Sao Tome and Principe vs Saint Lucia: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 176,399 against 147,061 in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 29,338.
That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 1.2 times Sao Tome and Principe's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Saint Lucia ahead.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 184th and Saint Lucia ranks 181st of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sao Tome and Principe averaged higher in 1 and Saint Lucia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sao Tome and Principe | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,246 | 1,246 | Saint Lucia |
| 2000s | 20,640 | 94,255 | 73,615 | Saint Lucia |
| 2010s | 145,912 | 190,497 | 44,585 | Saint Lucia |
| 2020s | 186,609 | 164,712 | 21,897 | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Sao Tome and Principe or Saint Lucia?
- Saint Lucia, at 176,399 against 147,061 in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Sao Tome and Principe and Saint Lucia?
- 29,338, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Saint Lucia?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Sao Tome and Principe and Saint Lucia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 184th and Saint Lucia ranks 181st of 212 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.