Fixed broadband subscriptions in South Korea

South Korea had 47.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1998.

Measure: Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 1998 to 2024 Source: World Bank
South Korea, 2024 47.8 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2023 +1.2per 100 people 2023: 46.6 per 100 people
World, 2024 19.3 per 100 people Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 37.5 per 100 people Middle value of 37 countries

Fixed broadband subscriptions in South Korea 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 South KoreaWorld
2025 – 20.1 per 100 people
2024 47.8 per 100 people 19.3 per 100 people
2023 46.6 per 100 people 18.6 per 100 people
2022 45.5 per 100 people 17.7 per 100 people
2021 44.3 per 100 people 16.7 per 100 people
2020 43.1 per 100 people 15.6 per 100 people
2019 42.0 per 100 people 14.7 per 100 people
2018 41.2 per 100 people 14.0 per 100 people
2017 41.2 per 100 people 13.5 per 100 people
2016 40.1 per 100 people 12.2 per 100 people
2015 39.3 per 100 people 11.3 per 100 people
2014 38.0 per 100 people 10.1 per 100 people
2013 37.4 per 100 people 9.7 per 100 people
2012 36.8 per 100 people 9.2 per 100 people
2011 36.4 per 100 people 8.6 per 100 people
2010 35.3 per 100 people 7.6 per 100 people
2009 33.7 per 100 people 6.9 per 100 people
2008 32.0 per 100 people 6.1 per 100 people
2007 30.5 per 100 people 5.2 per 100 people
2006 29.3 per 100 people 4.3 per 100 people
2005 25.5 per 100 people 3.4 per 100 people
2004 25.0 per 100 people –
2003 23.5 per 100 people –
2002 22.0 per 100 people –
2001 16.6 per 100 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.2 from 46.6 per 100 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 38.0 per 100 people, the figure has changed by +9.8.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 19.3 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
1998 to 2024 for South Korea
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