Fixed broadband subscriptions in European Union

The European Union had 38.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: World Bank
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2022 38.7 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2021 +0.8per 100 people 2021: 37.9 per 100 people
World, 2022 17.7 per 100 people Official aggregate

Fixed broadband subscriptions in European Union 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), 2001 to 2025
Period European UnionWorld
2025 – 20.1 per 100 people
2024 – 19.3 per 100 people
2023 – 18.6 per 100 people
2022 38.7 per 100 people 17.7 per 100 people
2021 37.9 per 100 people 16.7 per 100 people
2020 36.8 per 100 people 15.6 per 100 people
2019 35.6 per 100 people 14.7 per 100 people
2018 34.8 per 100 people 14.0 per 100 people
2017 33.8 per 100 people 13.5 per 100 people
2016 32.6 per 100 people 12.2 per 100 people
2015 31.5 per 100 people 11.3 per 100 people
2014 30.3 per 100 people 10.1 per 100 people
2013 29.2 per 100 people 9.7 per 100 people
2012 28.2 per 100 people 9.2 per 100 people
2011 27.3 per 100 people 8.6 per 100 people
2010 25.8 per 100 people 7.6 per 100 people
2009 24.3 per 100 people 6.9 per 100 people
2008 22.1 per 100 people 6.1 per 100 people
2007 19.7 per 100 people 5.2 per 100 people
2006 15.8 per 100 people 4.3 per 100 people
2005 11.6 per 100 people 3.4 per 100 people
2004 7.9 per 100 people –
2003 4.8 per 100 people –
2002 2.9 per 100 people –
2001 1.5 per 100 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8 from 37.9 per 100 people in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 28.2 per 100 people, the figure has changed by +10.5.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 17.7 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
2000 to 2022 for European Union
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