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

Madagascar

88.5%

in 2023

Malawi

89.1%

in 2023

Madagascar rank

192nd

Malawi rank

189th

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

Malawi currently reports 89.1% against 88.5% in Madagascar, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 192nd and Malawi ranks 189th 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 (%)