What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Nigeria and Rwanda?

0.0208 per 100 people, with Rwanda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Rwanda?

57 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.

Nigeria vs Rwanda: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

Nigeria

0.0441 per 100 people

in 2024

Rwanda

0.0649 per 100 people

in 2024

Nigeria rank

200th

Rwanda rank

199th

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) over time

Nigeria
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 0.0649 per 100 people against 0.0441 per 100 people in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0208 per 100 people.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.5 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Rwanda ahead.

Nigeria ranks 200th and Rwanda ranks 199th of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 5 and Rwanda in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0455 per 100 people	0.034 per 100 people	0.0115 per 100 people	Nigeria
1970s	0.0455 per 100 people	0.0319 per 100 people	0.0136 per 100 people	Nigeria
1980s	0.2404 per 100 people	0.0893 per 100 people	0.1512 per 100 people	Nigeria
1990s	0.34 per 100 people	0.1443 per 100 people	0.1957 per 100 people	Nigeria
2000s	0.7553 per 100 people	0.2588 per 100 people	0.4965 per 100 people	Nigeria
2010s	0.1952 per 100 people	0.256 per 100 people	0.0608 per 100 people	Rwanda
2020s	0.0471 per 100 people	0.0758 per 100 people	0.0287 per 100 people	Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Nigeria or Rwanda?: Rwanda, at 0.0649 per 100 people against 0.0441 per 100 people in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Nigeria and Rwanda?: 0.0208 per 100 people, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Rwanda?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Rwanda rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Nigeria ranks 200th and Rwanda ranks 199th 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

Nigeria vs Rwanda: 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/nigeria/rwanda/

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/nigeria/rwanda/">Nigeria vs Rwanda: 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.