Mobile phone subscriptions in Botswana

178.2

subscriptions per 100 people · 2022

8th highest of 209 countries

In 2012: 146.1

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  1. United Arab Emirates 195.6
  2. Libya 193.0
  3. El Salvador 183.2
  4. Botswana 178.2
  5. Thailand 176.2
  6. Singapore 173.0
  7. Macao 172.2

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About the data

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

Unit
subscriptions per 100 people
Years
1960–2024
Data as of
2026-09-28
Source
World Bank
License
CC BY 4.0
Credit
World Bank, World Development Indicators (IT.CEL.SETS.P2), CC BY 4.0