Spain vs Uruguay: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Spain

38.05 per 100 people

in 2024

Uruguay

35.62 per 100 people

in 2024

Spain rank

24th

Uruguay rank

27th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Spain
Uruguay

How they compare

Spain currently reports 38.05 per 100 people against 35.62 per 100 people in Uruguay, a difference of 2.43 per 100 people.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uruguay ahead.

Globally, Spain ranks 24th and Uruguay ranks 27th of 213 countries.

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About this data

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.