Low income vs Switzerland: Fixed telephone subscriptions
Low income
7.00 million
in 2025
Switzerland
2.73 million
in 2024
Low income rank
35th
Switzerland rank
38th
Fixed telephone subscriptions over time
- Low income
- Switzerland
How they compare
Low income currently reports 7.00 million against 2.73 million in Switzerland, a difference of 4.27 million.
That makes Low income's figure about 2.6 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Switzerland ahead.
Low income ranks 35th and Switzerland ranks 38th of 47 groups.
Across the 6 decades both report, Low income averaged higher in 2 and Switzerland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low income | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163,776 | 1.47 million | 1.30 million | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 333,248 | 2.27 million | 1.94 million | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 1.20 million | 3.26 million | 2.06 million | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 2.30 million | 4.44 million | 2.14 million | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 7.90 million | 3.59 million | 4.31 million | Low income |
| 2020s | 6.00 million | 2.94 million | 3.06 million | Low income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Low income or Switzerland?
- Low income, at 7.00 million against 2.73 million in Switzerland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Low income and Switzerland?
- 4.27 million, with Low income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Switzerland?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Low income and Switzerland rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- Low income ranks 35th and Switzerland ranks 38th of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions. 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.