What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Indonesia and Zimbabwe?

0.15 per 100 people, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Zimbabwe?

65 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.

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

Indonesia

1.64 per 100 people

in 2024

Zimbabwe

1.79 per 100 people

in 2024

Indonesia rank

161st

Zimbabwe rank

159th

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) over time

Indonesia
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 1.79 per 100 people against 1.64 per 100 people in Indonesia, a difference of 0.15 per 100 people.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Indonesia ranks 161st and Zimbabwe ranks 159th of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Indonesia averaged higher in 4 and Zimbabwe in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Indonesia	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.1074 per 100 people	1.45 per 100 people	1.35 per 100 people	Zimbabwe
1970s	0.1532 per 100 people	1.39 per 100 people	1.24 per 100 people	Zimbabwe
1980s	0.3647 per 100 people	1.25 per 100 people	0.8859 per 100 people	Zimbabwe
1990s	1.6 per 100 people	1.49 per 100 people	0.1057 per 100 people	Indonesia
2000s	6.54 per 100 people	2.52 per 100 people	4.02 per 100 people	Indonesia
2010s	8.81 per 100 people	2.19 per 100 people	6.62 per 100 people	Indonesia
2020s	2.94 per 100 people	1.73 per 100 people	1.21 per 100 people	Indonesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Indonesia or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 1.79 per 100 people against 1.64 per 100 people in Indonesia as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Indonesia and Zimbabwe?: 0.15 per 100 people, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Zimbabwe?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Indonesia and Zimbabwe rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Indonesia ranks 161st 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Indonesia vs Zimbabwe: Fixed telephone subscriptions. Statizoid, drawing on World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 07 November 2026, from https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/compare/fixed-telephone-subscriptions-per-100-people/indonesia/zimbabwe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/compare/fixed-telephone-subscriptions-per-100-people/indonesia/zimbabwe/">Indonesia vs Zimbabwe: Fixed telephone subscriptions</a> — Statizoid

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: 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.