Botswana vs Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- Botswana
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 164 per 100 people against 117.3 per 100 people in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), a difference of 46.7 per 100 people.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.4 times Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ahead.
Botswana ranks 20th and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 18th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 2 and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | 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 | 0.0016 per 100 people | 0.0016 per 100 people | Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 0.6356 per 100 people | 0.8007 per 100 people | 0.1651 per 100 people | Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) |
| 2000s | 41.08 per 100 people | 44.83 per 100 people | 3.74 per 100 people | Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) |
| 2010s | 146.66 per 100 people | 107.48 per 100 people | 39.18 per 100 people | Botswana |
| 2020s | 171.27 per 100 people | 110.96 per 100 people | 60.31 per 100 people | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Botswana or Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Botswana, at 164 per 100 people against 117.3 per 100 people in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Botswana and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- 46.7 per 100 people, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Botswana ranks 20th and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 18th of 214 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
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.