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Saudi Arabia - Mobile Subscriptions 1997

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Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people · World Bank

1.67 +0.68 from 1996 Global rank: 84th

Saudi Arabia's mobile subscriptions was 1.67 in 1997, increased +0.68 from 0.98 in 1996. This was the 84th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1997▾

Mobile Subscriptions by Country - 1997
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	42.07	43.6%
2nd	Norway	38.06	32.2%
3rd	Sweden	35.98	26.8%
4th	Hong Kong SAR, China	34.62	61.0%
5th	Japan	30.35	41.8%
6th	Israel	29.12	56.0%
7th	Denmark	27.36	9.2%
8th	Australia	24.87	13.5%
9th	Iceland	24.09	38.5%
10th	Singapore	22.57	91.2%
11th	Monaco	22.52	32.3%
12th	Italy	20.62	82.7%
13th	United States	20.31	24.0%
14th	Bermuda	17.06	27.9%
15th	Luxembourg	16.06	47.5%
16th	United Kingdom	15.18	21.6%
17th	Virgin Islands (US)	15.13	-
18th	New Zealand	15.00	13.5%
19th	Ireland	14.97	87.1%
20th	Korea	14.97	114.8%
21st	Portugal	14.88	126.1%
22nd	Switzerland	14.74	57.2%
23rd	Austria	14.56	93.5%
24th	Brunei Darussalam	14.37	1.1%
25th	Canada	14.04	18.8%
26th	Cyprus	13.62	28.2%
27th	Andorra	13.32	55.7%
28th	Macao SAR, China	12.84	15.9%
29th	Kuwait	11.92	34.4%
30th	Greenland	11.56	56.9%
31st	Cayman Islands	11.55	49.5%
32nd	United Arab Emirates	11.27	49.5%
33rd	European Union	11.08	70.2%
34th	Netherlands	10.99	68.0%
35th	Spain	10.80	44.0%
36th	Faroe Islands	10.56	42.8%
37th	Germany	10.16	49.9%
38th	Estonia	10.14	109.4%
39th	France	10.06	135.3%
40th	Puerto Rico (US)	9.76	10.8%
41st	Belgium	9.60	103.2%
42nd	Malaysia	9.41	28.1%
43rd	San Marino	9.18	1.7%
44th	Lebanon	9.10	85.5%
45th	Bahrain	8.97	41.6%
46th	Greece	8.62	75.1%
47th	Qatar	7.90	45.3%
48th	Nauru	7.24	24.8%
49th	Hungary	6.86	49.5%
50th	Gibraltar	5.88	61.2%
51st	Argentina	5.61	197.6%
52nd	Czechia	5.12	163.2%
53rd	Slovenia	4.70	127.3%
54th	Malta	4.55	40.2%
55th	Lithuania	4.47	226.7%
56th	Aruba	4.16	10.0%
57th	South Africa	4.05	90.0%
58th	Slovak Republic	3.73	597.4%
59th	Guam	3.68	-3.6%
60th	Thailand	3.61	18.0%
61st	Mauritius	3.59	102.0%
62nd	Colombia	3.39	137.6%
63rd	Latvia	3.09	174.4%
64th	Uruguay	3.06	25.5%
65th	Barbados	3.04	27.3%
66th	Seychelles	2.94	112.7%
67th	Chile	2.77	26.6%
68th	Brazil	2.70	79.4%
69th	Türkiye	2.63	96.4%
70th	Jamaica	2.58	19.7%
71st	Croatia	2.56	87.3%
72nd	American Samoa	2.52	5.6%
73rd	New Caledonia	2.49	147.1%
74th	Oman	2.36	251.3%
75th	French Polynesia	2.27	96.4%
76th	Poland	2.12	274.5%
77th	Bahamas, The	2.00	23.2%
78th	Antigua and Barbuda	1.97	5.5%
79th	Mexico	1.87	67.4%
80th	Philippines	1.85	36.7%
81st	Paraguay	1.75	150.7%
82nd	Dominican Republic	1.74	68.6%
83rd	Costa Rica	1.72	35.3%
84th	Saudi Arabia	1.67	69.5%
85th	Peru	1.66	106.1%
86th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	1.46	248.1%
87th	Trinidad and Tobago	1.30	79.1%
88th	Belize	1.17	12.6%
89th	China	1.07	91.6%
90th	Ecuador	1.06	107.9%
91st	St. Lucia	1.03	13.2%
92nd	Jordan	0.95	81.8%
93rd	Grenada	0.92	70.1%
94th	Romania	0.90	1,089.2%
95th	Marshall Islands	0.89	25.7%
96th	Bulgaria	0.84	165.9%
97th	Panama	0.83	228.7%
98th	Gabon	0.81	36.2%
99th	Dominica	0.80	20.8%
100th	Namibia	0.74	83.3%
101st	El Salvador	0.69	71.3%
102nd	Georgia	0.65	1,238.4%
103rd	Fiji	0.65	39.1%
104th	Sri Lanka	0.62	60.6%
105th	North Macedonia	0.62	1,062.6%
106th	Guatemala	0.59	44.1%
107th	Azerbaijan	0.50	133.8%
108th	Suriname	0.50	-8.4%
109th	Maldives	0.48	6,225.4%
110th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.47	-32.5%
111th	Indonesia	0.45	60.3%
112th	Samoa	0.43	-
113th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	0.38	292.8%
114th	Gambia, The	0.36	48.5%
115th	Russian Federation	0.33	117.9%
116th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.30	23.6%
117th	Cambodia	0.29	42.1%
118th	Morocco	0.27	71.1%
119th	Honduras	0.23	507.3%
120th	Côte d'Ivoire	0.23	156.6%
121st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.22	479.2%
122nd	Viet Nam	0.21	129.4%
123rd	Libya	0.20	-
124th	Guyana	0.19	16.4%
125th	Lesotho	0.18	174.9%
126th	Solomon Islands	0.17	89.9%
127th	Nicaragua	0.15	45.7%
128th	Armenia	0.15	1,580.7%
129th	Ghana	0.12	67.3%
130th	Tonga	0.12	-60.4%
131st	Vanuatu	0.12	31.3%
132nd	Ukraine	0.11	92.2%
133rd	Albania	0.10	44.3%
134th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.10	768.3%
135th	Pakistan	0.10	92.7%
136th	Lao PDR	0.10	27.0%
137th	India	0.09	163.8%
138th	Mongolia	0.08	119.9%
139th	Tunisia	0.08	16.2%
140th	Belarus	0.08	25.2%
141st	Papua New Guinea	0.08	62.9%
142nd	Senegal	0.08	380.3%
143rd	Uzbekistan	0.07	78.1%
144th	Yemen, Republic of	0.07	35.0%
145th	Kazakhstan	0.07	16.7%
146th	Benin	0.07	54.1%
147th	Malawi	0.07	85.6%
148th	Togo	0.07	-
149th	Tanzania	0.06	119.0%
150th	Algeria	0.06	46.2%
151st	Turkmenistan	0.06	-
152nd	Zimbabwe	0.05	-
153rd	Moldova	0.05	141.1%
154th	Zambia	0.05	63.0%
155th	Equatorial Guinea	0.05	373.1%
156th	Angola	0.05	106.8%
157th	Central African Republic	0.04	24.4%
158th	Guinea	0.04	195.7%
159th	Djibouti	0.03	78.2%
160th	Cameroon	0.03	16.9%
161st	Madagascar	0.03	72.7%
162nd	Mali	0.03	134.2%
163rd	Cuba	0.03	23.0%
164th	Kenya	0.02	133.1%
165th	Uganda	0.02	21.4%
166th	Bangladesh	0.02	538.5%
167th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	0.02	21.7%
168th	Myanmar	0.02	15.5%
169th	Sudan	0.02	68.5%
170th	Mozambique	0.02	-
171st	Burkina Faso	0.01	179.0%
172nd	Nigeria	0.01	4.5%
173rd	Burundi	0.01	10.5%
174th	Tajikistan	0.01	209.5%
175th	Cabo Verde	0.00	-
176th	Niger	0.00	-
177th	Afghanistan	0.00	-
178th	Bhutan	0.00	-
179th	Botswana	0.00	-
180th	Comoros	0.00	-
181st	Eritrea	0.00	-
182nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.00	-
183rd	Guinea-Bissau	0.00	-
184th	Haiti	0.00	-
185th	Iraq	0.00	-
186th	Kyrgyz Republic	0.00	-
187th	Kiribati	0.00	-
188th	Liberia	0.00	-
189th	Mauritania	0.00	-
190th	Nepal	0.00	-
191st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	0.00	-
192nd	Rwanda	0.00	-
193rd	Sierra Leone	0.00	-
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.00	-
195th	São Tomé and Principe	0.00	-
196th	Eswatini	0.00	-
197th	Syrian Arab Republic	0.00	-
198th	Chad	0.00	-
199th	Tuvalu	0.00	-

FAQ

What was Saudi Arabia's mobile subscriptions in 1997?▾

Saudi Arabia's mobile subscriptions in 1997 was 1.67. This ranked 84th globally.

How did Saudi Arabia's mobile subscriptions change in 1997?▾

Saudi Arabia's mobile subscriptions increased by 69.5% in 1997 compared to 1996.

Which country had the highest mobile subscriptions in 1997?▾

Finland had the highest mobile subscriptions in 1997 at 42.07.

What is the mobile subscriptions of Saudi Arabia in 1997?▾

The mobile subscriptions of Saudi Arabia in 1997 was 1.67. This ranked 84th globally.

How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Saudi Arabia's mobile subscriptions?▾

Saudi Arabia's mobile subscriptions went from 0.98 in 1996 to 1.67 in 1997, a 69.5% increase.

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