United Arab Emirates's fixed broadband subscriptions was 4.5 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 312.5% from 1.09 million in 2014 (15.22% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.5 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 3.05 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.09 million | 2014 |
| Highest | 4.5 million | 2024 |
| Lowest | 367 | 1999 |
| Average since 2015 | 3.04 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 367 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, United Arab Emirates' fixed broadband subscriptions rose 14.1% on 2023 (from 3.95 million to 4.5 million).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2023), the average change was +66.2% and a typical year strayed about 106.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 437.6% in 2000. 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 332,601 a year. A straight line explains 89% 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 5.52 million for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 114,646, against 502,088 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
In 2024, United Arab Emirates had the 37th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 4.5 million | 2024 |
| World | 1.65 billion | 2025 |
| High income | 550 million | 2025 |
Closest to United Arab Emirates in the 2024 ranking
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 26 values
| Year | Fixed broadband subscriptions |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,503,492 |
| 2023 | 3,947,874 |
| 2022 | 3,774,064 |
| 2021 | 3,573,055 |
| 2020 | 3,245,123 |
| 2019 | 3,045,957 |
| 2018 | 3,024,565 |
| 2017 | 2,761,830 |
| 2016 | 1,297,585 |
| 2015 | 1,234,447 |
| 2014 |
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 United Arab Emirates
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 13,566 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 2.29 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 20.8 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 435,257 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 91.06 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 22.41 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 203.21 (2024)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 11.68% (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is United Arab Emirates's fixed broadband subscriptions?
- 4.5 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is up 1.23 million% from 367 in 1999 (45.73% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4.5 million in 2024 and the lowest 367 in 1999.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank?
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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