Fixed broadband subscriptions in Small states
Small states: Fixed broadband subscriptions was 17.31 per 100 people in 2025. ▲ Rising
Fixed broadband subscriptions in Small states, 2004–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
Small states recorded 17.31 per 100 people for fixed broadband subscriptions in 2025. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 51.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed broadband subscriptions in Small states peaked at 17.31 per 100 people in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3.13 per 100 people, in 2004.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.2 per 100 people | 3.13 per 100 people | 7.46 per 100 people | 6 |
| 2010s | 11.06 per 100 people | 8.16 per 100 people | 13.2 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.1 per 100 people | 15.12 per 100 people | 17.31 per 100 people | 6 |
More infrastructure data for Small states
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 13.5 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 161.6 per 100 people (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 32.00 million (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 15.49 million (2022)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 316,785 (2022)
- Air transport, freight 677.89 million ton-km (2019)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 731.67 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 39,669 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 0.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed broadband subscriptions in Small states?
- Fixed broadband subscriptions in Small states was 17.31 per 100 people in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest fixed broadband subscriptions recorded in Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 17.31 per 100 people in 2025.
- What is the lowest fixed broadband subscriptions recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.13 per 100 people in 2004.
- Is fixed broadband subscriptions rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small states data come from?
- The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Fixed broadband subscriptions refers to fixed subscriptions to high-speed access to the public Internet (a TCP/IP connection), at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s. This includes cable modem, DSL, fiber-to-the-home/building, other fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions, satellite broadband and terrestrial fixed wireless broadband. This total is measured irrespective of the method of payment. It excludes subscriptions that have access to data communications (including the Internet) via mobile-cellular networks. It should include fixed WiMAX and any other fixed wireless technologies. It includes both residential subscriptions and subscriptions for organizations.