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), at 299.00 million against 41.60 million in Uganda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Uganda?
- 257.40 million, with Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Uganda?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Uganda rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 40th and Uganda ranks 42nd of 45 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.