Botswana vs Rwanda: Share of the population within range of a 2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G mobile network

Botswana

99.0%

in 2023

Rwanda

99.1%

in 2023

Botswana rank

106th

Rwanda rank

104th

Share of the population within range of a 2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G mobile network over time

Rwanda currently reports 99.1% against 99.0% in Botswana, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 18 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 106th and Rwanda ranks 104th of 211 countries.

Indicator: Share of the population within range of a 2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G mobile network
Unit: %
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 211 places, 3,643 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G mobile network (%)