Botswana vs Lebanon: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Botswana
- Lebanon
How they compare
Lebanon currently reports 4.25 million against 4.13 million in Botswana, a difference of 117,100.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lebanon ahead.
Botswana ranks 132nd and Lebanon ranks 130th of 214 countries.
Lebanon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Lebanon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 10,719 | 182,420 | 171,701 | Lebanon |
| 2000s | 775,304 | 1.11 million | 338,903 | Lebanon |
| 2010s | 3.21 million | 4.03 million | 820,783 | Lebanon |
| 2020s | 4.11 million | 4.28 million | 163,413 | Lebanon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Botswana or Lebanon?
- Lebanon, at 4.25 million against 4.13 million in Botswana as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Botswana and Lebanon?
- 117,100, with Lebanon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Lebanon?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Botswana and Lebanon rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Botswana ranks 132nd and Lebanon ranks 130th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions. 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.