Mobile cellular subscriptions in Malawi
Malawi: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 69.26 per 100 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Malawi, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mobile cellular subscriptions in Malawi is 69.26 per 100 people, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is up 13.4% on the previous year and up 104.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Malawi peaked at 69.26 per 100 people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 per 100 people, in 1960.
Malawi ranks 183rd of 213 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 6 |
| 1980s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0409 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.205 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.83 per 100 people | 0.433 per 100 people | 17.27 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.05 per 100 people | 21.03 per 100 people | 46.78 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.15 per 100 people | 51.22 per 100 people | 69.26 per 100 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More infrastructure data for Malawi
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.0225 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 4,869 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 15.00 million (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 3,507 (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 1,002 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 0.0006 million ton-km (2021)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 16.14 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 784.69 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 19.0% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 10.5% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Malawi?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Malawi was 69.26 per 100 people in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 69.26 per 100 people in 2024.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
- How does Malawi rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Malawi ranks 183rd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 104.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.