What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Zambia?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Zambia was 0.3457 per 100 people in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Zambia?

The highest recorded value was 0.931 per 100 people in 1993.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Zambia?

The lowest recorded value was 0.3362 per 100 people in 2021.

How does Zambia rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Zambia ranks 181st out of 212 countries with data for 2024.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Zambia?

Over the last ten years it is down 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Zambia 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 Zambia

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

Zambia: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 0.3457 per 100 people in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

0.3457 per 100 people

Change on year

down 11.8%

World rank

181st

of 212 countries

All-time high

0.931 per 100 people

in 1993

All-time low

0.3362 per 100 people

in 2021

Years of data

1960–2024

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Zambia, 1960–2024

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

Analysis

Zambia recorded 0.3457 per 100 people for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2024.

The figure is down 11.8% on the previous year and down 52.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Zambia peaked at 0.931 per 100 people in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.3362 per 100 people, in 2021.

That places Zambia 181st out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.4818 per 100 people	0.4675 per 100 people	0.4885 per 100 people	10
1970s	0.5566 per 100 people	0.5418 per 100 people	0.5759 per 100 people	10
1980s	0.6736 per 100 people	0.5709 per 100 people	0.8777 per 100 people	10
1990s	0.8739 per 100 people	0.819 per 100 people	0.931 per 100 people	10
2000s	0.7773 per 100 people	0.6697 per 100 people	0.8318 per 100 people	10
2010s	0.6437 per 100 people	0.5224 per 100 people	0.8477 per 100 people	10
2020s	0.3858 per 100 people	0.3362 per 100 people	0.4778 per 100 people	5

Countries ranked near Zambia

178 Niger 0.4349 per 100 people compare
179 Uganda 0.3918 per 100 people compare
180 Burkina Faso 0.347 per 100 people compare
182 Lesotho 0.3414 per 100 people compare
183 Sudan 0.3155 per 100 people compare
184 Mauritania 0.3095 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for Zambia

Fixed telephone subscriptions 73,688 (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 108.7 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 23.17 million (2024)
Air transport, passengers carried 321,739 (2023)
Air transport, freight 104.32 million ton-km (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 12,748 (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 80.2 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 3,980 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 17.1% (2024)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 18.4% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Zambia?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Zambia was 0.3457 per 100 people in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Zambia?: The highest recorded value was 0.931 per 100 people in 1993.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Zambia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.3362 per 100 people in 2021.
How does Zambia rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Zambia ranks 181st out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Zambia?: Over the last ten years it is down 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Zambia 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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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: 260 places, 14,528 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 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.