Fixed broadband subscriptions in United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates had 40.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.

Measure: Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 1999 to 2024 Source: World Bank
United Arab Emirates, 2024 40.8 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2023 +3.7per 100 people 2023: 37.1 per 100 people
World, 2024 19.3 per 100 people Official aggregate

Fixed broadband subscriptions in United Arab Emirates 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 United Arab EmiratesWorld
2025 – 20.1 per 100 people
2024 40.8 per 100 people 19.3 per 100 people
2023 37.1 per 100 people 18.6 per 100 people
2022 36.8 per 100 people 17.7 per 100 people
2021 36.5 per 100 people 16.7 per 100 people
2020 34.3 per 100 people 15.6 per 100 people
2019 32.5 per 100 people 14.7 per 100 people
2018 32.4 per 100 people 14.0 per 100 people
2017 29.9 per 100 people 13.5 per 100 people
2016 14.4 per 100 people 12.2 per 100 people
2015 14.2 per 100 people 11.3 per 100 people
2014 13.3 per 100 people 10.1 per 100 people
2013 13.3 per 100 people 9.7 per 100 people
2012 12.7 per 100 people 9.2 per 100 people
2011 12.0 per 100 people 8.6 per 100 people
2010 11.3 per 100 people 7.6 per 100 people
2009 10.3 per 100 people 6.9 per 100 people
2008 8.8 per 100 people 6.1 per 100 people
2007 6.8 per 100 people 5.2 per 100 people
2006 4.8 per 100 people 4.3 per 100 people
2005 2.8 per 100 people 3.4 per 100 people
2004 1.3 per 100 people –
2003 0.7 per 100 people –
2002 0.4 per 100 people –
2001 0.2 per 100 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.7 from 37.1 per 100 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 13.3 per 100 people, the figure has changed by +27.6.
  • 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
1999 to 2024 for United Arab Emirates
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