Data: Mobile and landline phone subscriptions per 100 people, Zimbabwe, (1980-2023)

NEW data by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) shows that Zimbabwe’s telecommunications landscape has undergone a structural shift over the past two decades, with mobile technology rapidly displacing a historically limited fixed-line network. Data tracking phone subscriptions per 100 people from 1900 to 2023 shows that landline penetration remained consistently low for decades, never expanding…