Burundi vs Rwanda: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Burundi

0.1049 per 100 people

in 2023

Rwanda

0.0649 per 100 people

in 2024

Burundi rank

195th

Rwanda rank

198th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Burundi
Rwanda

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 0.1049 per 100 people against 0.0649 per 100 people in Rwanda, a difference of 0.04 per 100 people.

That makes Burundi's figure about 1.6 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Burundi ahead.

Globally, Burundi ranks 195th and Rwanda ranks 198th of 213 countries.

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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.