What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita between Ethiopia and Malawi?

0.0418 units per person, 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.

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.

Ethiopia vs Malawi: Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita

Ethiopia

0.6508 units per person

in 2024

Malawi

0.6926 units per person

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

186th

Malawi rank

183rd

Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita over time

Ethiopia
Malawi

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.6926 units per person against 0.6508 units per person in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.0418 units per person.

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 213 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 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	—
1990s	0 units per person	0.0004 units per person	0.0004 units per person	Malawi
2000s	0.0104 units per person	0.0483 units per person	0.0379 units per person	Malawi
2010s	0.2905 units per person	0.347 units per person	0.0565 units per person	Malawi
2020s	0.5443 units per person	0.6015 units per person	0.0572 units per person	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita, Ethiopia or Malawi?: Malawi, at 0.6926 units per person against 0.6508 units per person in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita between Ethiopia and Malawi?: 0.0418 units per person, 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, per capita?: Ethiopia ranks 186th and Malawi ranks 183rd 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: 18 August 2026

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.