Mobile cellular subscriptions in Malawi
Malawi: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 15.00 million in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Malawi, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
In 2024, mobile cellular subscriptions in Malawi stood at 15.00 million. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is up 16.3% on the previous year and up 166.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Malawi peaked at 15.00 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
Malawi ranks 74th of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,408 | 0 | 22,500 | 10 |
| 2000s | 663,353 | 49,000 | 2.49 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.01 million | 3.12 million | 8.90 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.42 million | 10.00 million | 15.00 million | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Malawi
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.0225 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 4,869 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 69.26 per 100 people (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 15.00 million 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 15.00 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Malawi rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Malawi ranks 74th 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 166.3%. 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. 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.