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Eswatini – Mobile Subscriptions

Name: Eswatini 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

128.40 +6.91 from 2022 G20 rank: 56th · all-time high: 128.40 (2023)

APA

Eswatini Mobile Subscriptions. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 11, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/eswatini/mobile-subscriptions

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_eswatini_mobile-subscriptions,
  title = {Eswatini Mobile Subscriptions},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/eswatini/mobile-subscriptions},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	158.58	–	–
2025* trend	149.44	–	–
2023	128.40	+6.91	56th
2022	121.49	+2.87	79th
2021	118.63	+13.88	88th
2020	104.75	+13.70	118th
2019	91.05	+1.85	145th
2018	89.20	+0.49	140th
2017	88.71	+2.15	145th
2016	86.56	+4.22	146th
2015	82.34	+1.66	150th
2014	80.68	+1.66	148th
2013	79.03	+7.40	145th
2012	71.63	+3.05	153rd
2011	68.57	+3.28	148th
2010	65.29	+5.17	144th
2009	60.12	+11.71	135th
2008	48.42	+13.58	136th
2007	34.84	+11.79	137th
2006	23.05	+4.52	140th
2005	18.54	+5.02	130th
2004	13.51	+5.54	131st
2003	7.97	+1.55	131st
2002	6.42	+1.19	129th
2001	5.23	+2.06	119th
2000	3.17	+1.79	113th
1999	1.37	+0.91	113th
1998	0.47	+0.47	123rd
1997	0.00	+0.00	196th
1996	0.00	+0.00	192nd
1995	0.00	+0.00	190th
1994	0.00	+0.00	184th
1993	0.00	+0.00	182nd
1992	0.00	+0.00	180th
1991	0.00	+0.00	175th
1990	0.00	+0.00	181st
1989	0.00	+0.00	169th
1988	0.00	+0.00	170th
1987	0.00	+0.00	169th
1986	0.00	+0.00	171st
1985	0.00	+0.00	167th
1984	0.00	+0.00	167th
1983	0.00	+0.00	169th
1982	0.00	+0.00	170th
1981	0.00	+0.00	170th
1980	0.00	+0.00	170th
1979	0.00	+0.00	169th
1978	0.00	+0.00	169th
1977	0.00	+0.00	169th
1976	0.00	+0.00	169th
1975	0.00	+0.00	169th
1970	0.00	+0.00	169th
1965	0.00	+0.00	169th
1960	0.00	–	169th

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 +23.4% GDP growth 4.1% C/A balance 5.1%

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

Over the last decade, Eswatini's mobile subscriptions averaged 99.18. The 2023 figure of 128.40 is above this long-run average. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 149.44 by 2025.