Fixed line penetration as a percentage of population fell 7.43% to 0.124% in Kenya in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Kenya reached an all time high of 1.62% in 2008 and an all time low of 0.124% in 2020. When compared to Kenya's main peers, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Ethiopia amounted to 1.09%, 0.573% in Somalia, 0.121% in Tanzania and 0.198% in Uganda in 2020.
Kenya has been ranked 164th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of fixed line penetration as a percentage of population, 9 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Fixed Line Penetration (As % of Population) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 2.28% | 2.44% | 3.52% | 3.49% | 3.46% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 1.98% | 1.96% | 1.95% | 1.94% | 1.89% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 0.869% | 1.09% | 1.09% | 1.04% | 1.10% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 0.182% | 0.152% | 0.143% | 0.131% | 0.138% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 0.333% | 0.298% | 0.282% | 0.214% | 0.267% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | % | 0.146% | 0.112% | 0.101% | 0.103% | 0.089% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 0.371% | 0.336% | < 0.001% | 0.485% | 0.569% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Sudan | % | 0.312% | 0.347% | 0.352% | 0.326% | 0.319% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 0.272% | 0.238% | 0.226% | 0.214% | 0.127% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 0.877% | 0.950% | 0.654% | 0.198% | 0.200% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 4.01% | 3.98% | 3.96% | 4.28% | 3.93% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 0.715% | 0.605% | 0.586% | 0.563% | 0.526% |
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