Business & Markets · Fixed broadband subscriptions · Namibia
Namibia’s fixed broadband subscriptions fell to 2.8 per 100 people in 2024.
2.8 per 100 people
2024
Down 0.69 per 100 people from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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2.8 per 100 people
What it is. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people counts paid connections to the internet delivered over fixed lines such as fibre, cable or DSL, divided by the population. A subscription is counted per account, so one household or office line counts once however many people share it. Mobile data plans and public Wi-Fi are left out, as is anyone who uses a connection without holding the subscription.
Higher is better. A higher figure is better because it means more homes and workplaces have a stable, fast connection for work, study and public services. The latest figure is 2.8 per 100 people for 2024, down from 3.5 a year earlier, a fall of 19.5%. The 2023 level of 3.5 was the highest since 2015, so the latest reading has dropped from the top of the range. It is now closer to the low of 2.4 recorded in 2018.
Why it matters. At 2.8 subscriptions per 100 people, fixed lines reach only a small share of Namibian households, so most people depend on mobile networks for getting online. Firms and schools without a fixed connection face higher data costs and less reliable speeds for video calls, cloud tools and large downloads. The fall from 3.5 means the number of fixed connections has shrunk relative to the population, which slows the spread of home-based work and online services.
| Period | Fixed broadband subscriptions · Namibia |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 per 100 people |
| 2016 | 2.6 per 100 people |
| 2017 | 2.6 per 100 people |
| 2018 | 2.4 per 100 people |
| 2019 | 2.6 per 100 people |
| 2020 | 2.9 per 100 people |
| 2021 | 3.2 per 100 people |
| 2022 | 3.3 per 100 people |
| 2023 | 3.5 per 100 people |
| 2024 | 2.8 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, Namibia, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/business/fixed-broadband/namibia
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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.