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

Burundi

96.8%

in 2023

Laos

97.0%

in 2023

Burundi rank

161st

Laos rank

159th

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

Laos currently reports 97.0% against 96.8% in Burundi, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 161st and Laos ranks 159th 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 (%)