What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Ghana?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Ghana was 0.7824 per 100 people in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Ghana?

The highest recorded value was 1.59 per 100 people in 2007.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Ghana?

The lowest recorded value was 0.221 per 100 people in 1965.

How does Ghana rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Ghana ranks 173rd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Ghana?

Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Ghana 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 Ghana

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

Ghana: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 0.7824 per 100 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

0.7824 per 100 people

Change on year

down 17.0%

World rank

173rd

of 213 countries

All-time high

1.59 per 100 people

in 2007

All-time low

0.221 per 100 people

in 1965

Years of data

1965–2024

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Ghana, 1965–2024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for fixed telephone subscriptions in Ghana is 0.7824 per 100 people, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 17.0% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Ghana peaked at 1.59 per 100 people in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.221 per 100 people, in 1965.

Ghana ranks 173rd of 213 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.223 per 100 people	0.221 per 100 people	0.2235 per 100 people	5
1970s	0.2901 per 100 people	0.2641 per 100 people	0.3171 per 100 people	10
1980s	0.2882 per 100 people	0.2754 per 100 people	0.3177 per 100 people	10
1990s	0.4395 per 100 people	0.287 per 100 people	0.839 per 100 people	10
2000s	1.27 per 100 people	0.5934 per 100 people	1.59 per 100 people	10
2010s	0.9818 per 100 people	0.8567 per 100 people	1.09 per 100 people	10
2020s	0.931 per 100 people	0.7824 per 100 people	0.9955 per 100 people	5

Countries ranked near Ghana

170 Vanuatu 0.9262 per 100 people compare
171 Solomon Islands 0.8934 per 100 people compare
172 Togo 0.8258 per 100 people compare
174 Cote d'Ivoire 0.7663 per 100 people compare
175 Sao Tome and Principe 0.7561 per 100 people compare
176 Equatorial Guinea 0.6315 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for Ghana

Fixed telephone subscriptions 269,356 (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 113.65 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 39.13 million (2024)
Air transport, passengers carried 440,680 (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 11,490 (2023)
Air transport, freight 0 million ton-km (2019)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 30.3 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 914.05 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 72.2% (2024)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 20.5% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Ghana?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Ghana was 0.7824 per 100 people in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Ghana?: The highest recorded value was 1.59 per 100 people in 2007.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Ghana?: The lowest recorded value was 0.221 per 100 people in 1965.
How does Ghana rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Ghana ranks 173rd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Ghana?: Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Ghana 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.