Vanuatu's fixed broadband subscriptions was 3,788 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 17.09% from 4,569 in 2014 (1.86% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3,788 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 7,888 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 4,569 | 2014 |
| Highest | 7,888 | 2019 |
| Lowest | 15 | 2003 |
| Average since 2015 | 4,222 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 15 | 2003 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Vanuatu's fixed broadband subscriptions fell 4.1% on 2023 (from 3,952 to 3,788).
Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2023), the average change was +106.7% and a typical year strayed about 331.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 1,373.9% in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 64.7% in 2020. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 8% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Vanuatu had the 148th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vanuatu | 3,788 | 2024 |
| World | 1.65 billion | 2025 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 875 million | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 160 million | 2025 |
Closest to Vanuatu in the 2024 ranking
- Lesotho — 145th of 151: 8,869
- Guinea-Bissau — 146th of 151: 8,499
- São Tomé and Principe — 147th of 151: 7,052
- Timor-Leste — 149th of 151: 84
- Kiribati — 150th of 151: 47
- Chad — 151st of 151: 0
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 20 values
| Year | Fixed broadband subscriptions |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,788 |
| 2023 | 3,952 |
| 2022 | 3,526 |
| 2021 | 3,157 |
| 2020 | 2,785 |
| 2019 | 7,888 |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | 4,386 |
| 2015 | 4,297 |
| 2014 |
Fixed broadband subscriptions in nearby economies
- Australia — 9.74 million (2024)
- Brunei Darussalam — 97,991 (2024)
- Cambodia — 731,245 (2024)
- China — 669.83 million (2024)
- Fiji — 16,719 (2024)
- French Polynesia — 99,947 (2023)
- Guam — 3,038 (2022)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 2.99 million (2024)
- Indonesia — 13.95 million (2024)
- Japan — 48.05 million (2023)
- Kiribati — 47 (2024)
More infrastructure data for Vanuatu
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 286,107 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 89.29 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 3,036 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.93 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 8,307 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 359,290 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 30.27 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 11.87 (2023)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$6.45 million (2022)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Vanuatu's fixed broadband subscriptions?
- 3,788 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2003?
- It is up 25,153% from 15 in 2003 (30.14% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 7,888 in 2019 and the lowest 15 in 2003.
- How does Vanuatu rank?
- 148th highest of 151 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in fixed broadband subscriptions unusual for Vanuatu?
- In 2024, Vanuatu's fixed broadband subscriptions fell 4.1% on 2023 (from 3,952 to 3,788). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2023), the average change was +106.7% and a typical year strayed about 331.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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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