Number of fixed broadband internet connections rose 2.54% to 4.38 mil in Belgium in 2017, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed broadband internet connections in Belgium reached an all time high of 4.38 mil in 2017 and an all time low of 0.144 mil in 2000. When compared to Belgium's main peers, number of fixed broadband internet connections in France amounted to 28.4 mil, 33.2 mil in Germany, 0.213 mil in Luxembourg and 7.21 mil in Netherlands in 2017.
Belgium has been ranked 30th within the group of 152 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed broadband internet connections, 10 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Fixed Broadband Internet Connections | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Austria | mil | ... | ... | ... | 2.10 | 2.13 | 2.23 | 2.36 | 2.46 | |||||||||||||
| Belgium | mil | ... | ... | ... | 3.54 | 3.69 | 3.83 | 4.01 | 4.12 | |||||||||||||
| Denmark | mil | ... | ... | ... | 2.14 | 2.18 | 2.27 | 2.34 | 2.40 | |||||||||||||
| France | mil | ... | ... | ... | 22.7 | 24.0 | 24.9 | 26.0 | 26.9 | |||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | ... | ... | ... | 27.3 | 28.0 | 28.6 | 29.6 | 30.7 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | mil | ... | ... | ... | 13.5 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 14.9 | |||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | mil | ... | ... | ... | 0.170 | 0.170 | 0.177 | 0.187 | 0.195 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | mil | ... | ... | ... | 6.50 | 6.65 | 6.79 | 6.85 | 7.03 | |||||||||||||
| Poland | mil | ... | ... | ... | 6.97 | 6.89 | 7.03 | 7.23 | 7.27 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | mil | ... | ... | ... | 11.2 | 11.5 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 13.5 | |||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | mil | ... | ... | ... | 20.6 | 21.7 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 24.7 |
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