Morocco vs Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Fixed telephone subscriptions

Morocco
3.04 million
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
5.00 million
in 2025
Morocco rank
36th
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
38th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Morocco
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 5.00 million against 3.04 million in Morocco, a difference of 1.96 million.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 1.6 times Morocco's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) has been ahead every year.

Morocco ranks 36th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 38th of 212 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Morocco Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) Difference Ahead
1960s 81,050 947,959 866,909 Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
1970s 112,700 1.66 million 1.54 million Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
1980s 233,212 3.53 million 3.29 million Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
1990s 988,889 6.60 million 5.61 million Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s 1.78 million 11.15 million 9.37 million Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s 2.66 million 10.81 million 8.15 million Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2020s 2.68 million 6.80 million 4.12 million Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Morocco or Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), at 5.00 million against 3.04 million in Morocco as of 2025.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
1.96 million, with Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Morocco ranks 36th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 38th of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,482 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.