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
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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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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

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.