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 38th out of 47 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

38th

of 47 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 38th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Low income, year by year

Annual values for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Low income, 1966 to 2025.
Year	per 100 people	Change
1966	0.1539 per 100 people	—
1967	0.1543 per 100 people	+0.3%
1968	0.1548 per 100 people	+0.3%
1969	0.1553 per 100 people	+0.3%
1970	0.1872 per 100 people	+20.6%
1971	0.1784 per 100 people	-4.7%
1972	0.179 per 100 people	+0.3%
1973	0.1795 per 100 people	+0.3%
1974	0.1801 per 100 people	+0.3%
1975	0.2338 per 100 people	+29.9%
1976	0.236 per 100 people	+0.9%
1977	0.2479 per 100 people	+5.0%
1978	0.2658 per 100 people	+7.2%
1979	0.2808 per 100 people	+5.7%
1980	0.3057 per 100 people	+8.9%
1981	0.3186 per 100 people	+4.2%
1982	0.34 per 100 people	+6.7%
1983	0.5446 per 100 people	+60.1%
1984	0.563 per 100 people	+3.4%
1985	0.57 per 100 people	+1.2%
1986	0.5753 per 100 people	+0.9%
1987	0.5722 per 100 people	-0.5%
1988	0.5684 per 100 people	-0.7%
1989	0.5689 per 100 people	+0.1%
1990	0.5805 per 100 people	+2.0%
1991	0.5803 per 100 people	-0.0%
1992	0.5754 per 100 people	-0.8%
1993	0.5829 per 100 people	+1.3%
1994	0.618 per 100 people	+6.0%
1995	0.701 per 100 people	+13.4%
1996	0.7764 per 100 people	+10.8%
1997	0.8007 per 100 people	+3.1%
1998	0.8627 per 100 people	+7.7%
1999	0.9263 per 100 people	+7.4%
2000	1 per 100 people	+8.0%
2001	1.17 per 100 people	+16.6%
2002	1.33 per 100 people	+14.3%
2003	1.54 per 100 people	+15.2%
2004	1.72 per 100 people	+12.1%
2005	1.7 per 100 people	-1.6%
2006	1.8 per 100 people	+6.3%
2007	1.88 per 100 people	+4.2%
2008	1.89 per 100 people	+0.4%
2009	1.82 per 100 people	-3.7%
2010	1.81 per 100 people	-0.1%
2011	1.81 per 100 people	-0.3%
2012	1.74 per 100 people	-3.7%
2013	1.68 per 100 people	-3.7%
2014	1.52 per 100 people	-9.4%
2015	1.4 per 100 people	-7.9%
2016	1.4 per 100 people	+0.0%
2017	1.2 per 100 people	-14.3%
2018	1.2 per 100 people	+0.0%
2019	1.2 per 100 people	+0.0%
2020	1.2 per 100 people	+0.0%
2021	1 per 100 people	-16.7%
2022	1 per 100 people	+0.0%
2023	1 per 100 people	+0.0%
2024	1 per 100 people	+0.0%
2025	1 per 100 people	+0.0%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Fixed telephone subscriptions in Low 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
1983	+60.1%	0.34 per 100 people	0.5446 per 100 people
1975	+29.9%	0.1801 per 100 people	0.2338 per 100 people

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

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
41 Israel 27.66 per 100 people compare

See the full ranking of 261 places →

More infrastructure data for Low income

Mobile cellular subscriptions 445.00 million (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 69.3 per 100 people (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions 7.00 million (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0091 units per person (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 16.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 7.00 million (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.5798 units per person (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled 445.00 million (2025)

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 38th out of 47 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: 261 places, 14,535 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 01 October 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.