What is fixed telephone subscriptions in IDA total?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in IDA total was 1.1 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 IDA total?

The highest recorded value was 2.11 per 100 people in 2009.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in IDA total?

The lowest recorded value was 0.1687 per 100 people in 1966.

How does IDA total rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

IDA total ranks 37th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in IDA total?

Over the last ten years it is down 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this IDA total 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.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in IDA total

Name: Fixed telephone subscriptions in IDA total
Creator: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

IDA total: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 1.1 per 100 people in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

1.1 per 100 people

Change on year

unchanged

Rank

37th

of 47 groups

All-time high

2.11 per 100 people

in 2009

All-time low

0.1687 per 100 people

in 1966

Years of data

1966–2025

Fixed telephone subscriptions in IDA total, 1966–2025

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.

Analysis

The most recent figure for fixed telephone subscriptions in IDA total is 1.1 per 100 people, measured in 2025.

The figure is down 31.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in IDA total peaked at 2.11 per 100 people in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.1687 per 100 people, in 1966.

That places IDA total 37th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in IDA total, year by year

Annual values for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in IDA total, 1966 to 2025.
Year	per 100 people	Change
1966	0.1687 per 100 people	—
1967	0.1691 per 100 people	+0.3%
1968	0.1695 per 100 people	+0.2%
1969	0.1699 per 100 people	+0.2%
1970	0.2054 per 100 people	+20.9%
1971	0.1819 per 100 people	-11.5%
1972	0.1825 per 100 people	+0.3%
1973	0.1831 per 100 people	+0.3%
1974	0.1836 per 100 people	+0.3%
1975	0.3437 per 100 people	+87.2%
1976	0.3561 per 100 people	+3.6%
1977	0.3789 per 100 people	+6.4%
1978	0.4064 per 100 people	+7.3%
1979	0.4286 per 100 people	+5.5%
1980	0.4704 per 100 people	+9.8%
1981	0.4575 per 100 people	-2.7%
1982	0.4562 per 100 people	-0.3%
1983	0.4836 per 100 people	+6.0%
1984	0.513 per 100 people	+6.1%
1985	0.5366 per 100 people	+4.6%
1986	0.565 per 100 people	+5.3%
1987	0.5836 per 100 people	+3.3%
1988	0.6072 per 100 people	+4.0%
1989	0.6497 per 100 people	+7.0%
1990	0.6774 per 100 people	+4.3%
1991	0.7199 per 100 people	+6.3%
1992	0.7475 per 100 people	+3.8%
1993	0.7921 per 100 people	+6.0%
1994	0.8421 per 100 people	+6.3%
1995	0.9147 per 100 people	+8.6%
1996	0.9762 per 100 people	+6.7%
1997	1.03 per 100 people	+5.2%
1998	1.1 per 100 people	+6.8%
1999	1.17 per 100 people	+6.9%
2000	1.25 per 100 people	+6.5%
2001	1.31 per 100 people	+5.0%
2002	1.42 per 100 people	+8.5%
2003	1.54 per 100 people	+8.3%
2004	1.67 per 100 people	+8.4%
2005	1.8 per 100 people	+7.5%
2006	1.94 per 100 people	+7.9%
2007	1.99 per 100 people	+2.7%
2008	2.01 per 100 people	+0.9%
2009	2.11 per 100 people	+4.8%
2010	2.07 per 100 people	-1.6%
2011	1.99 per 100 people	-4.1%
2012	1.94 per 100 people	-2.5%
2013	1.89 per 100 people	-2.6%
2014	1.75 per 100 people	-7.4%
2015	1.6 per 100 people	-8.5%
2016	1.5 per 100 people	-6.3%
2017	1.4 per 100 people	-6.7%
2018	1.4 per 100 people	+0.0%
2019	1.5 per 100 people	+7.1%
2020	1.4 per 100 people	-6.7%
2021	1.3 per 100 people	-7.1%
2022	1.3 per 100 people	+0.0%
2023	1.2 per 100 people	-7.7%
2024	1.1 per 100 people	-8.3%
2025	1.1 per 100 people	+0.0%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Fixed telephone subscriptions in IDA total 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
1975	+87.2%	0.1836 per 100 people	0.3437 per 100 people

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.1693 per 100 people	0.1687 per 100 people	0.1699 per 100 people	4
1970s	0.285 per 100 people	0.1819 per 100 people	0.4286 per 100 people	10
1980s	0.5323 per 100 people	0.4562 per 100 people	0.6497 per 100 people	10
1990s	0.8967 per 100 people	0.6774 per 100 people	1.17 per 100 people	10
2000s	1.7 per 100 people	1.25 per 100 people	2.11 per 100 people	10
2010s	1.7 per 100 people	1.4 per 100 people	2.07 per 100 people	10
2020s	1.23 per 100 people	1.1 per 100 people	1.4 per 100 people	6

Countries ranked near IDA total

34 Switzerland 30.59 per 100 people compare
35 Montenegro 30.1 per 100 people compare
36 Antigua and Barbuda 29.43 per 100 people compare
37 Slovenia 28.67 per 100 people compare
38 Croatia 28.46 per 100 people compare
39 Brunei 27.72 per 100 people compare
40 Faroe Islands 27.66 per 100 people compare

See the full ranking of 261 places →

More infrastructure data for IDA total

Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.73 billion (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 87.1 per 100 people (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions 22.00 million (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0111 units per person (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 22.00 million (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.8712 units per person (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled 1.73 billion (2025)

All data for IDA total →

Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in IDA total?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in IDA total was 1.1 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 IDA total?: The highest recorded value was 2.11 per 100 people in 2009.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in IDA total?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1687 per 100 people in 1966.
How does IDA total rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: IDA total ranks 37th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in IDA total?: Over the last ten years it is down 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this IDA total 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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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: 261 places, 14,535 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

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.