Maldives vs Qatar: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people

Maldives

148.14 per 100 people

in 2024

Qatar

153.61 per 100 people

in 2024

Maldives rank

31st

Qatar rank

28th

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people over time

Qatar currently reports 153.61 per 100 people against 148.14 per 100 people in Maldives, a difference of 5.47 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Qatar ahead.

Maldives ranks 31st and Qatar ranks 28th of 212 countries.

Indicator: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people
Unit: per 100 people
Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 212 places, 8,985 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

This number can get over 100 when the average person has more than one subscription to a mobile service.