Eritrea's fixed broadband subscriptions was 5,639 in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2,948% from 185 in 2012 (40.74% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5,639 | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 1,000 | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 185 | 2012 |
| Highest | 5,639 | 2022 |
| Lowest | 44 | 2008 |
| Average since 2013 | 2,343 | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 44 | 2008 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Eritrea's fixed broadband subscriptions rose 12.8% on 2021 (from 5,000 to 5,639).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2021), the average change was +45.2% and a typical year strayed about 45.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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 150% in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.1% in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is upward, about 693.73 a year. A straight line explains 92% of the movement over 9 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 2022, Eritrea had the 28th highest value of the 35 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | 5,639 | 2022 |
| World | 1.65 billion | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 15 million | 2025 |
| Low income | 4 million | 2025 |
Closest to Eritrea in the 2022 ranking
- Virgin Islands (US) — 25th of 35: 8,708
- Tonga — 26th of 35: 8,586
- Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 27th of 35: 6,523
- Guam — 29th of 35: 3,038
- Samoa — 30th of 35: 1,889
- Equatorial Guinea — 31st of 35: 1,816
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 14 values
| Year | Fixed broadband subscriptions |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,639 |
| 2021 | 5,000 |
| 2020 | 5,000 |
| 2019 | 3,000 |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | 1,000 |
| 2016 | 600 |
| 2015 | 500 |
| 2014 | 200 |
| 2013 | 146 |
| 2012 |
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)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 511,437 (2024)
More infrastructure data for Eritrea
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 2.02 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 59.12 (2022)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 14.67% (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 68,216 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 2 (2022)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 29.08 (2023)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 14.35% (2020)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.17 (2022)
- Secure Internet servers — 7 (2024)
- Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Eritrea's fixed broadband subscriptions?
- 5,639 in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2008?
- It is up 12,716% from 44 in 2008 (41.43% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 5,639 in 2022 and the lowest 44 in 2008.
- How does Eritrea rank?
- 28th highest of 35 economies with data for 2022.
- Is the latest change in fixed broadband subscriptions unusual for Eritrea?
- In 2022, Eritrea's fixed broadband subscriptions rose 12.8% on 2021 (from 5,000 to 5,639). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2021), the average change was +45.2% and a typical year strayed about 45.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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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