Costa Rica - Mobile Subscriptions 1998
2.85
+1.12 from 1997
Costa Rica's mobile subscriptions was 2.85 in 1998, increased +1.12 from 1.72 in 1997. This was the 84th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 55.22 | 31.3% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 48.49 | 40.1% |
| 3rd | Norway | 46.75 | 22.8% |
| 4th | Sweden | 46.54 | 29.4% |
| 5th | Iceland | 38.02 | 57.8% |
| 6th | Japan | 37.45 | 23.4% |
| 7th | Israel | 36.58 | 25.6% |
| 8th | Denmark | 36.44 | 33.2% |
| 9th | Italy | 35.98 | 74.5% |
| 10th | Monaco | 35.62 | 58.2% |
| 11th | Luxembourg | 30.81 | 91.8% |
| 12th | Korea | 30.31 | 102.5% |
| 13th | Portugal | 30.20 | 103.0% |
| 14th | Austria | 28.75 | 97.5% |
| 15th | Singapore | 28.31 | 25.5% |
| 16th | Australia | 26.44 | 6.3% |
| 17th | Ireland | 25.72 | 71.8% |
| 18th | United Kingdom | 25.46 | 67.7% |
| 19th | United States | 25.09 | 23.6% |
| 20th | Switzerland | 23.90 | 62.2% |
| 21st | Virgin Islands (US) | 23.39 | 54.7% |
| 22nd | Liechtenstein | 23.30 | - |
| 23rd | Andorra | 21.66 | 62.5% |
| 24th | Netherlands | 21.31 | 94.0% |
| 25th | Bermuda | 20.74 | 21.6% |
| 26th | New Zealand | 20.73 | 38.3% |
| 27th | Macao SAR, China | 19.61 | 52.8% |
| 28th | France | 19.30 | 91.9% |
| 29th | San Marino | 19.16 | 108.6% |
| 30th | European Union | 19.02 | 71.6% |
| 31st | Greece | 18.71 | 117.0% |
| 32nd | Canada | 17.73 | 26.3% |
| 33rd | Estonia | 17.50 | 72.5% |
| 34th | Belgium | 17.24 | 79.6% |
| 35th | Germany | 17.07 | 67.9% |
| 36th | Cyprus | 17.05 | 25.2% |
| 37th | United Arab Emirates | 16.89 | 49.9% |
| 38th | Spain | 15.95 | 47.7% |
| 39th | Greenland | 15.86 | 37.2% |
| 40th | Brunei Darussalam | 15.35 | 6.8% |
| 41st | Puerto Rico (US) | 15.32 | 57.0% |
| 42nd | Faroe Islands | 14.52 | 37.5% |
| 43rd | Cayman Islands | 13.99 | 21.2% |
| 44th | Kuwait | 13.74 | 15.2% |
| 45th | Bahrain | 13.69 | 52.6% |
| 46th | Lebanon | 12.09 | 32.8% |
| 47th | Qatar | 11.32 | 43.3% |
| 48th | Hungary | 10.43 | 52.0% |
| 49th | Malaysia | 10.09 | 7.2% |
| 50th | Czechia | 9.41 | 83.7% |
| 51st | Gibraltar | 8.85 | 50.5% |
| 52nd | Slovak Republic | 8.66 | 132.3% |
| 53rd | Guam | 8.21 | 123.3% |
| 54th | Nauru | 8.19 | 13.2% |
| 55th | Slovenia | 8.13 | 72.8% |
| 56th | Argentina | 7.37 | 31.4% |
| 57th | Lithuania | 7.30 | 63.2% |
| 58th | South Africa | 7.28 | 79.5% |
| 59th | Latvia | 6.80 | 120.4% |
| 60th | Seychelles | 6.68 | 127.6% |
| 61st | Chile | 6.43 | 132.4% |
| 62nd | Aruba | 6.38 | 53.5% |
| 63rd | New Caledonia | 6.13 | 145.8% |
| 64th | Malta | 5.74 | 26.2% |
| 65th | Türkiye | 5.63 | 114.4% |
| 66th | Mauritius | 5.06 | 40.9% |
| 67th | Poland | 5.02 | 137.5% |
| 68th | Colombia | 4.74 | 39.9% |
| 69th | Paraguay | 4.70 | 169.0% |
| 70th | Uruguay | 4.64 | 51.7% |
| 71st | French Polynesia | 4.55 | 100.6% |
| 72nd | Barbados | 4.55 | 49.5% |
| 73rd | Oman | 4.35 | 84.7% |
| 74th | Brazil | 4.31 | 59.6% |
| 75th | Croatia | 3.92 | 53.2% |
| 76th | Mexico | 3.53 | 89.2% |
| 77th | Thailand | 3.20 | -11.4% |
| 78th | Saudi Arabia | 3.06 | 84.0% |
| 79th | Jamaica | 3.05 | 18.1% |
| 80th | Panama | 2.98 | 258.6% |
| 81st | Romania | 2.90 | 221.8% |
| 82nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.89 | 98.4% |
| 83rd | Peru | 2.88 | 73.0% |
| 84th | Costa Rica | 2.85 | 65.3% |
| 85th | American Samoa | 2.65 | 5.2% |
| 86th | Bahamas, The | 2.56 | 28.0% |
| 87th | Dominican Republic | 2.53 | 45.5% |
| 88th | El Salvador | 2.33 | 238.9% |
| 89th | Philippines | 2.33 | 26.0% |
| 90th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.07 | 5.1% |
| 91st | Ecuador | 1.99 | 88.6% |
| 92nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.99 | 53.0% |
| 93rd | China | 1.91 | 79.0% |
| 94th | Jordan | 1.70 | 78.8% |
| 95th | Belize | 1.57 | 34.1% |
| 96th | Bulgaria | 1.54 | 83.3% |
| 97th | North Macedonia | 1.49 | 142.3% |
| 98th | Georgia | 1.33 | 105.4% |
| 99th | Grenada | 1.33 | 43.6% |
| 100th | Suriname | 1.30 | 160.9% |
| 101st | St. Lucia | 1.21 | 17.7% |
| 102nd | Namibia | 1.12 | 52.2% |
| 103rd | Guatemala | 1.00 | 69.3% |
| 104th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.99 | 111.8% |
| 105th | Fiji | 0.98 | 52.1% |
| 106th | Dominica | 0.94 | 17.1% |
| 107th | Sri Lanka | 0.94 | 50.7% |
| 108th | Botswana | 0.92 | - |
| 109th | Samoa | 0.82 | 91.2% |
| 110th | Azerbaijan | 0.81 | 61.7% |
| 111th | Gabon | 0.80 | -0.5% |
| 112th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.66 | 117.0% |
| 113th | Marshall Islands | 0.65 | -27.1% |
| 114th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.61 | 60.7% |
| 115th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.61 | 175.2% |
| 116th | Maldives | 0.59 | 22.3% |
| 117th | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.58 | 145.0% |
| 118th | Honduras | 0.55 | 135.6% |
| 119th | Cambodia | 0.53 | 79.1% |
| 120th | Indonesia | 0.51 | 14.5% |
| 121st | Russian Federation | 0.51 | 54.5% |
| 122nd | Lesotho | 0.50 | 179.0% |
| 123rd | Eswatini | 0.47 | - |
| 124th | Morocco | 0.41 | 54.6% |
| 125th | Tunisia | 0.40 | 403.1% |
| 126th | Libya | 0.40 | 96.8% |
| 127th | Mongolia | 0.38 | 347.2% |
| 128th | Gambia, The | 0.37 | 3.6% |
| 129th | Nicaragua | 0.37 | 138.4% |
| 130th | Senegal | 0.30 | 287.0% |
| 131st | Viet Nam | 0.29 | 36.9% |
| 132nd | Guinea | 0.27 | 637.9% |
| 133rd | Armenia | 0.24 | 58.1% |
| 134th | Ukraine | 0.23 | 103.7% |
| 135th | Cabo Verde | 0.23 | 4,889.2% |
| 136th | Ghana | 0.22 | 86.4% |
| 137th | Guyana | 0.19 | 3.7% |
| 138th | Kazakhstan | 0.19 | 171.1% |
| 139th | Albania | 0.17 | 70.8% |
| 140th | Solomon Islands | 0.17 | 3.8% |
| 141st | Zimbabwe | 0.16 | 226.0% |
| 142nd | Moldova | 0.16 | 221.1% |
| 143rd | Togo | 0.16 | 143.2% |
| 144th | Pakistan | 0.13 | 41.1% |
| 145th | Uganda | 0.13 | 482.4% |
| 146th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.13 | 35.9% |
| 147th | Tonga | 0.13 | 7.6% |
| 148th | Haiti | 0.12 | - |
| 149th | Lao PDR | 0.12 | 28.9% |
| 150th | Vanuatu | 0.12 | 3.8% |
| 151st | Belarus | 0.12 | 49.5% |
| 152nd | India | 0.12 | 33.0% |
| 153rd | Tanzania | 0.12 | 83.0% |
| 154th | Congo, Republic of | 0.12 | 225.1% |
| 155th | Uzbekistan | 0.11 | 53.2% |
| 156th | Papua New Guinea | 0.11 | 39.1% |
| 157th | Malawi | 0.10 | 46.9% |
| 158th | Benin | 0.10 | 42.0% |
| 159th | Yemen, Republic of | 0.09 | 28.1% |
| 160th | Zambia | 0.09 | 76.9% |
| 161st | Madagascar | 0.08 | 202.2% |
| 162nd | Turkmenistan | 0.07 | 18.2% |
| 163rd | Angola | 0.06 | 34.8% |
| 164th | Rwanda | 0.06 | - |
| 165th | Bangladesh | 0.06 | 183.1% |
| 166th | Algeria | 0.06 | 1.9% |
| 167th | Equatorial Guinea | 0.05 | -4.8% |
| 168th | Central African Republic | 0.05 | 16.0% |
| 169th | Mali | 0.04 | 53.5% |
| 170th | Mozambique | 0.04 | 162.6% |
| 171st | Kenya | 0.04 | 54.7% |
| 172nd | Cuba | 0.04 | 35.0% |
| 173rd | Cameroon | 0.03 | 15.9% |
| 174th | Sudan | 0.03 | 121.1% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 0.03 | 4.1% |
| 176th | Kyrgyz Republic | 0.03 | - |
| 177th | Kiribati | 0.03 | - |
| 178th | Burkina Faso | 0.02 | 76.7% |
| 179th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 0.02 | 9.7% |
| 180th | Myanmar | 0.02 | -0.9% |
| 181st | Nigeria | 0.02 | 30.0% |
| 182nd | Niger | 0.01 | 1,230.8% |
| 183rd | Burundi | 0.01 | -1.7% |
| 184th | Tajikistan | 0.01 | 30.4% |
| 185th | Afghanistan | 0.00 | - |
| 186th | Bhutan | 0.00 | - |
| 187th | Comoros | 0.00 | - |
| 188th | Eritrea | 0.00 | - |
| 189th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.00 | - |
| 190th | Guinea-Bissau | 0.00 | - |
| 191st | Iraq | 0.00 | - |
| 192nd | Liberia | 0.00 | - |
| 193rd | Mauritania | 0.00 | - |
| 194th | Nepal | 0.00 | - |
| 195th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0.00 | - |
| 196th | Sierra Leone | 0.00 | - |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0.00 | - |
| 198th | São Tomé and Principe | 0.00 | - |
| 199th | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.00 | - |
| 200th | Chad | 0.00 | - |
| 201st | Tuvalu | 0.00 | - |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's mobile subscriptions in 1998?▾
Costa Rica's mobile subscriptions in 1998 was 2.85. This ranked 84th globally.
How did Costa Rica's mobile subscriptions change in 1998?▾
Costa Rica's mobile subscriptions increased by 65.3% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest mobile subscriptions in 1998?▾
Finland had the highest mobile subscriptions in 1998 at 55.22.
What is the mobile subscriptions of Costa Rica in 1998?▾
The mobile subscriptions of Costa Rica in 1998 was 2.85. This ranked 84th globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Costa Rica's mobile subscriptions?▾
Costa Rica's mobile subscriptions went from 1.72 in 1997 to 2.85 in 1998, a 65.3% increase.
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