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

0.188 per 100 people, with Ethiopia ahead.

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

64 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 Uganda: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

Ethiopia

0.5798 per 100 people

in 2024

Uganda

0.3918 per 100 people

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

178th

Uganda rank

181st

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) over time

Ethiopia
Uganda

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 0.5798 per 100 people against 0.3918 per 100 people in Uganda, a difference of 0.188 per 100 people.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.5 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 178th and Uganda ranks 181st of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 5 and Uganda in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0536 per 100 people	0.112 per 100 people	0.0584 per 100 people	Uganda
1970s	0.1398 per 100 people	0.1575 per 100 people	0.0177 per 100 people	Uganda
1980s	0.2247 per 100 people	0.1601 per 100 people	0.0646 per 100 people	Ethiopia
1990s	0.2581 per 100 people	0.1894 per 100 people	0.0687 per 100 people	Ethiopia
2000s	0.7256 per 100 people	0.3736 per 100 people	0.352 per 100 people	Ethiopia
2010s	0.9335 per 100 people	0.8513 per 100 people	0.0822 per 100 people	Ethiopia
2020s	0.6963 per 100 people	0.2683 per 100 people	0.4279 per 100 people	Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Ethiopia or Uganda?: Ethiopia, at 0.5798 per 100 people against 0.3918 per 100 people in Uganda as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Ethiopia and Uganda?: 0.188 per 100 people, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Uganda?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Uganda rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Ethiopia ranks 178th 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: 29 October 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.