Spain vs World: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
Spain
38.05 per 100 people
in 2024
World
9.9 per 100 people
in 2025
Spain rank
24th
World rank
21st
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- Spain
- World
How they compare
Spain currently reports 38.05 per 100 people against 9.9 per 100 people in World, a difference of 28.15 per 100 people.
That makes Spain's figure about 3.8 times World's.
Across all 58 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Spain ranks 24th and World ranks 21st of 214 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.52 per 100 people | 5.09 per 100 people | 0.4331 per 100 people | Spain |
| 1970s | 12.36 per 100 people | 6.31 per 100 people | 6.05 per 100 people | Spain |
| 1980s | 24.07 per 100 people | 8.32 per 100 people | 15.75 per 100 people | Spain |
| 1990s | 36.94 per 100 people | 11.97 per 100 people | 24.97 per 100 people | Spain |
| 2000s | 43.07 per 100 people | 18.03 per 100 people | 25.04 per 100 people | Spain |
| 2010s | 41.79 per 100 people | 14.76 per 100 people | 27.03 per 100 people | Spain |
| 2020s | 39.25 per 100 people | 10.88 per 100 people | 28.37 per 100 people | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Spain or World?
- Spain, at 38.05 per 100 people against 9.9 per 100 people in World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Spain and World?
- 28.15 per 100 people, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and World?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Spain and World rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- Spain ranks 24th and World ranks 21st of 214 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.
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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.