Côte d'Ivoire: Fixed broadband subscriptions

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Côte d'Ivoire's fixed broadband subscriptions rose 20.4% on 2023 (from 424,902 to 511,437).

Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2023), the average change was +67.1% and a typical year strayed about 168.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 707.1% in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.5% in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 44,518 a year. A straight line explains 96% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Côte d'Ivoire had the 91st highest value of the 151 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Côte d'Ivoire in the 2024 ranking

• Kyrgyz Republic — 88th of 151: 560,290
• Mongolia — 89th of 151: 548,570
• North Macedonia — 90th of 151: 544,937
• Honduras — 92nd of 151: 495,725
• Latvia — 93rd of 151: 482,087
• Estonia — 94th of 151: 480,990

What this measures

Fixed broadband subscriptions refers to fixed subscriptions to high-speed access to the public Internet (a TCP/IP connection), at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s. This includes cable modem, DSL, fiber-to-the-home/building, other fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions, satellite broadband and terrestrial fixed wireless broadband. This total is measured irrespective of the method of payment. It excludes subscriptions that have access to data communications (including the Internet) via mobile-cellular networks. It should include fixed WiMAX and any other fixed wireless technologies. It includes both residential subscriptions and subscriptions for organizations.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 20 values

Fixed broadband subscriptions in nearby economies

• Angola — 137,467 (2024)
• Benin — 40,117 (2024)
• Botswana — 187,597 (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 200,485 (2024)
• Burundi — 2,785 (2023)
• Cabo Verde — 43,593 (2024)
• Cameroon — 588,198 (2022)
• Chad — 0 (2024)
• Comoros — 3,299 (2023)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 35,000 (2024)
• Equatorial Guinea — 1,816 (2022)

More infrastructure data for Côte d'Ivoire

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 244,702 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.77 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 58.72 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 183.88 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 13,609 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 3.1 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 716,233 (2023)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 22.67% (2024)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 41.43% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Côte d'Ivoire's fixed broadband subscriptions?

511,437 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2003?

It is up 123,735% from 413 in 2003 (40.37% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 511,437 in 2024 and the lowest 413 in 2003.

How does Côte d'Ivoire rank?

91st highest of 151 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in fixed broadband subscriptions unusual for Côte d'Ivoire?

In 2024, Côte d'Ivoire's fixed broadband subscriptions rose 20.4% on 2023 (from 424,902 to 511,437). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2023), the average change was +67.1% and a typical year strayed about 168.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IT.NET.BBND, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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