Fixed telephone subscriptions in Africa Eastern and Southern
Africa Eastern and Southern: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 0.4 per 100 people in 2025. ▲ Rising
Fixed telephone subscriptions in Africa Eastern and Southern, 1960–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
In 2025, fixed telephone subscriptions in Africa Eastern and Southern stood at 0.4 per 100 people. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is down 20.0% on the previous year and down 69.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Africa Eastern and Southern peaked at 1.99 per 100 people in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.4 per 100 people, in 2025.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8187 per 100 people | 0.7932 per 100 people | 0.8449 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.8485 per 100 people | 0.772 per 100 people | 0.9831 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.19 per 100 people | 1.03 per 100 people | 1.39 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.61 per 100 people | 1.44 per 100 people | 1.99 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.89 per 100 people | 1.84 per 100 people | 1.97 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.35 per 100 people | 0.8 per 100 people | 1.81 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.55 per 100 people | 0.4 per 100 people | 0.7 per 100 people | 6 |
More infrastructure data for Africa Eastern and Southern
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 93.1 per 100 people (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 734.00 million (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 46.18 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 586,002 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 4,761 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 1,985 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 2,713 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 30.4% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 10.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Africa Eastern and Southern?
- Fixed telephone subscriptions in Africa Eastern and Southern was 0.4 per 100 people in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The highest recorded value was 1.99 per 100 people in 1999.
- What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4 per 100 people in 2025.
- Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Africa Eastern and Southern?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa Eastern and Southern 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
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.