Faroe Islands vs IDA total: Fixed telephone subscriptions
Faroe Islands
27.66 per 100 people
in 2022
IDA total
1.1 per 100 people
in 2025
Faroe Islands rank
40th
IDA total rank
37th
Fixed telephone subscriptions over time
- Faroe Islands
- IDA total
How they compare
Faroe Islands currently reports 27.66 per 100 people against 1.1 per 100 people in IDA total, a difference of 26.56 per 100 people.
That makes Faroe Islands's figure about 25.1 times IDA total's.
Across all 57 years both countries report, Faroe Islands has been ahead every year.
Faroe Islands ranks 40th and IDA total ranks 37th of 213 countries.
Faroe Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Faroe Islands | IDA total | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.93 per 100 people | 0.1693 per 100 people | 12.76 per 100 people | Faroe Islands |
| 1970s | 23.32 per 100 people | 0.285 per 100 people | 23.04 per 100 people | Faroe Islands |
| 1980s | 38.53 per 100 people | 0.5323 per 100 people | 38 per 100 people | Faroe Islands |
| 1990s | 51.69 per 100 people | 0.8967 per 100 people | 50.79 per 100 people | Faroe Islands |
| 2000s | 48.93 per 100 people | 1.7 per 100 people | 47.22 per 100 people | Faroe Islands |
| 2010s | 38.91 per 100 people | 1.7 per 100 people | 37.21 per 100 people | Faroe Islands |
| 2020s | 28.54 per 100 people | 1.33 per 100 people | 27.21 per 100 people | Faroe Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Faroe Islands or IDA total?
- Faroe Islands, at 27.66 per 100 people against 1.1 per 100 people in IDA total as of 2022.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Faroe Islands and IDA total?
- 26.56 per 100 people, with Faroe Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Faroe Islands and IDA total?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2022.
- How do Faroe Islands and IDA total rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- Faroe Islands ranks 40th and IDA total ranks 37th of 213 countries.
- 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.
Individual pages
About this data
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.