What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between East Asia & Pacific and Malta?

35.35 per 100 people, with Malta ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Malta?

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

East Asia & Pacific vs Malta: Fixed telephone subscriptions

East Asia & Pacific

12 per 100 people

in 2025

Malta

47.35 per 100 people

in 2024

East Asia & Pacific rank

11th

Malta rank

9th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

East Asia & Pacific
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 47.35 per 100 people against 12 per 100 people in East Asia & Pacific, a difference of 35.35 per 100 people.

That makes Malta's figure about 3.9 times East Asia & Pacific's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific ranks 11th and Malta ranks 9th of 45 groups.

Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1970s	3.39 per 100 people	11.69 per 100 people	8.29 per 100 people	Malta
1980s	4.35 per 100 people	24.66 per 100 people	20.31 per 100 people	Malta
1990s	8.14 per 100 people	43.4 per 100 people	35.26 per 100 people	Malta
2000s	20.73 per 100 people	52.55 per 100 people	31.82 per 100 people	Malta
2010s	17.96 per 100 people	53.21 per 100 people	35.25 per 100 people	Malta
2020s	13.32 per 100 people	48.84 per 100 people	35.52 per 100 people	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, East Asia & Pacific or Malta?: Malta, at 47.35 per 100 people against 12 per 100 people in East Asia & Pacific as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between East Asia & Pacific and Malta?: 35.35 per 100 people, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Malta?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do East Asia & Pacific and Malta rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?: East Asia & Pacific ranks 11th and Malta ranks 9th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit: per 100 people
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 260 places, 14,528 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.