Eritrea vs Zimbabwe: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

Eritrea
2 per 100 people
in 2022
Zimbabwe
1.79 per 100 people
in 2024
Eritrea rank
157th
Zimbabwe rank
159th

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) over time

  • Eritrea
  • Zimbabwe
0.511.522.53196019922024

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 2 per 100 people against 1.79 per 100 people in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.21 per 100 people.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 30 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Eritrea ranks 157th and Zimbabwe ranks 159th of 214 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1990s 0.92 per 100 people 1.56 per 100 people 0.6425 per 100 people Zimbabwe
2000s 1.45 per 100 people 2.52 per 100 people 1.07 per 100 people Zimbabwe
2010s 2.03 per 100 people 2.23 per 100 people 0.2037 per 100 people Zimbabwe
2020s 1.99 per 100 people 1.66 per 100 people 0.3329 per 100 people Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Eritrea or Zimbabwe?
Eritrea, at 2 per 100 people against 1.79 per 100 people in Zimbabwe as of 2022.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Eritrea and Zimbabwe?
0.21 per 100 people, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Zimbabwe?
30 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Eritrea and Zimbabwe rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Eritrea ranks 157th and Zimbabwe ranks 159th 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.