Cyprus vs Saudi Arabia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Cyprus
156.22 per 100 people
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
159.54 per 100 people
in 2024
Cyprus rank
26th
Saudi Arabia rank
23rd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Cyprus
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 159.54 per 100 people against 156.22 per 100 people in Cyprus, a difference of 3.32 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cyprus ahead.

Globally, Cyprus ranks 26th and Saudi Arabia ranks 23rd 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.