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Lesotho: Mobile cellular subscriptions

70.33per 100 people · 2024-31.6% 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 Lesotho from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202470.328
202369.351
202268.1
202180.537
202069.894
201976.112
201872.456
2017110.37
2016107.158
2015101.688
2014102.822
201387.055
201275.936
201161.189
201049.465
200933.369
200830.165
200724.7
200618.401
200512.789
20049.954
20036.345
20026.916
20012.849
20001.078
19990.602
19980.495
19970.177
19960.065
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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