Morocco vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers

Morocco
1,243 per 1,000 people
in 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
553.23 per 1,000 people
in 2011
Morocco rank
7th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
4th

Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers over time

  • Morocco
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Morocco currently reports 1,243 per 1,000 people against 553.23 per 1,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 689.77 per 1,000 people.

That makes Morocco's figure about 2.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Morocco ahead.

Morocco ranks 7th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 4th of 53 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 5 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Morocco Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 6.77 per 1,000 people 5.08 per 1,000 people 1.69 per 1,000 people Morocco
1970s 7.14 per 1,000 people 7.37 per 1,000 people 0.2301 per 1,000 people Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 10.51 per 1,000 people 8.32 per 1,000 people 2.19 per 1,000 people Morocco
1990s 38.89 per 1,000 people 13.76 per 1,000 people 25.14 per 1,000 people Morocco
2000s 469.9 per 1,000 people 159.81 per 1,000 people 310.09 per 1,000 people Morocco
2010s 1,181 per 1,000 people 512.78 per 1,000 people 667.95 per 1,000 people Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers, Morocco or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Morocco, at 1,243 per 1,000 people against 553.23 per 1,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2011.
What is the difference in telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers between Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
689.77 per 1,000 people, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
39 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2011.
How do Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers?
Morocco ranks 7th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 4th of 53 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates, published as Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
59 places, 2,189 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.