Eswatini's fixed broadband subscriptions was 31,152 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 510.82% from 5,100 in 2014 (19.84% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 31,152 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 24,113 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 5,100 | 2014 |
| Highest | 34,007 | 2023 |
| Lowest | 772 | 2008 |
| Average since 2015 | 22,444 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 772 | 2008 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Eswatini's fixed broadband subscriptions fell 8.4% on 2023 (from 34,007 to 31,152).
Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2023), the average change was +39.4% and a typical year strayed about 55.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 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 143.2% in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 57.3% in 2012. 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 3,036 a year. A straight line explains 86% 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, Eswatini had the 134th 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Eswatini | 31,152 | 2024 |
| World | 1.65 billion | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 15 million | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 160 million | 2025 |
Closest to Eswatini in the 2024 ranking
- Benin — 131st of 151: 40,117
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 132nd of 151: 35,000
- Bermuda — 133rd of 151: 33,160
- Niger — 135th of 151: 30,080
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 136th of 151: 29,642
- Papua New Guinea — 137th of 151: 24,600
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 17 values
| Year | Fixed broadband subscriptions |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 31,152 |
| 2023 | 34,007 |
| 2022 | 26,637 |
| 2021 | 30,802 |
| 2020 | 27,314 |
| 2019 | 24,113 |
| 2018 | 21,871 |
| 2017 | 15,542 |
| 2016 | 7,000 |
| 2015 | 6,000 |
| 2014 |
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 Eswatini
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 35,641 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 2.87 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 1.74 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 139.83 (2024)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$10.96 million (2025)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 3.51% (2025)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 19.25% (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 2,599 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 34,663 (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Eswatini's fixed broadband subscriptions?
- 31,152 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2008?
- It is up 3,935% from 772 in 2008 (26% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 34,007 in 2023 and the lowest 772 in 2008.
- How does Eswatini rank?
- 134th highest of 151 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in fixed broadband subscriptions unusual for Eswatini?
- In 2024, Eswatini's fixed broadband subscriptions fell 8.4% on 2023 (from 34,007 to 31,152). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2023), the average change was +39.4% and a typical year strayed about 55.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 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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