Burundi vs Samoa: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Burundi

63.16 per 100 people

in 2023

Samoa

62.4 per 100 people

in 2022

Burundi rank

188th

Samoa rank

190th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

Burundi
Samoa

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 63.16 per 100 people against 62.4 per 100 people in Samoa, a difference of 0.7644 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.

Globally, Burundi ranks 188th and Samoa ranks 190th 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: 06 August 2026

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.