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Korea – Mobile Subscriptions 1988

Number of mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Includes both prepaid and postpaid subscriptions. · World Bank
0.05 +0.02 from 1987 G20 rank: 30th

Korea's mobile subscriptions was 0.05 in 1988, increased +0.02 from 0.02 in 1987. This was the 30th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1988▾
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Norway 3.62 26.1%
2nd Sweden 2.87 40.0%
3rd Finland 2.79 30.1%
4th Iceland 2.61 28.1%
5th Denmark 1.98 30.9%
6th United Kingdom 0.98 92.7%
7th Hong Kong SAR, China 0.91 79.9%
8th United States 0.85 66.4%
9th Kuwait 0.82 17.7%
10th United Arab Emirates 0.82 -5.6%
11th Canada 0.76 103.1%
12th Bahrain 0.60 62.7%
13th Austria 0.49 40.5%
14th Switzerland 0.47 457.9%
15th Singapore 0.38 –
16th New Zealand 0.30 314.6%
17th Puerto Rico (US) 0.25 120.5%
18th Netherlands 0.22 35.6%
19th Japan 0.20 60.4%
20th European Union 0.20 55.5%
21st Belgium 0.19 164.7%
22nd Australia 0.19 603.4%
23rd Ireland 0.18 82.1%
24th France 0.18 149.4%
25th Malaysia 0.17 52.1%
26th Luxembourg 0.15 43.4%
27th Germany 0.13 101.6%
28th Oman 0.10 42.5%
29th Italy 0.06 103.2%
30th Korea 0.05 95.8%
31st Thailand 0.03 193.4%
32nd Cyprus 0.03 –
33rd Spain 0.03 176.2%
34th Türkiye 0.02 89.2%
35th Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.01 11.9%
36th Indonesia 0.01 39.9%
37th Tunisia 0.00 74.7%
38th Mexico 0.00 –
39th Morocco 0.00 71.7%
40th China 0.00 353.3%
41st Aruba 0.00 –
42nd Afghanistan 0.00 –
43rd Angola 0.00 –
44th Albania 0.00 –
45th Andorra 0.00 –
46th Argentina 0.00 –
47th Armenia 0.00 –
48th Antigua and Barbuda 0.00 –
49th Azerbaijan 0.00 –
50th Burundi 0.00 –
51st Benin 0.00 –
52nd Burkina Faso 0.00 –
53rd Bangladesh 0.00 –
54th Bulgaria 0.00 –
55th Bahamas, The 0.00 –
56th Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.00 –
57th Belarus 0.00 –
58th Belize 0.00 –
59th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.00 –
60th Brazil 0.00 –
61st Barbados 0.00 –
62nd Brunei Darussalam 0.00 –
63rd Bhutan 0.00 –
64th Botswana 0.00 –
65th Central African Republic 0.00 –
66th Chile 0.00 –
67th Côte d'Ivoire 0.00 –
68th Cameroon 0.00 –
69th Congo, Democratic Republic of 0.00 –
70th Congo, Republic of 0.00 –
71st Colombia 0.00 –
72nd Comoros 0.00 –
73rd Cabo Verde 0.00 –
74th Costa Rica 0.00 –
75th Cuba 0.00 –
76th Czechia 0.00 –
77th Djibouti 0.00 –
78th Dominica 0.00 –
79th Algeria 0.00 –
80th Ecuador 0.00 –
81st Eritrea 0.00 –
82nd Estonia 0.00 –
83rd Fiji 0.00 –
84th Faroe Islands 0.00 –
85th Micronesia, Federated States of 0.00 –
86th Gabon 0.00 –
87th Georgia 0.00 –
88th Ghana 0.00 –
89th Gibraltar 0.00 –
90th Guinea 0.00 –
91st Gambia, The 0.00 –
92nd Guinea-Bissau 0.00 –
93rd Equatorial Guinea 0.00 –
94th Greece 0.00 –
95th Grenada 0.00 –
96th Greenland 0.00 –
97th Guatemala 0.00 –
98th Guam 0.00 –
99th Guyana 0.00 –
100th Honduras 0.00 –
101st Croatia 0.00 –
102nd Haiti 0.00 –
103rd Hungary 0.00 –
104th India 0.00 –
105th Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.00 –
106th Iraq 0.00 –
107th Jamaica 0.00 –
108th Jordan 0.00 –
109th Kazakhstan 0.00 –
110th Kenya 0.00 –
111th Kyrgyz Republic 0.00 –
112th Cambodia 0.00 –
113th Kiribati 0.00 –
114th St. Kitts and Nevis 0.00 –
115th Lao PDR 0.00 –
116th Lebanon 0.00 –
117th Liberia 0.00 –
118th Libya 0.00 –
119th St. Lucia 0.00 –
120th Sri Lanka 0.00 –
121st Lesotho 0.00 –
122nd Lithuania 0.00 –
123rd Latvia 0.00 –
124th Macao SAR, China 0.00 –
125th Monaco 0.00 –
126th Moldova 0.00 –
127th Madagascar 0.00 –
128th Maldives 0.00 –
129th Marshall Islands 0.00 –
130th North Macedonia 0.00 –
131st Mali 0.00 –
132nd Malta 0.00 –
133rd Myanmar 0.00 –
134th Mongolia 0.00 –
135th Northern Mariana Islands 0.00 –
136th Mozambique 0.00 –
137th Mauritania 0.00 –
138th Mauritius 0.00 –
139th Malawi 0.00 –
140th Namibia 0.00 –
141st New Caledonia 0.00 –
142nd Niger 0.00 –
143rd Nigeria 0.00 –
144th Nicaragua 0.00 –
145th Nepal 0.00 –
146th Nauru 0.00 –
147th Pakistan 0.00 –
148th Panama 0.00 –
149th Peru 0.00 –
150th Philippines 0.00 –
151st Papua New Guinea 0.00 –
152nd Poland 0.00 –
153rd Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 0.00 –
154th Portugal 0.00 –
155th Paraguay 0.00 –
156th French Polynesia 0.00 –
157th Romania 0.00 –
158th Russian Federation 0.00 –
159th Rwanda 0.00 –
160th Sudan 0.00 –
161st Senegal 0.00 –
162nd Solomon Islands 0.00 –
163rd Sierra Leone 0.00 –
164th El Salvador 0.00 –
165th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.00 –
166th São Tomé and Principe 0.00 –
167th Suriname 0.00 –
168th Slovak Republic 0.00 –
169th Slovenia 0.00 –
170th Eswatini 0.00 –
171st Seychelles 0.00 –
172nd Syrian Arab Republic 0.00 –
173rd Turks and Caicos Islands 0.00 –
174th Chad 0.00 –
175th Togo 0.00 –
176th Tajikistan 0.00 –
177th Turkmenistan 0.00 –
178th Tonga 0.00 –
179th Trinidad and Tobago 0.00 –
180th Tuvalu 0.00 –
181st Tanzania 0.00 –
182nd Uganda 0.00 –
183rd Ukraine 0.00 –
184th Uruguay 0.00 –
185th Uzbekistan 0.00 –
186th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.00 –
187th Virgin Islands (US) 0.00 –
188th Viet Nam 0.00 –
189th Vanuatu 0.00 –
190th Samoa 0.00 –
191st Yemen, Republic of 0.00 –
192nd South Africa 0.00 –
193rd Zambia 0.00 –
194th Zimbabwe 0.00 –
Source: World Bank (IT.CEL.SETS.P2)
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Korea matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1988. Historically: 682 occurrences, 460 successful (67%). Outcome 24 months later: 10.0%. View full analysis →

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