Business & Markets · Mobile subscriptions · Eswatini
Eswatini’s mobile subscriptions rose to 139.8 per 100 people in 2024.
139.8 per 100 people
2024
Up 11.4 per 100 people from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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139.8 per 100 people
What it is. Mobile subscriptions count active SIM-based cellular accounts for every 100 residents. Each SIM counts once, so one person with two SIMs adds two. The figure can therefore pass 100 even when some residents have no phone at all. It records connections, not the number of people who use a phone or how much they use it.
Higher is better. A higher count means more of the population can reach calls, mobile money and online services, which is why a rising figure is good for this measure. Eswatini stands at 139.8 per 100 people in 2024, up from 128.4 per 100 people a year earlier, a rise of 11.4 per 100 people or 8.9%. The latest reading is also the highest since 2015, when the figure stood at 82.3 per 100 people, its lowest point in the window.
Why it matters. At 139.8 subscriptions per 100 people, Eswatini has more connections than residents. Many households and workers hold more than one SIM, often to switch between networks for price or coverage. For firms, this gives a wide base for mobile payments, banking and sales messages. For the state, it makes mobile channels a workable route for public information and services.
| Period | Mobile subscriptions · Eswatini |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 82.3 per 100 people |
| 2016 | 86.6 per 100 people |
| 2017 | 88.7 per 100 people |
| 2018 | 89.2 per 100 people |
| 2019 | 91.1 per 100 people |
| 2020 | 104.7 per 100 people |
| 2021 | 118.6 per 100 people |
| 2022 | 121.5 per 100 people |
| 2023 | 128.4 per 100 people |
| 2024 | 139.8 per 100 people |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Mobile subscriptions, Eswatini, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/business/mobile-subscriptions/eswatini
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Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Unit: per 100 people.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series IT.CEL.SETS.P2), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.