High income vs Portugal: Fixed telephone subscriptions
High income
28 per 100 people
in 2025
Portugal
53 per 100 people
in 2024
High income rank
4th
Portugal rank
6th
Fixed telephone subscriptions over time
- High income
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 53 per 100 people against 28 per 100 people in High income, a difference of 25 per 100 people.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.9 times High income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was High income ahead.
High income ranks 4th and Portugal ranks 6th of 45 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, High income averaged higher in 5 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.65 per 100 people | 2.85 per 100 people | 9.8 per 100 people | High income |
| 1970s | 19.69 per 100 people | 7.68 per 100 people | 12.01 per 100 people | High income |
| 1980s | 30.59 per 100 people | 14.42 per 100 people | 16.17 per 100 people | High income |
| 1990s | 42.92 per 100 people | 34.43 per 100 people | 8.49 per 100 people | High income |
| 2000s | 47.62 per 100 people | 40.83 per 100 people | 6.78 per 100 people | High income |
| 2010s | 40.03 per 100 people | 45.27 per 100 people | 5.24 per 100 people | Portugal |
| 2020s | 31.36 per 100 people | 51.88 per 100 people | 20.52 per 100 people | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, High income or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 53 per 100 people against 28 per 100 people in High income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between High income and Portugal?
- 25 per 100 people, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Portugal?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do High income and Portugal rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- High income ranks 4th and Portugal ranks 6th 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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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.