Lesotho vs Zambia: Fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions
Fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Lesotho
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 61.23 per 100 people against 57.93 per 100 people in Lesotho, a difference of 3.3 per 100 people.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Zambia ahead.
Lesotho ranks 29th and Zambia ranks 26th of 53 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0877 per 100 people | 0.488 per 100 people | 0.4003 per 100 people | Zambia |
| 1970s | 0.1792 per 100 people | 0.5607 per 100 people | 0.3814 per 100 people | Zambia |
| 1980s | 0.4918 per 100 people | 0.6636 per 100 people | 0.1718 per 100 people | Zambia |
| 1990s | 1.05 per 100 people | 0.9072 per 100 people | 0.1398 per 100 people | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 15.55 per 100 people | 12.52 per 100 people | 3.03 per 100 people | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 52.59 per 100 people | 52.14 per 100 people | 0.453 per 100 people | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions, Lesotho or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 61.23 per 100 people against 57.93 per 100 people in Lesotho as of 2011.
- What is the difference in fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions between Lesotho and Zambia?
- 3.3 per 100 people, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Zambia?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2011.
- How do Lesotho and Zambia rank globally for fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Lesotho ranks 29th and Zambia ranks 26th of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, published as Fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions are total telephone subscriptions (fixed line plus mobile). Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones. 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.