Saudi Arabia vs Thailand: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Saudi Arabia
159.54 per 100 people
in 2024
Thailand
160.64 per 100 people
in 2024
Saudi Arabia rank
23rd
Thailand rank
22nd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Thailand
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How they compare

Thailand currently reports 160.64 per 100 people against 159.54 per 100 people in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 1.1 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Thailand ahead.

Globally, Saudi Arabia ranks 23rd and Thailand ranks 22nd 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.