Ethiopia vs Malawi: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people

Ethiopia

65.08 per 100 people

in 2024

Malawi

69.26 per 100 people

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

186th

Malawi rank

183rd

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people over time

Malawi currently reports 69.26 per 100 people against 65.08 per 100 people in Ethiopia, a difference of 4.18 per 100 people.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Malawi ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 186th and Malawi ranks 183rd 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.