Business & Markets · Fixed broadband subscriptions · DR Congo
DR Congo’s fixed broadband subscriptions rose to 0.03 per 100 people in 2024.
0.03 per 100 people
2024
Up 0.01 per 100 people from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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0.03 per 100 people
What it is. Fixed broadband subscriptions counts paid high-speed internet connections delivered over a fixed line, such as fibre, cable or DSL, and divides them by the population to give a figure per 100 people. A single subscription often serves a whole household or office, so the figure sits well below the number of people who go online through it. Mobile broadband is a separate measure and sits outside this count.
Higher is better. More fixed subscriptions mean more homes, schools and businesses with a stable, fast connection, so a higher figure is better. The latest figure, for 2024, is 0.03 per 100 people, up from 0.02 a year earlier, a rise of 45.6%. Since 2015 the series has ranged from a low of 0 per 100 people in 2017 to a high of 0.03 per 100 people in 2020. The 2024 figure therefore sits at the top of that range, level with 2020.
Why it matters. At 0.03 per 100 people, wired internet is a rarity in DR Congo. Households have almost no option of a fixed home connection, and firms that need a dependable line for payments, data or video calls have very few providers to choose from. Even a rise of 45.6% in a year starts from such a small base that fixed broadband remains a marginal service.
| Period | Fixed broadband subscriptions · DR Congo |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 0 per 100 people |
| 2016 | 0 per 100 people |
| 2017 | 0 per 100 people |
| 2018 | 0.01 per 100 people |
| 2019 | 0.01 per 100 people |
| 2020 | 0.03 per 100 people |
| 2021 | 0.03 per 100 people |
| 2022 | 0.03 per 100 people |
| 2023 | 0.02 per 100 people |
| 2024 | 0.03 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, DR Congo, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/business/fixed-broadband/dr-congo
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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.