Ethiopia vs Malawi: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Ethiopia
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 69.26 per 100 people against 65.08 per 100 people in Ethiopia, a difference of 4.18 per 100 people.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malawi ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 186th and Malawi ranks 183rd of 212 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | 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 | 0.001 per 100 people | 0.0409 per 100 people | 0.0399 per 100 people | Malawi |
| 2000s | 1.04 per 100 people | 4.83 per 100 people | 3.79 per 100 people | Malawi |
| 2010s | 29.05 per 100 people | 34.7 per 100 people | 5.65 per 100 people | Malawi |
| 2020s | 54.43 per 100 people | 60.15 per 100 people | 5.72 per 100 people | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Ethiopia or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 69.26 per 100 people against 65.08 per 100 people in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Ethiopia and Malawi?
- 4.18 per 100 people, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Malawi?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Malawi rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Ethiopia ranks 186th 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
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.