Eswatini vs Lesotho: Mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers

Eswatini

842,365

in 2011

Lesotho

1.27 million

in 2011

Eswatini rank

44th

Lesotho rank

43rd

Mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers over time

Lesotho currently reports 1.27 million against 842,365 in Eswatini, a difference of 428,565.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.5 times Eswatini's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 44th and Lesotho ranks 43rd of 53 countries.

Indicator: Mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 59 places, 2,189 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.