Samoa vs Seychelles: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Samoa
- Seychelles
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 163,827 against 134,320 in Samoa, a difference of 29,507.
That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.2 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Seychelles ahead.
Samoa ranks 188th and Seychelles ranks 185th of 214 countries.
Seychelles has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 467.8 | 2,485 | 2,017 | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 23,712 | 52,175 | 28,462 | Seychelles |
| 2010s | 108,494 | 153,577 | 45,083 | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 90,773 | 190,826 | 100,053 | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Samoa or Seychelles?
- Seychelles, at 163,827 against 134,320 in Samoa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Samoa and Seychelles?
- 29,507, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Seychelles?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Samoa and Seychelles rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Samoa ranks 188th and Seychelles ranks 185th 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.