Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Eswatini
Eswatini: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone was 83.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
83.6%
Change on year
up 3.9%
World rank
109th
of 182 countries
All-time high
83.6%
in 2024
All-time low
78.4%
in 2019
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Eswatini, 2019–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 83.6% for share of the population that owns a mobile phone in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
That places Eswatini 109th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 78.4% | — |
| 2020 | 78.5% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 80.8% | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 78.8% | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 80.5% | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 83.6% | +3.9% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 83.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 75.4%, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 83.6% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69.1%, 1.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 78.4% | 78.4% | 78.4% | 1 |
| 2020s | 80.4% | 78.5% | 83.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More science & technology data for Eswatini
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 139.83 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.4 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 1.74 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 91.86 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 8.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 10 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 30.94 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Eswatini?
- Share of the population that owns a mobile phone in Eswatini was 83.6% in 2024, according to International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 83.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population that owns a mobile phone recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.4% in 2019.
- How does Eswatini rank for share of the population that owns a mobile phone?
- Eswatini ranks 109th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population that owns a mobile phone rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population that owns a mobile phone. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex (%).