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Botswana – Mobile Subscriptions

Name: Botswana Mobile Subscriptions
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Number of mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Includes both prepaid and postpaid subscriptions. · World Bank

179.03 +0.82 from 2022 G20 rank: 8th · all-time high: 179.03 (2023)

APA

Botswana Mobile Subscriptions. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/botswana/mobile-subscriptions

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_botswana_mobile-subscriptions,
  title = {Botswana Mobile Subscriptions},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/botswana/mobile-subscriptions},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	197.14	–	–
2025* trend	191.83	–	–
2023	179.03	+0.82	8th
2022	178.21	+4.95	8th
2021	173.25	+11.39	8th
2020	161.86	+1.20	9th
2019	160.66	+13.60	14th
2018	147.07	+4.10	16th
2017	142.96	−4.21	26th
2016	147.17	−10.56	20th
2015	157.74	+0.72	11th
2014	157.02	+5.35	14th
2013	151.67	+5.52	23rd
2012	146.15	+6.28	27th
2011	139.87	+23.62	30th
2010	116.25	+22.10	55th
2009	94.14	+17.95	87th
2008	76.20	+15.93	100th
2007	60.26	+16.36	109th
2006	43.91	+13.27	109th
2005	30.64	+1.71	113th
2004	28.93	+3.87	103rd
2003	25.06	+6.02	90th
2002	19.04	−0.36	90th
2001	19.41	+6.16	74th
2000	13.25	+7.81	75th
1999	5.44	+4.52	80th
1998	0.92	+0.92	108th
1997	0.00	+0.00	179th
1996	0.00	+0.00	171st
1995	0.00	+0.00	155th
1994	0.00	+0.00	138th
1993	0.00	+0.00	126th
1992	0.00	+0.00	113th
1991	0.00	+0.00	95th
1990	0.00	+0.00	84th
1989	0.00	+0.00	67th
1988	0.00	+0.00	64th
1987	0.00	+0.00	61st
1986	0.00	+0.00	56th
1985	0.00	+0.00	48th
1984	0.00	+0.00	40th
1983	0.00	+0.00	37th
1982	0.00	+0.00	37th
1981	0.00	+0.00	35th
1980	0.00	+0.00	32nd
1979	0.00	+0.00	30th
1978	0.00	+0.00	30th
1977	0.00	+0.00	30th
1976	0.00	+0.00	30th
1975	0.00	+0.00	30th
1970	0.00	+0.00	30th
1965	0.00	+0.00	30th
1960	0.00	–	30th

Show all years (1960–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +11.1% GDP growth 3.2% C/A balance 1.5%

This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful

United Arab Emirates 2024

Reserves YoY

+25.6%

GDP growth

4.0%

C/A balance

14.5%

Guatemala 2024

Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

Cambodia 2024

Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

Sri Lanka 2024

Reserves YoY

+38.3%

GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

Lesotho 2024

Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

3.9%

Lithuania 2024

Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

In 460 of 682 past occurrences of this pattern, the outcome was successful (67% of cases). Botswana matched this pattern in 2023. View full analysis →

HistorySaid

Over the last decade, Botswana's mobile subscriptions averaged 160.50. The 2023 figure of 179.03 is above this long-run average. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 191.83 by 2025.