Burkina Faso vs France: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Burkina Faso
116.59 per 100 people
in 2024
France
116.69 per 100 people
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
100th
France rank
99th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • France
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How they compare

France currently reports 116.69 per 100 people against 116.59 per 100 people in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.098 per 100 people.

Across all 52 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

Globally, Burkina Faso ranks 100th and France ranks 99th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,015 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.