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Mobile cellular subscriptions — Botswana

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Botswana in 2024 — 164 per 100. Ranked 16 in the world out of 151.

2024 164 per 100 −8.39% vs 2023
World rank 16of 151
Period maximum 179 per 1002023
Period minimum 0 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Mobile cellular subscriptions — Botswana, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 per 1001965: 0 per 1001970: 0 per 1001975: 0 per 1001976: 0 per 1001977: 0 per 1001978: 0 per 1001979: 0 per 1001980: 0 per 1001981: 0 per 1001982: 0 per 1001983: 0 per 1001984: 0 per 1001985: 0 per 1001986: 0 per 1001987: 0 per 1001988: 0 per 1001989: 0 per 1001990: 0 per 1001991: 0 per 1001992: 0 per 1001993: 0 per 1001994: 0 per 1001995: 0 per 1001996: 0 per 1001997: 0 per 1001998: 0.9 per 1001999: 5.4 per 1002000: 13.2 per 1002001: 19.4 per 1002002: 19 per 1002003: 25.1 per 1002004: 28.9 per 1002005: 30.6 per 1002006: 43.9 per 1002007: 60.3 per 1002008: 76.2 per 1002009: 94.1 per 1002010: 116.2 per 1002011: 139.9 per 1002012: 146.1 per 1002013: 151.7 per 1002014: 157 per 1002015: 157.7 per 1002016: 147.2 per 1002017: 143 per 1002018: 147.1 per 1002019: 160.7 per 1002020: 161.9 per 1002021: 173.3 per 1002022: 178.2 per 1002023: 179 per 1002024: 164 per 100
Change over the period: +164

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Botswana

Botswana 164 per 100
World 110.4 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 89.2 per 100
Southern Africa computed 170.8 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 128.2 per 100
Mobile cellular subscriptions — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 164 −15 −8.39%
2023 179 +0.8 +0.46%
2022 178.2 +5 +2.86%
2021 173.3 +11.4 +7.04%
2020 161.9 +1.2 +0.75%
2019 160.7 +13.6 +9.25%
2018 147.1 +4.1 +2.87%
2017 143 −4.2 −2.86%
2016 147.2 −10.6 −6.7%
2015 157.7 +0.7 +0.46%
2014 157 +5.3 +3.53%
2013 151.7 +5.5 +3.78%
2012 146.1 +6.3 +4.49%
2011 139.9 +23.6 +20.32%
2010 116.2 +22.1 +23.48%
2009 94.1 +17.9 +23.56%
2008 76.2 +15.9 +26.44%
2007 60.3 +16.4 +37.25%
2006 43.9 +13.3 +43.29%
2005 30.6 +1.7 +5.91%
2004 28.9 +3.9 +15.46%
2003 25.1 +6 +31.59%
2002 19 −0.4 −1.86%
2001 19.4 +6.2 +46.49%
2000 13.2 +7.8 +143.55%
1999 5.4 +4.5 +492.82%
1998 0.9 +0.9 —
1997 0 +0 —
1996 0 +0 —
1995 0 +0 —
1994 0 +0 —
1993 0 +0 —
1992 0 +0 —
1991 0 +0 —
1990 0 +0 —
1989 0 +0 —
1988 0 +0 —
1987 0 +0 —
1986 0 +0 —
1985 0 +0 —
1984 0 +0 —
1983 0 +0 —
1982 0 +0 —
1981 0 +0 —
1980 0 +0 —
1979 0 +0 —
1978 0 +0 —
1977 0 +0 —
1976 0 +0 —
1975 0 — —
1970 0 — —
1965 0 — —
1960 0 — —

Southern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZA South Africa 179.3 BW Botswana 164 SZ Eswatini 139.8 NA Namibia 85.2 LS Lesotho 70.3
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About the indicator

The number of active mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. SIM cards are counted, not people, so the indicator regularly runs above 100: many users hold several numbers, on top of the SIMs in devices and modems. Sharp drops usually mean that operators have cleared out inactive numbers, not that subscribers have been lost.

Source: ICT Indicators (ITU), license ITU terms of use.

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