Croatia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Fixed telephone subscriptions

Croatia
28.46 per 100 people
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.4 per 100 people
in 2025
Croatia rank
38th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
41st

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Croatia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Croatia currently reports 28.46 per 100 people against 0.4 per 100 people in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 28.06 per 100 people.

That makes Croatia's figure about 71.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 55 years both countries report, Croatia has been ahead every year.

Croatia ranks 38th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st of 213 countries.

Croatia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 4.44 per 100 people 0.6385 per 100 people 3.8 per 100 people Croatia
1980s 11.58 per 100 people 0.8205 per 100 people 10.76 per 100 people Croatia
1990s 26.65 per 100 people 1.13 per 100 people 25.52 per 100 people Croatia
2000s 42.63 per 100 people 1.48 per 100 people 41.15 per 100 people Croatia
2010s 37.55 per 100 people 1.1 per 100 people 36.45 per 100 people Croatia
2020s 31.23 per 100 people 0.5 per 100 people 30.73 per 100 people Croatia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Croatia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Croatia, at 28.46 per 100 people against 0.4 per 100 people in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Croatia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
28.06 per 100 people, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Croatia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Croatia ranks 38th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st of 213 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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About this data

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
260 places, 14,528 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.