Ethiopia vs Uganda: Fixed telephone subscriptions
Ethiopia
0.5798 per 100 people
in 2024
Uganda
0.3918 per 100 people
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
176th
Uganda rank
179th
Fixed telephone subscriptions 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 176th and Uganda ranks 179th of 212 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 176th and Uganda ranks 179th 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
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.