Eswatini vs South Asia (IDA & IBRD): Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Eswatini
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 139.83 per 100 people against 81.7 per 100 people in South Asia (IDA & IBRD), a difference of 58.13 per 100 people.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.7 times South Asia (IDA & IBRD)'s.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Asia (IDA & IBRD) ahead.
Eswatini ranks 41st and South Asia (IDA & IBRD) ranks 41st of 214 countries.
Eswatini has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | β |
| 1970s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | β |
| 1980s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | β |
| 1990s | 0.1842 per 100 people | 0.0454 per 100 people | 0.1389 per 100 people | Eswatini |
| 2000s | 22.13 per 100 people | 12.72 per 100 people | 9.41 per 100 people | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 80.31 per 100 people | 74.29 per 100 people | 6.01 per 100 people | Eswatini |
| 2020s | 122.62 per 100 people | 85.24 per 100 people | 37.38 per 100 people | Eswatini |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Eswatini or South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?
- Eswatini, at 139.83 per 100 people against 81.7 per 100 people in South Asia (IDA & IBRD) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Eswatini and South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?
- 58.13 per 100 people, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and South Asia (IDA & IBRD)?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Eswatini and South Asia (IDA & IBRD) rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Eswatini ranks 41st and South Asia (IDA & IBRD) ranks 41st 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.