What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Ethiopia and Niger?

0.1449 per 100 people, with Ethiopia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Niger?

63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

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.

Ethiopia vs Niger: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Ethiopia

0.5798 per 100 people

in 2024

Niger

0.4349 per 100 people

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

176th

Niger rank

178th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Ethiopia
Niger

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 0.5798 per 100 people against 0.4349 per 100 people in Niger, a difference of 0.1449 per 100 people.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.3 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 176th and Niger ranks 178th of 212 countries.

Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Niger	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0519 per 100 people	0.0223 per 100 people	0.0297 per 100 people	Ethiopia
1970s	0.1398 per 100 people	0.0645 per 100 people	0.0753 per 100 people	Ethiopia
1980s	0.2247 per 100 people	0.1084 per 100 people	0.1163 per 100 people	Ethiopia
1990s	0.2581 per 100 people	0.1382 per 100 people	0.1199 per 100 people	Ethiopia
2000s	0.7256 per 100 people	0.2463 per 100 people	0.4793 per 100 people	Ethiopia
2010s	0.9335 per 100 people	0.5301 per 100 people	0.4034 per 100 people	Ethiopia
2020s	0.6963 per 100 people	0.3643 per 100 people	0.3319 per 100 people	Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Ethiopia or Niger?: Ethiopia, at 0.5798 per 100 people against 0.4349 per 100 people in Niger as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Ethiopia and Niger?: 0.1449 per 100 people, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Niger?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Niger rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Ethiopia ranks 176th and Niger ranks 178th of 212 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: 06 August 2026

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.