Fixed broadband subscriptions, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Fixed broadband subscriptions, per square kilometre was 0.3347 units per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Fixed broadband subscriptions, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 2005–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fixed broadband subscriptions, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) is 0.3347 units per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 33.3% on the previous year and up 170.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed broadband subscriptions, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.3347 units per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0103 units per square kilometre, in 2005.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 39th out of 44 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fixed broadband subscriptions, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0103 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2007 | 0.0312 units per square kilometre | +203.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0373 units per square kilometre | +19.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0441 units per square kilometre | +18.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0626 units per square kilometre | +42.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0769 units per square kilometre | +22.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0873 units per square kilometre | +13.5% |
| 2013 | 0.1239 units per square kilometre | +41.9% |
| 2014 | 0.1508 units per square kilometre | +21.7% |
| 2015 | 0.1523 units per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.171 units per square kilometre | +12.3% |
| 2017 | 0.1741 units per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.183 units per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2227 units per square kilometre | +21.7% |
| 2020 | 0.2092 units per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 0.251 units per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 2022 | 0.251 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3347 units per square kilometre | +33.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fixed broadband subscriptions, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +203.5% | 0.0103 units per square kilometre | 0.0312 units per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0307 units per square kilometre | 0.0103 units per square kilometre | 0.0441 units per square kilometre | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.1405 units per square kilometre | 0.0626 units per square kilometre | 0.2227 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2615 units per square kilometre | 0.2092 units per square kilometre | 0.3347 units per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 36 China 67.78 units per square kilometre compare
- 37 Denmark 65.48 units per square kilometre compare
- 38 Italy 64.06 units per square kilometre compare
- 39 British Virgin Islands 61.15 units per square kilometre compare
- 40 France 60 units per square kilometre compare
- 41 United Arab Emirates 55.59 units per square kilometre compare
- 42 Czechia 53.1 units per square kilometre compare
More infrastructure data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.10 billion (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 92.7 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 4.00 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.4 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.003 units per person (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -20 % change on previous year (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 4.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.8324 units per person (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed broadband subscriptions, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Fixed broadband subscriptions, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.3347 units per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest fixed broadband subscriptions, per square kilometre recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3347 units per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest fixed broadband subscriptions, per square kilometre recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0103 units per square kilometre in 2005.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for fixed broadband subscriptions, per square kilometre?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 39th out of 44 groups with data for 2023.
- Is fixed broadband subscriptions, per square kilometre rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 170.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Fixed broadband subscriptions, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Fixed broadband subscriptions divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Fixed broadband subscriptions ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Fixed broadband subscriptions World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Fixed broadband subscriptions divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.