Business & Markets · Fixed broadband subscriptions · Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s fixed broadband subscriptions rose to 0.85 per 100 people in 2024.
0.85 per 100 people
2024
Up 0.39 per 100 people from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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0.85 per 100 people
What it is. This measure counts fixed broadband subscriptions, meaning connections delivered by cable, fibre, DSL or fixed wireless, and divides them by the population to give a rate per 100 people. It counts subscriptions rather than users, so one connection shared by a household, a shop or an office counts once. Mobile data plans, which carry most internet use in many African countries, sit outside it.
Higher is better. Higher is better here because each fixed line usually supports faster, steadier and cheaper data for many users than a mobile plan can. The latest figure, 0.85 per 100 people for 2024, is up from 0.46 a year earlier, a rise of 0.39 per 100 people or 85.3%. It is also the highest reading since 2015, when the rate stood at 0.05 per 100 people, the lowest in that span. The series has therefore ended its window at its peak.
Why it matters. At 0.85 per 100 people, fixed broadband reaches only a very small share of Burkina Faso's households and businesses, so most people who go online still rely on mobile connections. Firms that need steady uploads, video calls or cloud services have few fixed options, and these are mostly concentrated where lines already exist. The recent jump shows the network is growing, though from a very low base.
| Period | Fixed broadband subscriptions · Burkina Faso |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.05 per 100 people |
| 2016 | 0.06 per 100 people |
| 2017 | 0.06 per 100 people |
| 2018 | 0.07 per 100 people |
| 2019 | 0.06 per 100 people |
| 2020 | 0.07 per 100 people |
| 2021 | 0.07 per 100 people |
| 2022 | 0.21 per 100 people |
| 2023 | 0.46 per 100 people |
| 2024 | 0.85 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, Burkina Faso, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/business/fixed-broadband/burkina-faso
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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.