What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Afghanistan?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Afghanistan was 0.4389 per 100 people in 2023, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Afghanistan?

The highest recorded value was 0.4389 per 100 people in 2023.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Afghanistan?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0187 per 100 people in 2009.

How does Afghanistan rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Afghanistan ranks 178th out of 213 countries with data for 2023.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Afghanistan?

Over the last ten years it is up 44.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Afghanistan 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 Afghanistan

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

Afghanistan: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 0.4389 per 100 people in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

0.4389 per 100 people

Change on year

up 9.8%

World rank

178th

of 213 countries

All-time high

0.4389 per 100 people

in 2023

All-time low

0.0187 per 100 people

in 2009

Years of data

1960–2023

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Afghanistan, 1960–2023

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

Analysis

In 2023, fixed telephone subscriptions in Afghanistan stood at 0.4389 per 100 people. That is the highest value across all 59 years on record.

That represents a change of up 9.8% on the previous year and up 44.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Afghanistan peaked at 0.4389 per 100 people in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0187 per 100 people, in 2009.

That places Afghanistan 178th out of 213 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0902 per 100 people	0.0856 per 100 people	0.0972 per 100 people	10
1970s	0.1642 per 100 people	0.1432 per 100 people	0.1955 per 100 people	10
1980s	0.2929 per 100 people	0.2066 per 100 people	0.3279 per 100 people	10
1990s	0.198 per 100 people	0.146 per 100 people	0.302 per 100 people	10
2000s	0.1243 per 100 people	0.0187 per 100 people	0.1614 per 100 people	5
2010s	0.2703 per 100 people	0.046 per 100 people	0.3557 per 100 people	10
2020s	0.3941 per 100 people	0.3645 per 100 people	0.4389 per 100 people	4

Countries ranked near Afghanistan

175 Sao Tome and Principe 0.7561 per 100 people compare
176 Equatorial Guinea 0.6315 per 100 people compare
177 Ethiopia 0.5798 per 100 people compare
179 Niger 0.4349 per 100 people compare
180 Uganda 0.3918 per 100 people compare
181 Burkina Faso 0.347 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for Afghanistan

Fixed telephone subscriptions 181,963 (2023)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 60.1 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 25.63 million (2024)
Air transport, passengers carried 1.03 million (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 6,427 (2023)
Air transport, freight 0.7942 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 47.15 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 1,162 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 16.1% (2024)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 1.0% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Afghanistan?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Afghanistan was 0.4389 per 100 people in 2023, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Afghanistan?: The highest recorded value was 0.4389 per 100 people in 2023.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Afghanistan?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0187 per 100 people in 2009.
How does Afghanistan rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Afghanistan ranks 178th out of 213 countries with data for 2023.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Afghanistan?: Over the last ten years it is up 44.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Afghanistan 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.