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Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

Name: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — African countries
Creator: Afronomics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service (ITU).

Africa median

54 countries

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Ranking

Latest print, highest to lowest

Each country’s most recent value from the last three years. A small ’YY marks an older print.

1Libya193
2Côte d’Ivoire184 ’24
3South Africa179 ’24
4Mauritius173 ’24
5Botswana164 ’24
6Morocco153 ’24
7Guinea-Bissau147 ’24
8Eswatini140 ’24
9Tanzania127 ’24
10Kenya126 ’24
11Gambia126 ’24
12Benin126 ’24
13Seychelles126 ’24
14Gabon125 ’24
15Senegal124 ’24
16Tunisia118 ’24
17Burkina Faso117 ’24
18Algeria115 ’24
19Ghana114 ’24
20Mali112
21Cabo Verde112 ’24
22Comoros110 ’23
23Zambia109 ’24
24Cameroon108 ’24
25Sierra Leone108
26Guinea98 ’23
27Egypt97 ’24
28Congo96 ’24
29Zimbabwe94 ’24
30Rwanda93 ’24
31Mauritania92 ’24
32Namibia85 ’24
33Uganda83 ’24
34Togo81 ’24
35Madagascar75 ’23
36Chad73 ’24
37Nigeria71 ’24
38Lesotho70 ’24
39Sudan70
40Angola70 ’24
41Malawi69 ’24
42Ethiopia65 ’24
43Burundi63 ’23
44São Tomé and Príncipe62 ’24
45Niger61 ’24
46Eritrea59
47DR Congo59 ’24
48Somalia54 ’23
49Equatorial Guinea50
50Mozambique50 ’24
51Djibouti48 ’23
52South Sudan47 ’23
53Central African Republic39
54Liberia32

History

2019–2024 by country

Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Algeria	105	103	105	108	112	115
Angola	46	44	44	67	70	70
Benin	81	85	95	106	116	126
Botswana	161	162	173	178	179	164
Burkina Faso	97	103	112	114	116	117
Burundi	53	53	60	56	63	—
Cabo Verde	116	106	114	113	113	112
Cameroon	84	85	81	90	96	108
Central African Republic	32	36	36	39	—	—
Chad	46	50	58	65	70	73
Comoros	73	97	104	101	110	—
Congo	91	98	96	94	95	96
Côte d’Ivoire	133	139	150	161	172	184
Djibouti	38	39	44	47	48	—
DR Congo	40	43	47	49	53	59
Egypt	89	87	84	91	93	97
Equatorial Guinea	37	43	46	50	—	—
Eritrea	40	55	54	59	—	—
Eswatini	91	105	119	121	128	140
Ethiopia	36	37	53	57	60	65
Gabon	132	131	132	123	123	125
Gambia	105	106	109	107	117	126
Ghana	131	127	124	121	99	114
Guinea	99	108	110	95	98	—
Guinea-Bissau	81	95	109	126	128	147
Kenya	107	118	122	121	121	126
Lesotho	76	70	81	68	69	70
Liberia	38	32	31	32	—	—
Libya	164	165	195	193	—	—
Madagascar	46	55	54	65	75	—
Malawi	47	51	60	60	61	69
Mali	109	117	109	112	—	—
Mauritania	105	126	138	110	91	92
Mauritius	145	149	154	164	165	173
Morocco	129	135	139	142	148	153
Mozambique	49	50	43	46	48	50
Namibia	107	106	104	101	88	85
Niger	53	60	62	63	66	61
Nigeria	88	95	89	100	98	71
Rwanda	76	81	82	81	91	93
São Tomé and Príncipe	78	80	85	87	63	62
Senegal	109	114	115	118	124	124
Seychelles	165	153	149	163	129	126
Sierra Leone	87	87	102	108	—	—
Somalia	51	53	51	50	54	—
South Africa	163	158	163	161	172	179
South Sudan	21	—	30	48	47	—
Sudan	72	75	72	70	—	—
Tanzania	81	84	86	93	105	127
Togo	74	75	70	72	76	81
Tunisia	124	124	130	132	133	118
Uganda	59	62	66	70	76	83
Zambia	93	100	103	98	102	109
Zimbabwe	86	85	90	89	92	94

Source: World Bank Open Data · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · per 100 people

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