Business & Markets · Fixed broadband subscriptions · Kenya
Kenya’s fixed broadband subscriptions rose to 3 per 100 people in 2024.
3 per 100 people
2024
Up 0.66 per 100 people from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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3 per 100 people
What it is. This measure counts fixed broadband subscriptions, meaning paid connections delivered over fibre, cable or copper lines to a home or office, and divides them by the population. A subscription is a billing line, so one connection can serve a whole household or a small business, and the figure sits well below the share of people who go online. Mobile data plans are left out, which matters in a country where much internet use runs over phones.
Higher is better. More fixed subscriptions mean more homes and workplaces have a stable, high-capacity connection, so a higher figure is better. The latest reading for 2024 is 3 per 100 people, up from 2.4 per 100 people a year earlier. That is a rise of 0.66 per 100 people, or 27.4%. Since 2015 the low was 0.28 per 100 people in 2016, and the 2024 figure is the highest in that span.
Why it matters. At 3 per 100 people, fixed broadband reaches only a small share of Kenyan households, so most families and small firms rely on mobile connections for work, study and payments. A fixed line gives steadier speeds for home offices, online classes and video, and each new connection widens that option. Growth of 27.4% in a year suggests fibre rollout is gaining ground, and the next annual reading will show whether the pace continues.
| Period | Fixed broadband subscriptions · Kenya |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.29 per 100 people |
| 2016 | 0.28 per 100 people |
| 2017 | 0.59 per 100 people |
| 2018 | 0.74 per 100 people |
| 2019 | 0.96 per 100 people |
| 2020 | 1.3 per 100 people |
| 2021 | 1.5 per 100 people |
| 2022 | 1.5 per 100 people |
| 2023 | 2.4 per 100 people |
| 2024 | 3 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, Kenya, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/business/fixed-broadband/kenya
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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.