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Eswatini: Mobile cellular subscriptions

139.83per 100 people · 2024+73.3% since 2014

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services. Annual figures for Eswatini from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024139.833
2023128.399
2022121.492
2021118.627
2020104.747
201991.052
201889.2
201788.713
201686.559
201582.341
201480.683
201379.027
201271.628
201168.574
201065.291
200960.121
200848.415
200734.84
200623.053
200518.535
200413.512
20037.969
20026.418
20015.233
20003.169
19991.375
19980.468
19970
19960
19950
19940
19930
19920
19910
19900
19890
19880
19870
19860
19850
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19700
19650
19600

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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