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Malawi – Mobile Subscriptions

Name: Malawi 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

61.09 +1.44 from 2022 G20 rank: 153rd · all-time high: 61.09 (2023)

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_malawi_mobile-subscriptions,
  title = {Malawi Mobile Subscriptions},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/malawi/mobile-subscriptions},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	74.18	–	–
2025* trend	70.47	–	–
2023	61.09	+1.44	153rd
2022	59.65	+0.09	190th
2021	59.56	+8.34	187th
2020	51.22	+4.43	191st
2019	46.78	+8.59	191st
2018	38.20	−4.89	187th
2017	43.09	+2.20	187th
2016	40.88	+2.45	189th
2015	38.43	+4.55	195th
2014	33.89	+1.16	195th
2013	32.73	+3.15	192nd
2012	29.58	+3.69	193rd
2011	25.89	+4.86	189th
2010	21.03	+3.76	195th
2009	17.27	+6.48	191st
2008	10.79	+3.05	193rd
2007	7.74	+3.04	190th
2006	4.70	+1.42	186th
2005	3.28	+1.50	184th
2004	1.78	+0.67	189th
2003	1.11	+0.38	184th
2002	0.72	+0.24	182nd
2001	0.48	+0.05	170th
2000	0.43	+0.23	155th
1999	0.21	+0.11	154th
1998	0.10	+0.03	157th
1997	0.07	+0.03	147th
1996	0.04	+0.03	140th
1995	0.00	+0.00	143rd
1994	0.00	+0.00	169th
1993	0.00	+0.00	165th
1992	0.00	+0.00	157th
1991	0.00	+0.00	151st
1990	0.00	+0.00	151st
1989	0.00	+0.00	139th
1988	0.00	+0.00	139th
1987	0.00	+0.00	138th
1986	0.00	+0.00	139th
1985	0.00	+0.00	134th
1984	0.00	+0.00	132nd
1983	0.00	+0.00	132nd
1982	0.00	+0.00	133rd
1981	0.00	+0.00	132nd
1980	0.00	+0.00	130th
1979	0.00	+0.00	129th
1978	0.00	+0.00	129th
1977	0.00	+0.00	129th
1976	0.00	+0.00	129th
1975	0.00	+0.00	129th
1970	0.00	+0.00	129th
1965	0.00	+0.00	129th
1960	0.00	–	129th

Show all years (1960–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Currency Crisis Pattern

Rapid currency depreciation (>30% YoY) combined with reserve drawdown and inflation surge. Often precedes emergency rate hikes.

Inflation 21.7% Reserves YoY -10.4% FX YoY +43.7%

This pattern occurred 111 times in G20 history, 31 successful

Argentina 2023

Inflation

133.5%

Reserves YoY

-48.5%

FX YoY

+126.8%

Ghana 2023

Inflation

38.1%

Reserves YoY

-30.4%

FX YoY

+33.2%

Lebanon 2023

Inflation

221.3%

Reserves YoY

-15.4%

FX YoY

+820.4%

Sierra Leone 2023

Inflation

47.6%

Reserves YoY

-20.6%

FX YoY

+51.7%

Ghana 2022

Inflation

31.3%

Reserves YoY

-47.5%

FX YoY

+42.5%

24 mo later

22.8%

Lao PDR 2022

Inflation

23.0%

Reserves YoY

-19.2%

FX YoY

+44.7%

24 mo later

23.1%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

In 31 of 111 past occurrences of this pattern, the outcome was successful (28% of cases). Malawi matched this pattern in 2016. View full analysis →

HistorySaid

Over the last decade, Malawi's mobile subscriptions averaged 47.28. The 2023 figure of 61.09 is above this long-run average. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 70.47 by 2025.