Afghanistan vs Uganda: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

Afghanistan
0.4389 per 100 people
in 2023
Uganda
0.3918 per 100 people
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
179th
Uganda rank
181st

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 0.4389 per 100 people against 0.3918 per 100 people in Uganda, a difference of 0.0471 per 100 people.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 179th and Uganda ranks 181st of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 4 and Uganda in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Uganda Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0902 per 100 people 0.112 per 100 people 0.0217 per 100 people Uganda
1970s 0.1642 per 100 people 0.1575 per 100 people 0.0067 per 100 people Afghanistan
1980s 0.2929 per 100 people 0.1601 per 100 people 0.1328 per 100 people Afghanistan
1990s 0.198 per 100 people 0.1894 per 100 people 0.0086 per 100 people Afghanistan
2000s 0.1243 per 100 people 0.3346 per 100 people 0.2103 per 100 people Uganda
2010s 0.2703 per 100 people 0.7859 per 100 people 0.5156 per 100 people Uganda
2020s 0.3941 per 100 people 0.2375 per 100 people 0.1566 per 100 people Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Afghanistan or Uganda?
Afghanistan, at 0.4389 per 100 people against 0.3918 per 100 people in Uganda as of 2023.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Afghanistan and Uganda?
0.0471 per 100 people, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Uganda?
59 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Afghanistan and Uganda rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Afghanistan ranks 179th and Uganda ranks 181st of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 14,535 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.