World Bank • Mobile at a Glance
Malawi Malawi 2005 2010
Low-income group 2010
Sub-Saharan Africa Region 2010
796 530 72 9 0.2 —
853 1,188 63 9 0.2 167
Economic and social context Population (total, million) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method (current US$) Rural population (% of total) Expected years of schooling (years) Physicians density (per 1,000 people) Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)
13 220 83 9 0.02 —
15 330 80 — 0.02 —
— —
2 5,626
Number per 100 people 80 60 40 20
Sector structure Number of mobile operators Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) (scale = 0–10,000)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, 2005–11
0 2005
2007
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile cellular subscriptions (% prepaid) Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Mobile broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile broadband (% of total mobile subscriptions)
3 97 70 — —
26a 99a 85 0.6a 2.2a
43a 98a — — —
57a 96a 72 5.6a 10.1a
3 — — —
39 — — —
43 — — —
52 — — —
Usage Households with a mobile telephone (%) Mobile voice usage (minutes per user per month) Population using mobile Internet (%) Short Message Service (SMS) users (% of mobile users)
2011
Mobile basket, 2005–10 Percentage of GNI per capita 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 2005
Affordability Mobile basket (% of GNI per capita)
2009
Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa Region
Sector performance Access
109.1
77.1
28.8
19.5
Malaysia 2005 2010
Upper-middleincome group 2010
East Asia & Pacific Region 2010
2,452 5,886 43 13 1.7 —
1,962 3,696 54 12 1.2 —
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa Region
Malaysia
Economic and social context Population (total, million) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method (current US$) Rural population (% of total) Expected years of schooling (years) Physicians density (per 1,000 people) Depositors with commercial banks (per 1,000 adults)
26 5,110 32 13 — 1,892
28 7,760 28 13 0.9 1,458
— —
4 3,451
Sector structure Number of mobile operators Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) (scale = 0–10,000)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, 2005–11 Number per 100 people 150 120 90 60 30 0 2005
2007
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile cellular subscriptions (% prepaid) Population covered by a mobile-cellular network (%) Mobile broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) Mobile broadband (% of total mobile subscriptions)
75 85 — 0.3 0.4
124a 77a 95 38.2a 30.5a
92a 81a 99 14.3a 15.4a
83a 85a 99 11.6a 14.4a
55 162 3.8 —
90 223a 18.0a 76.0
84 325a 22.9a 74.4a
83 367a 22.4a 84.0a
2.0
1.2
2.9
5.7
Usage Households with a mobile telephone (%) Mobile voice usage (minutes per user per month) Population using mobile Internet (%) Short Message Service (SMS) users (% of mobile users)
Affordability Mobile basket (% of GNI per capita)
2009
2011
Malaysia East Asia & Pacific Region
Sector performance Access
Mobile basket, 2005–10 Percentage of GNI per capita 8 6 4 2 0
2005
2006
2007 2008 2009 Malaysia East Asia & Pacific Region
2010
Sources: Economic and social context: IMF, UIS, UN, WHO and World Bank; Sector structure: ictDATA.org; Sector performance: ictDATA.org, ITU; Wireless Intelligence, and World Bank. Notes: Use of italics in the column entries indicates years or periods other than those specified. — Not available. GNI = gross national income. a. Data are for 2011.
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