Botswana vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita

Botswana
1.64 units per person
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1.12 units per person
in 2025
Botswana rank
20th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
19th

Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita over time

  • Botswana
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
00.511.52196019922025

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 1.64 units per person against 1.12 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.52 units per person.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.5 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Botswana ranks 20th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 19th of 213 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 3 and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 0 units per person 0 units per person 0 units per person
1970s 0 units per person 0 units per person 0 units per person
1980s 0 units per person 0 units per person 0 units per person Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 0.0065 units per person 0.0153 units per person 0.0087 units per person Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 0.4108 units per person 0.4042 units per person 0.0066 units per person Botswana
2010s 1.47 units per person 1.04 units per person 0.4287 units per person Botswana
2020s 1.71 units per person 1.05 units per person 0.6614 units per person Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita, Botswana or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Botswana, at 1.64 units per person against 1.12 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita between Botswana and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
0.52 units per person, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita?
Botswana ranks 20th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 19th of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
260 places, 13,039 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Mobile cellular subscriptions divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.