What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Africa Eastern and Southern?

The highest recorded value was 1.99 per 100 people in 1999.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Africa Eastern and Southern?

The lowest recorded value was 0.4 per 100 people in 2025.

How does Africa Eastern and Southern rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 43rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Africa Eastern and Southern?

Over the last ten years it is down 69.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Africa Eastern and Southern data come from?

The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Africa Eastern and Southern

Name: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Africa Eastern and Southern
Creator: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Africa Eastern and Southern: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 0.4 per 100 people in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.4 per 100 people

Change on year

down 20.0%

Rank

43rd

of 47 groups

All-time high

1.99 per 100 people

in 1999

All-time low

0.4 per 100 people

in 2025

Years of data

1960–2025

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Africa Eastern and Southern, 1960–2025

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.

Analysis

In 2025, fixed telephone subscriptions in Africa Eastern and Southern stood at 0.4 per 100 people. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.

The figure is down 20.0% on the previous year and down 69.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Africa Eastern and Southern peaked at 1.99 per 100 people in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.4 per 100 people, in 2025.

That places Africa Eastern and Southern 43rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Africa Eastern and Southern, year by year

Annual values for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Africa Eastern and Southern, 1960 to 2025.
Year	per 100 people	Change
1960	0.837 per 100 people	—
1961	0.8424 per 100 people	+0.6%
1962	0.8433 per 100 people	+0.1%
1963	0.8441 per 100 people	+0.1%
1964	0.8449 per 100 people	+0.1%
1965	0.8024 per 100 people	-5.0%
1966	0.7932 per 100 people	-1.1%
1967	0.7933 per 100 people	+0.0%
1968	0.7932 per 100 people	-0.0%
1969	0.7932 per 100 people	-0.0%
1970	0.772 per 100 people	-2.7%
1971	0.7733 per 100 people	+0.2%
1972	0.7735 per 100 people	+0.0%
1973	0.7736 per 100 people	+0.0%
1974	0.7732 per 100 people	-0.0%
1975	0.8758 per 100 people	+13.3%
1976	0.8702 per 100 people	-0.6%
1977	0.9127 per 100 people	+4.9%
1978	0.9772 per 100 people	+7.1%
1979	0.9831 per 100 people	+0.6%
1980	1.03 per 100 people	+4.6%
1981	1.04 per 100 people	+0.8%
1982	1.09 per 100 people	+5.0%
1983	1.13 per 100 people	+3.5%
1984	1.14 per 100 people	+1.4%
1985	1.18 per 100 people	+3.6%
1986	1.25 per 100 people	+6.0%
1987	1.29 per 100 people	+2.5%
1988	1.33 per 100 people	+3.8%
1989	1.39 per 100 people	+4.2%
1990	1.45 per 100 people	+4.1%
1991	1.47 per 100 people	+1.7%
1992	1.44 per 100 people	-1.9%
1993	1.47 per 100 people	+1.5%
1994	1.51 per 100 people	+2.7%
1995	1.57 per 100 people	+4.0%
1996	1.64 per 100 people	+4.5%
1997	1.74 per 100 people	+6.5%
1998	1.87 per 100 people	+7.1%
1999	1.99 per 100 people	+6.3%
2000	1.87 per 100 people	-5.7%
2001	1.87 per 100 people	-0.0%
2002	1.92 per 100 people	+2.3%
2003	1.97 per 100 people	+2.8%
2004	1.96 per 100 people	-0.3%
2005	1.86 per 100 people	-5.4%
2006	1.84 per 100 people	-1.0%
2007	1.86 per 100 people	+0.8%
2008	1.85 per 100 people	-0.3%
2009	1.89 per 100 people	+2.1%
2010	1.81 per 100 people	-4.4%
2011	1.71 per 100 people	-5.2%
2012	1.62 per 100 people	-5.5%
2013	1.35 per 100 people	-16.8%
2014	1.3 per 100 people	-3.5%
2015	1.3 per 100 people	+0.0%
2016	1.3 per 100 people	+0.0%
2017	1.3 per 100 people	+0.0%
2018	1 per 100 people	-23.1%
2019	0.8 per 100 people	-20.0%
2020	0.7 per 100 people	-12.5%
2021	0.6 per 100 people	-14.3%
2022	0.6 per 100 people	+0.0%
2023	0.5 per 100 people	-16.7%
2024	0.5 per 100 people	+0.0%
2025	0.4 per 100 people	-20.0%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.8187 per 100 people	0.7932 per 100 people	0.8449 per 100 people	10
1970s	0.8485 per 100 people	0.772 per 100 people	0.9831 per 100 people	10
1980s	1.19 per 100 people	1.03 per 100 people	1.39 per 100 people	10
1990s	1.61 per 100 people	1.44 per 100 people	1.99 per 100 people	10
2000s	1.89 per 100 people	1.84 per 100 people	1.97 per 100 people	10
2010s	1.35 per 100 people	0.8 per 100 people	1.81 per 100 people	10
2020s	0.55 per 100 people	0.4 per 100 people	0.7 per 100 people	6

Countries ranked near Africa Eastern and Southern

40 Faroe Islands 27.66 per 100 people compare
41 Israel 27.66 per 100 people compare
42 Canada 27.6 per 100 people compare
43 Hungary 26 per 100 people compare
44 Cyprus 25.4 per 100 people compare
45 North Macedonia 25.02 per 100 people compare
46 Liechtenstein 24.81 per 100 people compare

See the full ranking of 261 places →

More infrastructure data for Africa Eastern and Southern

Mobile cellular subscriptions 734.00 million (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 93.1 per 100 people (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions 3.00 million (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0038 units per person (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -25 % change on previous year (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 3.00 million (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.9305 units per person (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled 734.00 million (2025)

All data for Africa Eastern and Southern →

Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Africa Eastern and Southern?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Africa Eastern and Southern was 0.4 per 100 people in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Africa Eastern and Southern?: The highest recorded value was 1.99 per 100 people in 1999.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Africa Eastern and Southern?: The lowest recorded value was 0.4 per 100 people in 2025.
How does Africa Eastern and Southern rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 43rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Africa Eastern and Southern?: Over the last ten years it is down 69.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Africa Eastern and Southern data come from?: The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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: 01 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.