Botswana vs South Korea: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people

Botswana
164 per 100 people
in 2024
South Korea
172.52 per 100 people
in 2024
Botswana rank
20th
South Korea rank
17th

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people over time

  • Botswana
  • South Korea
050100150200198020022024

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 172.52 per 100 people against 164 per 100 people in Botswana, a difference of 8.52 per 100 people.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was South Korea ahead.

Botswana ranks 20th and South Korea ranks 17th of 212 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people
Unit
per 100 people
Source
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
212 places, 8,985 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed

This number can get over 100 when the average person has more than one subscription to a mobile service.