Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Zimbabwe

Fixed telephone lines in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 1.79 per 100. Ranked 110 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 24%.

2024 1.79 per 100 −5.44% vs 2023
World rank 110of 146
Period maximum 2.93 per 1002009
Period minimum 1.18 per 1001993

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Zimbabwe, 1960–202411.522.5319601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1.44 per 1001962: 1.46 per 1001964: 1.46 per 1001966: 1.45 per 1001968: 1.45 per 1001970: 1.44 per 1001972: 1.42 per 1001974: 1.42 per 1001976: 1.35 per 1001978: 1.38 per 1001980: 1.36 per 1001982: 1.27 per 1001984: 1.24 per 1001986: 1.2 per 1001988: 1.21 per 1001990: 1.22 per 1001992: 1.19 per 1001994: 1.24 per 1001996: 1.57 per 1001998: 2.04 per 1002000: 2.1 per 1002002: 2.38 per 1002004: 2.56 per 1002006: 2.66 per 1002008: 2.69 per 1002010: 2.84 per 1002012: 2.18 per 1002014: 2.32 per 1002016: 2.09 per 1002018: 1.79 per 1002020: 1.62 per 1002022: 1.81 per 1002024: 1.79 per 100
Change over the period: +0.35 (+24%) Average annual rate: 0.34 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe 1.79 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 — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 1.79 −0.1 −5.44%
2023 1.89 +0.08 +4.52%
2022 1.81 +0.27 +17.65%
2021 1.54 −0.08 −5.08%
2020 1.62 −0.12 −6.7%
2019 1.74 −0.05 −2.69%
2018 1.79 +0 +0.28%
2017 1.78 −0.31 −14.84%
2016 2.09 −0.22 −9.65%
2015 2.32 −0 −0.07%
2014 2.32 +0.15 +6.85%
2013 2.17 −0.01 −0.58%
2012 2.18 −0.44 −16.63%
2011 2.62 −0.22 −7.72%
2010 2.84 −0.09 −3.16%
2009 2.93 +0.24 +9.12%
2008 2.69 −0.01 −0.34%
2007 2.69 +0.04 +1.47%
2006 2.66 +0.03 +1.07%
2005 2.63 +0.06 +2.5%
2004 2.56 +0.1 +4.21%
2003 2.46 +0.08 +3.3%
2002 2.38 +0.26 +12.36%
2001 2.12 +0.02 +1.06%
2000 2.1 +0.07 +3.31%
1999 2.03 −0.01 −0.49%
1998 2.04 +0.18 +9.68%
1997 1.86 +0.29 +18.47%
1996 1.57 +0.18 +12.95%
1995 1.39 +0.15 +12.1%
1994 1.24 +0.06 +5.08%
1993 1.18 −0.01 −0.84%
1992 1.19 −0.02 −1.65%
1991 1.21 −0.01 −0.82%
1990 1.22 −0.01 −1.01%
1989 1.23 +0.02 +1.62%
1988 1.21 −0.02 −1.5%
1987 1.23 +0.03 +2.32%
1986 1.2 −0 −0.06%
1985 1.2 −0.03 −2.62%
1984 1.24 −0.03 −2.74%
1983 1.27 +0.01 +0.48%
1982 1.27 −0.03 −2.13%
1981 1.29 −0.06 −4.68%
1980 1.36 −0.04 −2.92%
1979 1.4 +0.01 +0.91%
1978 1.38 +0.05 +3.61%
1977 1.34 −0.01 −0.77%
1976 1.35 +0.01 +0.53%
1975 1.34 −0.08 −5.53%
1974 1.42 +0 +0%
1973 1.42 +0 +0%
1972 1.42 +0 +0%
1971 1.42 −0.02 −1.63%
1970 1.44 −0.01 −0.84%
1969 1.45 +0 +0%
1968 1.45 +0 +0%
1967 1.45 +0 +0%
1966 1.45 −0.01 −0.54%
1965 1.46 +0.01 +0.36%
1964 1.46 +0 +0%
1963 1.46 +0 +0%
1962 1.46 +0 +0%
1961 1.46 +0.01 +0.78%
1960 1.44

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.