Area Database (v4.2.1)
% households with a phone
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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| South Africa (Africa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 14.1 | 18.8 | 23.6 | 28.3 | 33.0 | 37.8 | 42.5 | 47.2 | 52.0 | 56.7 | 61.4 | 66.2 | 70.9 | 75.6 | 80.3 | 85.1 | 89.8 | 91.0 | 92.2 | 93.5 | 94.7 | 95.9 | 97.1 | 98.3 | 99.5 | |||||
| Eastern Cape | 2.74 | 7.73 | 12.7 | 17.7 | 22.7 | 27.7 | 32.7 | 37.7 | 42.7 | 47.7 | 52.7 | 57.7 | 62.7 | 67.7 | 72.7 | 77.6 | 82.6 | 84.9 | 87.2 | 89.5 | 91.8 | 94.0 | 96.0 | 97.9 | 99.9 | |||||
| Free State | 12.7 | 17.4 | 22.1 | 26.9 | 31.6 | 36.3 | 41.1 | 45.8 | 50.5 | 55.3 | 60.0 | 64.7 | 69.5 | 74.2 | 78.9 | 83.7 | 88.4 | 89.5 | 90.6 | 91.8 | 92.9 | 94.0 | 95.1 | 96.3 | 97.4 | |||||
| Gauteng | 36.0 | 39.7 | 43.4 | 47.0 | 50.7 | 54.4 | 58.0 | 61.7 | 65.4 | 69.1 | 72.7 | 76.4 | 80.1 | 83.7 | 87.4 | 91.1 | 94.8 | 95.1 | 95.5 | 95.9 | 96.3 | 96.7 | 97.1 | 97.5 | 97.9 | |||||
| KwaZulu Natal | 10.2 | 15.1 | 20.0 | 24.9 | 29.8 | 34.7 | 39.6 | 44.5 | 49.4 | 54.3 | 59.2 | 64.1 | 69.0 | 73.9 | 78.7 | 83.6 | 88.5 | 90.0 | 91.4 | 92.8 | 94.2 | 95.6 | 97.0 | 98.5 | 99.9 | |||||
| Mpumalanga | 0.32 | 5.99 | 11.7 | 17.4 | 23.0 | 28.7 | 34.4 | 40.1 | 45.7 | 51.4 | 57.1 | 62.8 | 68.4 | 74.1 | 79.8 | 85.5 | 91.2 | 92.4 | 93.7 | 95.0 | 96.3 | 97.6 | 98.4 | 99.1 | 99.9 | |||||
| North West | 3.90 | 9.12 | 14.3 | 19.6 | 24.8 | 30.0 | 35.2 | 40.4 | 45.7 | 50.9 | 56.1 | 61.3 | 66.6 | 71.8 | 77.0 | 82.2 | 87.4 | 89.3 | 91.1 | 92.9 | 94.7 | 96.5 | 97.6 | 98.8 | 99.9 | |||||
| Northern Cape | 23.9 | 27.6 | 31.2 | 34.8 | 38.5 | 42.1 | 45.7 | 49.3 | 53.0 | 56.6 | 60.2 | 63.9 | 67.5 | 71.1 | 74.8 | 78.4 | 82.0 | 83.9 | 85.8 | 87.7 | 89.5 | 91.4 | 93.3 | 95.2 | 97.0 | |||||
| Northern Province | 0.01 | 2.68 | 5.36 | 8.03 | 14.2 | 20.4 | 26.6 | 32.8 | 39.0 | 45.2 | 51.4 | 57.6 | 63.8 | 70.0 | 76.2 | 82.4 | 88.6 | 90.1 | 91.6 | 93.1 | 94.6 | 96.1 | 97.4 | 98.6 | 99.9 | |||||
| Western Cape | 34.9 | 38.4 | 42.0 | 45.5 | 49.0 | 52.5 | 56.0 | 59.5 | 63.1 | 66.6 | 70.1 | 73.6 | 77.1 | 80.6 | 84.2 | 87.7 | 91.2 | 92.2 | 93.2 | 94.1 | 95.1 | 96.1 | 97.1 | 98.0 | 99.0 | |||||
Lighter numbers are estimates