Europe & Central Asia's fixed broadband subscriptions was 321 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 43.11% from 224.3 million in 2015 (3.65% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 321 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 275 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 224.3 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 321 million | 2025 |
| Lowest | 13.73 million | 2002 |
| Average since 2016 | 278.63 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 13.73 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Europe & Central Asia's fixed broadband subscriptions rose 3.2% on 2024 (from 311 million to 321 million).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2024), the average change was +17.1% and a typical year strayed about 23.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 82% in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 9.6 million a year. A straight line explains 100% 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.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 351.75 million for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 3.3 million, against 18.67 million for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Europe & Central Asia | 321 million | 2025 |
| World | 1.65 billion | 2025 |
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 24 values
| Year | Fixed broadband subscriptions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 321,000,000 |
| 2024 | 311,000,000 |
| 2023 | 303,000,000 |
| 2022 | 293,000,000 |
| 2021 | 286,000,000 |
| 2020 | 275,000,000 |
| 2019 | 262,600,000 |
| 2018 | 255,000,000 |
| 2017 | 246,200,000 |
| 2016 | 233,500,000 |
| 2015 |
Fixed broadband subscriptions in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 33,200 (2023)
- Algeria — 6.23 million (2024)
- Bahrain — 273,063 (2024)
- Djibouti — 16,972 (2023)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 13.62 million (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 11.04 million (2024)
- Iraq — 8.12 million (2024)
- Israel — 2.74 million (2024)
- Jordan — 810,782 (2024)
- Kuwait — 49,049 (2023)
- Lebanon — 418,869 (2022)
More infrastructure data for Europe & Central Asia
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 217 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 23.3 (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 1.25 billion (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 134.6 (2025)
- Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 152,016 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 263,560 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents — 161,435 (2024)
- Patent applications, residents — 214,026 (2024)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Europe & Central Asia's fixed broadband subscriptions?
- 321 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2002?
- It is up 2,238% from 13.73 million in 2002 (14.69% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 321 million in 2025 and the lowest 13.73 million in 2002.
- Is the latest change in fixed broadband subscriptions unusual for Europe & Central Asia?
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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