Lesotho vs Nigeria: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people

Lesotho

70.33 per 100 people

in 2024

Nigeria

70.76 per 100 people

in 2024

Lesotho rank

179th

Nigeria rank

178th

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people over time

Nigeria currently reports 70.76 per 100 people against 70.33 per 100 people in Lesotho, a difference of 0.4339 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Nigeria ahead.

Lesotho ranks 179th and Nigeria ranks 178th 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.