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

0.0892 per 100 people, with Niger ahead.

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

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.

Niger vs Zambia: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

Niger

0.4349 per 100 people

in 2024

Zambia

0.3457 per 100 people

in 2024

Niger rank

180th

Zambia rank

183rd

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) over time

Niger
Zambia

How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.4349 per 100 people against 0.3457 per 100 people in Zambia, a difference of 0.0892 per 100 people.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Zambia ahead.

Niger ranks 180th and Zambia ranks 183rd of 214 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Niger	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0223 per 100 people	0.4834 per 100 people	0.4611 per 100 people	Zambia
1970s	0.0645 per 100 people	0.5566 per 100 people	0.4921 per 100 people	Zambia
1980s	0.1084 per 100 people	0.6736 per 100 people	0.5652 per 100 people	Zambia
1990s	0.1382 per 100 people	0.8739 per 100 people	0.7357 per 100 people	Zambia
2000s	0.2463 per 100 people	0.7773 per 100 people	0.531 per 100 people	Zambia
2010s	0.5301 per 100 people	0.6532 per 100 people	0.1231 per 100 people	Zambia
2020s	0.3643 per 100 people	0.3858 per 100 people	0.0214 per 100 people	Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Niger or Zambia?: Niger, at 0.4349 per 100 people against 0.3457 per 100 people in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Niger and Zambia?: 0.0892 per 100 people, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Zambia?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Niger and Zambia rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Niger ranks 180th and Zambia ranks 183rd 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.