Ethiopia vs Malawi: Mobile and landline 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 and landline phone subscriptions per 100 people over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Malawi
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How they compare

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 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malawi ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 186th and Malawi ranks 183rd of 212 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile and landline 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, 10,585 data points, 1960–2024
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