Business & Markets · Fixed broadband subscriptions · Botswana
Botswana’s fixed broadband subscriptions rose to 7.4 per 100 people in 2024.
7.4 per 100 people
2024
Up 1.3 per 100 people from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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7.4 per 100 people
What it is. This measure counts fixed broadband connections, such as fibre, cable or DSL lines, and divides them by the population to give subscriptions per 100 people. Each subscription is one connection, and a single line at a home or office can serve several people, so the ratio understates how many people go online through fixed lines. Mobile data connections are left out of the count.
Higher is better. Higher is better because more fixed lines mean more households and businesses with a stable, high-capacity connection. Botswana's latest figure is 7.4 per 100 people in 2024, up from 6.2 per 100 people a year earlier, a rise of 20.7%. That is the highest level since 2015. The lowest in that span was 1.4 per 100 people in 2017.
Why it matters. At 7.4 per 100 people, fixed broadband still reaches a small share of the population. Households with a line can work from home, study online and stream video more reliably, and firms with one can run payments and cloud services without depending on mobile coverage. The 2024 jump suggests more of these connections are being installed, and the next annual reading will show whether the pace holds.
| Period | Fixed broadband subscriptions · Botswana |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 1.7 per 100 people |
| 2016 | 2.6 per 100 people |
| 2017 | 1.4 per 100 people |
| 2018 | 1.7 per 100 people |
| 2019 | 2.1 per 100 people |
| 2020 | 3.6 per 100 people |
| 2021 | 5.5 per 100 people |
| 2022 | 4.5 per 100 people |
| 2023 | 6.2 per 100 people |
| 2024 | 7.4 per 100 people |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Fixed broadband subscriptions, Botswana, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/business/fixed-broadband/botswana
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Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people. Unit: per 100 people.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series IT.NET.BBND.P2), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.