Mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population rose 2.96% to 91.6% in Zimbabwe in 2023, according to World Bank.
Historically, mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population in Zimbabwe reached an all time high of 97.3% in 2013 and an all time low of 0.048% in 1996.
Zimbabwe has been ranked 124th within the group of 152 countries we follow in terms of mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population, 18 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mobile Phone Penetration (As % of Population) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Angola | % | 44.1% | 42.5% | 45.8% | 43.8% | 44.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 143% | 147% | 161% | 162% | 173% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo (DRC) | % | 40.6% | 40.5% | 39.9% | 42.5% | 47.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 110% | 72.5% | 76.1% | 69.9% | 80.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | 43.1% | 38.2% | 46.8% | 51.2% | 59.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 42.2% | 48.5% | 49.4% | 50.2% | 43.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 107% | 107% | 107% | 106% | 104% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 154% | 158% | 163% | 158% | 163% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 88.7% | 89.2% | 91.1% | 105% | 119% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 71.8% | 75.7% | 80.6% | 84.0% | 86.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 77.1% | 86.1% | 93.0% | 100% | 103% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 95.1% | 85.9% | 86.4% | 85.0% | 90.3% |
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