What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Low income?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Low income was 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 Low income?

The highest recorded value was 1.89 per 100 people in 2008.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Low income?

The lowest recorded value was 0.1539 per 100 people in 1966.

How does Low income rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Low income ranks 39th out of 48 groups with data for 2025.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Low income?

Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Low 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.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Low income

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

Low income: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 1 per 100 people in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

1 per 100 people

Change on year

unchanged

Rank

39th

of 48 groups

All-time high

1.89 per 100 people

in 2008

All-time low

0.1539 per 100 people

in 1966

Years of data

1966–2025

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Low income, 1966–2025

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

Analysis

Low income recorded 1 per 100 people for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2025.

That represents a change of down 28.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Low income peaked at 1.89 per 100 people in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.1539 per 100 people, in 1966.

Low income ranks 39th of 48 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.1546 per 100 people	0.1539 per 100 people	0.1553 per 100 people	4
1970s	0.2168 per 100 people	0.1784 per 100 people	0.2808 per 100 people	10
1980s	0.4927 per 100 people	0.3057 per 100 people	0.5753 per 100 people	10
1990s	0.7004 per 100 people	0.5754 per 100 people	0.9263 per 100 people	10
2000s	1.58 per 100 people	1 per 100 people	1.89 per 100 people	10
2010s	1.5 per 100 people	1.2 per 100 people	1.81 per 100 people	10
2020s	1.03 per 100 people	1 per 100 people	1.2 per 100 people	6

Countries ranked near Low income

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
41 Israel 27.66 per 100 people compare
42 Canada 27.6 per 100 people compare

See the full ranking of 260 places →

More infrastructure data for Low income

Fixed telephone subscriptions 7.00 million (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 69.3 per 100 people (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 445.00 million (2025)
Air transport, passengers carried 22.26 million (2023)
Air transport, freight 4,095 million ton-km (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 220,720 (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 2,307 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 3,260 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 23.4% (2025)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 6.6% (2022)

All data for Low income →

Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Low income?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Low income was 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 Low income?: The highest recorded value was 1.89 per 100 people in 2008.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Low income?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1539 per 100 people in 1966.
How does Low income rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Low income ranks 39th out of 48 groups with data for 2025.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Low income?: Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Low 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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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: 06 August 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.