Kenya vs Tanzania: Fixed telephone subscriptions
Kenya
0.101 per 100 people
in 2024
Tanzania
0.1142 per 100 people
in 2024
Kenya rank
195th
Tanzania rank
193rd
Fixed telephone subscriptions over time
- Kenya
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 0.1142 per 100 people against 0.101 per 100 people in Kenya, a difference of 0.0132 per 100 people.
That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 195th and Tanzania ranks 193rd of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 6 and Tanzania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2945 per 100 people | 0.0879 per 100 people | 0.2066 per 100 people | Kenya |
| 1970s | 0.382 per 100 people | 0.147 per 100 people | 0.2349 per 100 people | Kenya |
| 1980s | 0.5875 per 100 people | 0.2292 per 100 people | 0.3583 per 100 people | Kenya |
| 1990s | 0.9081 per 100 people | 0.3216 per 100 people | 0.5865 per 100 people | Kenya |
| 2000s | 1.09 per 100 people | 0.4097 per 100 people | 0.6764 per 100 people | Kenya |
| 2010s | 0.374 per 100 people | 0.2839 per 100 people | 0.09 per 100 people | Kenya |
| 2020s | 0.1165 per 100 people | 0.1184 per 100 people | 0.0019 per 100 people | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Kenya or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 0.1142 per 100 people against 0.101 per 100 people in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Kenya and Tanzania?
- 0.0132 per 100 people, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Tanzania?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Tanzania rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- Kenya ranks 195th and Tanzania ranks 193rd 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.