South Asia's fixed broadband subscriptions was 72 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 192.68% from 24.6 million in 2015 (11.34% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 72 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 36 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 24.6 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 72 million | 2025 |
| Lowest | 50,327 | 2001 |
| Average since 2016 | 44.51 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 50,327 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, South Asia's fixed broadband subscriptions rose 10.8% on 2024 (from 65 million to 72 million).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2024), the average change was +48.4% and a typical year strayed about 89.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 441.1% in 2005. 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 5.07 million a year. A straight line explains 92% 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
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| South Asia | 72 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 25 values
| Year | Fixed broadband subscriptions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 72,000,000 |
| 2024 | 65,000,000 |
| 2023 | 58,000,000 |
| 2022 | 51,000,000 |
| 2021 | 42,000,000 |
| 2020 | 36,000,000 |
| 2019 | 32,100,000 |
| 2018 | 30,800,000 |
| 2017 | 29,300,000 |
| 2016 | 28,900,000 |
| 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 South Asia
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 52 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 3.1 (2025)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 1.44 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 2,231 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 196.8 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 1.38 billion (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 81.7 (2025)
- Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 4,373 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 37,241 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is South Asia's fixed broadband subscriptions?
- 72 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
- It is up 142,964% from 50,327 in 2001 (35.36% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 72 million in 2025 and the lowest 50,327 in 2001.
- Is the latest change in fixed broadband subscriptions unusual for South Asia?
- In 2025, South Asia's fixed broadband subscriptions rose 10.8% on 2024 (from 65 million to 72 million). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2024), the average change was +48.4% and a typical year strayed about 89.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
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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