North Korea vs Papua New Guinea: Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita

North Korea
0.2413 units per person
in 2022
Papua New Guinea
0.3877 units per person
in 2024
North Korea rank
210th
Papua New Guinea rank
207th

Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita over time

  • North Korea
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.3877 units per person against 0.2413 units per person in North Korea, a difference of 0.1464 units per person.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.6 times North Korea's.

Across all 42 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

North Korea ranks 210th and Papua New Guinea ranks 207th of 212 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade North Korea Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1980s 0 units per person 0 units per person 0 units per person
1990s 0 units per person 0.0004 units per person 0.0004 units per person Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.0003 units per person 0.0399 units per person 0.0396 units per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.1009 units per person 0.3761 units per person 0.2752 units per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.2332 units per person 0.488 units per person 0.2548 units per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita, North Korea or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.3877 units per person against 0.2413 units per person in North Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita between North Korea and Papua New Guinea?
0.1464 units per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Papua New Guinea?
42 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
How do North Korea and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita?
North Korea ranks 210th and Papua New Guinea ranks 207th of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
212 places, 9,009 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed

Mobile cellular subscriptions by country divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.