What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Italy?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Italy was 20.30 million in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Italy?

The highest recorded value was 27.35 million in 2001.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Italy?

The lowest recorded value was 3.06 million in 1960.

How does Italy rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Italy ranks 13th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Italy?

Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Italy data come from?

The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Italy

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

Italy: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 20.30 million in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

20.30 million

Change on year

up 1.0%

World rank

13th

of 212 countries

All-time high

27.35 million

in 2001

All-time low

3.06 million

in 1960

Years of data

1960–2024

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Italy, 1960–2024

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Analysis

Italy recorded 20.30 million for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2024.

The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Italy peaked at 27.35 million in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3.06 million, in 1960.

Italy ranks 13th of 212 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	3.80 million	3.06 million	4.54 million	10
1970s	8.65 million	6.46 million	12.17 million	10
1980s	16.98 million	13.02 million	21.27 million	10
1990s	24.61 million	22.35 million	26.50 million	10
2000s	25.32 million	22.04 million	27.35 million	10
2010s	20.92 million	19.52 million	22.54 million	10
2020s	19.98 million	19.61 million	20.30 million	5

Countries ranked near Italy

10 Brazil 22.55 million compare
11 South Korea 21.29 million compare
12 Russia 20.82 million compare
14 Spain 18.23 million compare
15 Egypt 13.25 million compare
16 Canada 10.97 million compare

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More infrastructure data for Italy

Fixed telephone subscriptions 34.21 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 132.57 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 78.67 million (2024)
Air transport, passengers carried 20.26 million (2023)
Air transport, freight 1,121 million ton-km (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 185,458 (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 182.5 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 3,092 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 89.2% (2024)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 27.0% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Italy?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Italy was 20.30 million in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Italy?: The highest recorded value was 27.35 million in 2001.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Italy?: The lowest recorded value was 3.06 million in 1960.
How does Italy rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Italy ranks 13th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Italy?: Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Italy data come from?: The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Fixed telephone subscriptions
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 260 places, 14,482 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.