Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita was 0.003 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) is 0.003 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 21.9% on the previous year and down 70.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0.0151 units per person in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.003 units per person, in 2025.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 45th out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.0037 units per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.0036 units per person | -2.4% |
| 1962 | 0.0035 units per person | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0034 units per person | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0034 units per person | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0041 units per person | +21.1% |
| 1967 | 0.004 units per person | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0039 units per person | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0038 units per person | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0046 units per person | +21.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0045 units per person | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0044 units per person | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0043 units per person | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0042 units per person | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0051 units per person | +22.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0053 units per person | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0054 units per person | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0056 units per person | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0058 units per person | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0061 units per person | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0069 units per person | +13.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0072 units per person | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0075 units per person | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0076 units per person | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0079 units per person | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0083 units per person | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0085 units per person | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0089 units per person | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0092 units per person | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0097 units per person | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0098 units per person | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0098 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.01 units per person | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0103 units per person | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0108 units per person | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0113 units per person | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 0.012 units per person | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0129 units per person | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0138 units per person | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0135 units per person | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0137 units per person | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0141 units per person | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0145 units per person | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0147 units per person | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0143 units per person | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0148 units per person | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0148 units per person | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0144 units per person | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0151 units per person | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0143 units per person | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0134 units per person | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0126 units per person | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0109 units per person | -13.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0106 units per person | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0104 units per person | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0106 units per person | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0101 units per person | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0071 units per person | -29.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0068 units per person | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 0.006 units per person | -11.8% |
| 2021 | 0.005 units per person | -16.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0049 units per person | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 0.004 units per person | -18.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0039 units per person | -2.4% |
| 2025 | 0.003 units per person | -21.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0037 units per person | 0.0034 units per person | 0.0041 units per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0049 units per person | 0.0042 units per person | 0.0058 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0078 units per person | 0.0061 units per person | 0.0092 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0111 units per person | 0.0097 units per person | 0.0138 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0144 units per person | 0.0135 units per person | 0.0151 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0107 units per person | 0.0068 units per person | 0.0143 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0045 units per person | 0.003 units per person | 0.006 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 42 Faroe Islands 0.2772 units per person compare
- 43 Canada 0.2658 units per person compare
- 44 Hungary 0.2631 units per person compare
- 45 Israel 0.2599 units per person compare
- 46 North Macedonia 0.2501 units per person compare
- 47 Liechtenstein 0.2445 units per person compare
- 48 Puerto Rico 0.2414 units per person 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 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)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled 1.10 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0.003 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0151 units per person in 2009.
- What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.003 units per person in 2025.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 45th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 70.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Fixed telephone subscriptions divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Fixed telephone subscriptions ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Fixed telephone subscriptions World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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 telephone subscriptions divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.