Fixed telephone subscriptions in High income
High income: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 28 per 100 people in 2025. ▲ Rising
Fixed telephone subscriptions in High income, 1960–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
In 2025, fixed telephone subscriptions in High income stood at 28 per 100 people.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in High income peaked at 50.04 per 100 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 11.79 per 100 people, in 1961.
That places High income 5th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Fixed telephone subscriptions in High income, year by year
| Year | per 100 people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 11.92 per 100 people | — |
| 1961 | 11.79 per 100 people | -1.1% |
| 1962 | 11.81 per 100 people | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 11.82 per 100 people | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 11.83 per 100 people | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 13.63 per 100 people | +15.2% |
| 1966 | 13.43 per 100 people | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 13.42 per 100 people | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 13.42 per 100 people | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 13.41 per 100 people | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 17.26 per 100 people | +28.7% |
| 1971 | 17.08 per 100 people | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 17.07 per 100 people | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 17.05 per 100 people | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 17.04 per 100 people | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 20.16 per 100 people | +18.3% |
| 1976 | 21.16 per 100 people | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 22.3 per 100 people | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 23.44 per 100 people | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 24.34 per 100 people | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 25.45 per 100 people | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 27.22 per 100 people | +7.0% |
| 1982 | 28.07 per 100 people | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 29.05 per 100 people | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 30 per 100 people | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 30.99 per 100 people | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 31.93 per 100 people | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 33.09 per 100 people | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 34.38 per 100 people | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 35.75 per 100 people | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 37.25 per 100 people | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 38.44 per 100 people | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 39.53 per 100 people | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 40.64 per 100 people | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 41.92 per 100 people | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 43.38 per 100 people | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 44.87 per 100 people | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 46.56 per 100 people | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 47.39 per 100 people | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 49.23 per 100 people | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 50.04 per 100 people | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 49.92 per 100 people | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 49.75 per 100 people | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 48.93 per 100 people | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 48.25 per 100 people | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 47.51 per 100 people | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 46.64 per 100 people | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 44.82 per 100 people | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 44.46 per 100 people | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 45.85 per 100 people | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 45.06 per 100 people | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 44.03 per 100 people | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 42.8 per 100 people | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 41.91 per 100 people | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 41.19 per 100 people | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 39.4 per 100 people | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 38.3 per 100 people | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 37.3 per 100 people | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 35.9 per 100 people | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 34.4 per 100 people | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 33.4 per 100 people | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 32.7 per 100 people | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 31.5 per 100 people | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 30.2 per 100 people | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 29 per 100 people | -4.0% |
| 2025 | 28 per 100 people | -3.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fixed telephone subscriptions in High income changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +28.7% | 13.41 per 100 people | 17.26 per 100 people |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.65 per 100 people | 11.79 per 100 people | 13.63 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1970s | 19.69 per 100 people | 17.04 per 100 people | 24.34 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1980s | 30.59 per 100 people | 25.45 per 100 people | 35.75 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 42.92 per 100 people | 37.25 per 100 people | 49.23 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 47.62 per 100 people | 44.46 per 100 people | 50.04 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.03 per 100 people | 34.4 per 100 people | 45.06 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.8 per 100 people | 28 per 100 people | 33.4 per 100 people | 6 |
Countries ranked near High income
- 2 United States Virgin Islands 87.66 per 100 people compare
- 3 Andorra 64.95 per 100 people compare
- 4 British Virgin Islands 61.93 per 100 people compare
- 5 France 56.11 per 100 people compare
- 6 Portugal 53 per 100 people compare
- 7 Cayman Islands 49.97 per 100 people compare
- 8 Japan 47.7 per 100 people compare
More infrastructure data for High income
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 2.01 billion (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 141.6 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 398.00 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.2795 units per person (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -3.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 398.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.41 units per person (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled 2.01 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed telephone subscriptions in High income?
- Fixed telephone subscriptions in High income was 28 per 100 people in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 50.04 per 100 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.79 per 100 people in 1961.
- How does High income rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- High income ranks 5th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this High income data come from?
- The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.