Botswana vs Kuwait: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people

Botswana

164 per 100 people

in 2024

Kuwait

167.68 per 100 people

in 2023

Botswana rank

20th

Kuwait rank

19th

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people over time

Kuwait currently reports 167.68 per 100 people against 164 per 100 people in Botswana, a difference of 3.68 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Kuwait ahead.

Botswana ranks 20th and Kuwait ranks 19th of 212 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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