Fixed broadband subscriptions in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Fixed broadband subscriptions was 33.01 per 100 people in 2025. ▲ Rising
Fixed broadband subscriptions in Upper middle income, 2015–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
In 2025, fixed broadband subscriptions in Upper middle income stood at 33.01 per 100 people. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 132.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed broadband subscriptions in Upper middle income peaked at 33.01 per 100 people in 2025 and was at its lowest, 14.2 per 100 people, in 2015.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.18 per 100 people | 14.2 per 100 people | 21.6 per 100 people | 5 |
| 2020s | 28.55 per 100 people | 23.39 per 100 people | 33.01 per 100 people | 6 |
More infrastructure data for Upper middle income
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 11 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 313.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 132.4 per 100 people (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 3.76 billion (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.39 billion (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 10.76 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 48,207 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 18,560 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 6,090 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 88.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed broadband subscriptions in Upper middle income?
- Fixed broadband subscriptions in Upper middle income was 33.01 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 Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 33.01 per 100 people in 2025.
- What is the lowest fixed broadband subscriptions recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.2 per 100 people in 2015.
- Is fixed broadband subscriptions rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 132.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income 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.