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Fixed telephone lines — Zambia

Fixed telephone lines in Zambia in 2024 — 0.35 per 100. Ranked 128 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 28.1%.

2024 0.35 per 100 −11.84% vs 2023
World rank 128of 146
Period maximum 0.93 per 1001993
Period minimum 0.34 per 1002021

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Zambia, 1960–20240.20.40.60.8119601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0.48 per 1001962: 0.49 per 1001964: 0.49 per 1001966: 0.48 per 1001968: 0.48 per 1001970: 0.54 per 1001972: 0.56 per 1001974: 0.56 per 1001976: 0.56 per 1001978: 0.56 per 1001980: 0.57 per 1001982: 0.6 per 1001984: 0.64 per 1001986: 0.68 per 1001988: 0.8 per 1001990: 0.84 per 1001992: 0.93 per 1001994: 0.93 per 1001996: 0.87 per 1001998: 0.82 per 1002000: 0.83 per 1002002: 0.82 per 1002004: 0.81 per 1002006: 0.77 per 1002008: 0.7 per 1002010: 0.85 per 1002012: 0.55 per 1002014: 0.72 per 1002016: 0.6 per 1002018: 0.56 per 1002020: 0.38 per 1002022: 0.48 per 1002024: 0.35 per 100
Change over the period: −0.14 (−28.11%) Average annual rate: -0.51 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zambia

Zambia 0.35 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.4 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3.47 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 0.35 −0.05 −11.84%
2023 0.39 −0.09 −17.93%
2022 0.48 +0.14 +42.1%
2021 0.34 −0.04 −10.8%
2020 0.38 −0.15 −27.85%
2019 0.52 −0.04 −6.52%
2018 0.56 −0.02 −3.92%
2017 0.58 −0.02 −2.99%
2016 0.6 −0.11 −15.36%
2015 0.71 −0.01 −1.59%
2014 0.72 −0.03 −4.25%
2013 0.75 +0.2 +35.83%
2012 0.55 −0.04 −6.79%
2011 0.59 −0.25 −29.96%
2010 0.85 +0.18 +26.59%
2009 0.67 −0.03 −3.75%
2008 0.7 −0.03 −4.75%
2007 0.73 −0.04 −5.16%
2006 0.77 −0.04 −4.65%
2005 0.81 −0 −0.14%
2004 0.81 +0 +0.48%
2003 0.81 −0.02 −2.22%
2002 0.82 −0.01 −0.75%
2001 0.83 −0 −0.26%
2000 0.83 −0.02 −2.49%
1999 0.85 +0.03 +4.15%
1998 0.82 −0.02 −2.27%
1997 0.84 −0.03 −3.23%
1996 0.87 −0.01 −0.92%
1995 0.87 −0.06 −6.02%
1994 0.93 −0 −0.11%
1993 0.93 +0 +0.32%
1992 0.93 +0.06 +7.41%
1991 0.86 +0.03 +3.35%
1990 0.84 −0.04 −4.75%
1989 0.88 +0.08 +9.45%
1988 0.8 +0.08 +11.74%
1987 0.72 +0.03 +4.85%
1986 0.68 +0.03 +4.55%
1985 0.65 +0.01 +1.56%
1984 0.64 +0.05 +8.15%
1983 0.6 −0 −0.08%
1982 0.6 +0 +0.72%
1981 0.59 +0.02 +3.73%
1980 0.57 +0.02 +3.28%
1979 0.55 −0 −0.66%
1978 0.56 −0.01 −1.29%
1977 0.56 +0.01 +1.54%
1976 0.56 −0.02 −3.61%
1975 0.58 +0.02 +3.74%
1974 0.56 +0 +0%
1973 0.56 +0 +0%
1972 0.56 +0 +0%
1971 0.56 +0.01 +2.46%
1970 0.54 +0.06 +13.14%
1969 0.48 +0 +0%
1968 0.48 +0 +0%
1967 0.48 +0 +0%
1966 0.48 +0.01 +2.45%
1965 0.47 −0.02 −4.3%
1964 0.49 +0 +0%
1963 0.49 +0 +0%
1962 0.49 +0 +0%
1961 0.49 +0.01 +1.58%
1960 0.48 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MU Mauritius 36.88 SC Seychelles 12.4 ZW Zimbabwe 1.79 ET Ethiopia 0.58 UG Uganda 0.39 ZM Zambia 0.35 TZ Tanzania 0.11 KE Kenya 0.1 MZ Mozambique 0.08 RW Rwanda 0.06 MW Malawi 0.02
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About the indicator

The number of active fixed telephone lines per 100 people. One of the few telecom indicators that is steadily falling the world over: mobile service and IP telephony are pushing landlines out. The trend of the series is a plain illustration of technological substitution.

Source: ICT Indicators (ITU), license ITU terms of use.

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