Fixed broadband subscriptions in Afghanistan

Afghanistan had 0.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004.

Measure: Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 2004 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Afghanistan, 2023 0.1 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2022 0per 100 people 2022: 0.1 per 100 people
World, 2023 18.6 per 100 people Official aggregate
Position in 2023 161st of 169 See the full ranking

Fixed broadband subscriptions in Afghanistan over time

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Subscriptions per 100 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people (subscriptions per 100 people), 2004 to 2025
Period AfghanistanWorld
2025 – 20.1 per 100 people
2024 – 19.3 per 100 people
2023 0.1 per 100 people 18.6 per 100 people
2022 0.1 per 100 people 17.7 per 100 people
2021 0.1 per 100 people 16.7 per 100 people
2020 0.1 per 100 people 15.6 per 100 people
2019 0.1 per 100 people 14.7 per 100 people
2018 0.0 per 100 people 14.0 per 100 people
2017 0.0 per 100 people 13.5 per 100 people
2016 0.0 per 100 people 12.2 per 100 people
2015 0.0 per 100 people 11.3 per 100 people
2014 0.0 per 100 people 10.1 per 100 people
2013 0.0 per 100 people 9.7 per 100 people
2012 0.0 per 100 people 9.2 per 100 people
2011 – 8.6 per 100 people
2010 0.0 per 100 people 7.6 per 100 people
2009 0.0 per 100 people 6.9 per 100 people
2008 0.0 per 100 people 6.1 per 100 people
2007 0.0 per 100 people 5.2 per 100 people
2006 0.0 per 100 people 4.3 per 100 people
2005 0.0 per 100 people 3.4 per 100 people
2004 0.0 per 100 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 from 0.1 per 100 people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 0.0 per 100 people, the figure has changed by +0.1.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2023, Afghanistan has the 161st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 18.6 per 100 people.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IT.NET.BBND.P2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2004 to 2023 for Afghanistan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database