Number of fixed lines fell 9.77% to 0.140 mil in Namibia in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Namibia reached an all time high of 0.193 mil in 2017 and an all time low of 0.011 mil in 1960. When compared to Namibia's main peers, number of fixed lines in Angola amounted to 0.125 mil, 0.143 mil in Botswana, 2.02 mil in South Africa and 0.266 mil in Zimbabwe in 2019.
Namibia has been ranked 124th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 7 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Number of Fixed Lines | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Angola | mil | 0.285 | 0.304 | 0.161 | 0.172 | 0.125 | ||||||||||||||||
Botswana | mil | 0.160 | 0.142 | 0.141 | 0.142 | 0.143 | ||||||||||||||||
Dem. Republic of the Congo | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
Lesotho | mil | 0.041 | 0.041 | 0.011 | 0.008 | 0.013 | ||||||||||||||||
Mozambique | mil | 0.089 | 0.082 | 0.081 | 0.063 | 0.081 | ||||||||||||||||
Namibia | mil | 0.183 | 0.188 | 0.193 | 0.142 | 0.140 | ||||||||||||||||
South Africa | mil | 4.13 | 4.52 | 4.81 | 3.35 | 2.02 | ||||||||||||||||
Swaziland | mil | 0.043 | 0.042 | 0.041 | 0.041 | 0.039 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Zambia | mil | 0.116 | 0.101 | 0.101 | 0.100 | 0.097 | ||||||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | mil | 0.334 | 0.306 | 0.264 | 0.269 | 0.266 |