Lesotho vs Sierra Leone: Share of the population within range of a 2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G mobile network

Lesotho

95.8%

in 2023

Sierra Leone

96.0%

in 2023

Lesotho rank

168th

Sierra Leone rank

165th

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

Sierra Leone currently reports 96.0% against 95.8% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Lesotho ranks 168th and Sierra Leone ranks 165th 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 (%)