Angola vs Malawi: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Angola
69.7 per 100 people
in 2024
Malawi
69.26 per 100 people
in 2024
Angola rank
181st
Malawi rank
183rd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Angola
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Angola currently reports 69.7 per 100 people against 69.26 per 100 people in Malawi, a difference of 0.44 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malawi ahead.

Angola ranks 181st and Malawi ranks 183rd of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola Malawi Difference Ahead
1960s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people
1970s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people
1980s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people
1990s 0.0322 per 100 people 0.0409 per 100 people 0.0087 per 100 people Malawi
2000s 12.24 per 100 people 4.83 per 100 people 7.41 per 100 people Angola
2010s 46.97 per 100 people 35.05 per 100 people 11.92 per 100 people Angola
2020s 58.9 per 100 people 60.15 per 100 people 1.25 per 100 people Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Angola or Malawi?
Angola, at 69.7 per 100 people against 69.26 per 100 people in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Angola and Malawi?
0.44 per 100 people, with Angola ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Malawi?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Angola and Malawi rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Angola ranks 181st and Malawi ranks 183rd of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as 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

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,015 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.