Italy vs Lower middle income: Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled
Italy
20.30 million
in 2024
Lower middle income
94.00 million
in 2025
Italy rank
13th
Lower middle income rank
16th
Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled over time
- Italy
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Lower middle income currently reports 94.00 million against 20.30 million in Italy, a difference of 73.70 million.
That makes Lower middle income's figure about 4.6 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 13th and Lower middle income ranks 16th of 213 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 3 and Lower middle income in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.80 million | 1.13 million | 2.67 million | Italy |
| 1970s | 8.65 million | 3.15 million | 5.51 million | Italy |
| 1980s | 16.98 million | 8.51 million | 8.47 million | Italy |
| 1990s | 24.61 million | 27.40 million | 2.79 million | Lower middle income |
| 2010s | 20.22 million | 69.46 million | 49.24 million | Lower middle income |
| 2020s | 19.98 million | 71.60 million | 51.62 million | Lower middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled, Italy or Lower middle income?
- Lower middle income, at 94.00 million against 20.30 million in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled between Italy and Lower middle income?
- 73.70 million, with Lower middle income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Lower middle income?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Lower middle income rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled?
- Italy ranks 13th and Lower middle income ranks 16th of 213 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fixed telephone subscriptions with 153 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.