Table 13: Communications infrastructure

ISO3 Country (Resource-rich countries are shaded) Fixed(wired)- Percentage of the Mobile-cellular
Code broadband population using the telephone
subscriptions per 100 Internet, 2019 subscriptions per 100
inhabitants, 2020 inhabitants, 2019

AGO Angola* 0.4 14.3 46.6

BWA Botswana 1.8 47.0 162.6
SWZ Eswatini 0.7 47.0 93.5
LSO Lesotho 0.3 29.0 74.5
MWI Malawi 0.1 13.8 47.8
MOZ Mozambique 0.2 10.0 48.7
NAM Namibia 2.5 51.0 113.2
ZAF South Africa 2.4 56.2 165.6
ZMB Zambia 0.2 27.9 96.4
ZWE Zimbabwe 1.4 27.1 90.1
Southern Africa 1.1 30.8 97.3
BDI Burundi 0.0 2.7 56.6
CMR Cameroon 0.1 23.2 82.7
CAF Central African Republic 0.0 4.3 33.6
TCD Chad* 0.0 6.5 48.1
COG Congo Republic* 0.0 8.7 98.9
COD DR Congo 0.0 8.6 42.8
GNQ Equatorial Guinea* 0.1 26.2 44.9
GAB Gabon* 1.4 62.0 137.8
STP São Tomé and Príncipe 0.7 29.9 77.1
Central Africa 0.0 11.2 54.2
COM Comoros 0.2 8.5 67.6
DJI Djibouti 2.7 55.7 42.5
ERI Eritrea 0.0 1.3 20.4
ETH Ethiopia 0.1 18.6 37.2
KEN Kenya 0.7 22.6 103.8
MDG Madagascar 0.1 9.8 34.1
MUS Mauritius 21.6 64.0 147.0
RWA Rwanda 0.1 21.8 76.5
SYC Seychelles 20.3 58.8 198.2
SOM Somalia 0.7 2.0 48.8
SSD South Sudan 0.0 8.0 20.1
SDN Sudan 0.1 30.9 77.1
TZA Tanzania 1.5 25.0 82.2
UGA Uganda 0.0 23.7 57.4
East Africa 0.5 20.7 61.4
DZA Algeria* 7.3 47.7 109.4
EGY Egypt 6.7 57.3 95.0
LBY Libya* 4.8 21.8 91.5
MRT Mauritania* 0.3 20.8 104.1
MAR Morocco 4.3 74.4 128.0
TUN Tunisia 8.8 66.7 126.3
North Africa 6.3 56.9 105.8
BEN Benin 0.2 20.0 87.7
BFA Burkina Faso 0.1 16.0 100.2
CPV Cabo Verde 2.9 61.9 108.3
CIV Côte d’Ivoire 0.7 36.3 145.3
GMB Gambia 0.2 19.8 134.0
GHA Ghana 0.2 39.0 134.3
GIN Guinea 0.0 18.0 100.8
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.1 3.9 82.8
LBR Liberia 0.2 8.0 56.6
MLI Mali 0.6 13.0 116.6
NER Niger 0.0 10.2 40.6
NGA Nigeria* 0.0 42.0 91.9
SEN Senegal 0.8 46.0 109.7
SLE Sierra Leone .. 9.0 86.1
TGO Togo 0.3 12.4 77.2
West Africa 0.2 33.3 97.6
Africa 1.3 30.3 83.1
World outside Africa 16.6 55.5 111.8
Latin America and Caribbean 12.8 67.9 101.6
Asia (no high inc.) 12.0 43.0 107.0
World 13.9 51.2 106.9
COMESA 1.6 25.8 66.1
CEN-SAD 1.7 38.1 94.9
EAC 0.7 21.5 76.8
ECCAS 0.1 12.4 54.4
ECOWAS 0.2 33.3 97.6
IGAD 0.2 20.6 58.6
SADC 0.9 22.9 76.8
UMA 5.9 56.5 116.5
PALOP 0.3 12.7 49.2
ASEAN 5.9 52.1 136.7
MERCOSUR 13.8 70.5 104.2
EU27 34.5 82.0 122.0
OECD 31.3 83.8 123.6
Africa, Resource-rich countries 1.2 36.9 87.8
ROW, Resource-rich countries 15.2 69.9 128.5
Africa, Non-resource-rich countries 1.4 28.3 81.6
ROW, Non-resource-rich countries 16.7 54.3 110.5
Africa, Low income countries 0.1 14.7 54.3
ROW, Low income countries 2.2 22.3 56.3
Africa, Lower middle income countries 2.1 40.1 97.8
ROW, Lower middle income countries 3.1 36.0 98.7
Africa, Upper middle income countries 2.9 52.4 153.8
ROW, Upper middle income countries 22.9 61.6 120.7
High income countries 34.4 87.5 129.0
Africa, Least Developed Countries 0.3 16.9 59.7
ROW, Least Developed Countries 3.4 19.9 92.8
Africa, Small Island Developing States 6.3 29.0 101.7
ROW, Small Island Developing States 6.2 49.0 81.1
Africa, Landlocked Developing Countries 0.2 17.6 58.2
ROW, Landlocked Developing Countries 6.4 43.4 104.2
Africa, Fragile States 0.3 22.8 71.6
ROW, Fragile States 4.3 28.4 88.5
Extremely Fragile States 2.0 19.3 61.8