United Kingdom vs Uruguay: Fixed telephone subscriptions

United Kingdom

34.38 per 100 people

in 2024

Uruguay

35.62 per 100 people

in 2024

United Kingdom rank

29th

Uruguay rank

27th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

United Kingdom
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 35.62 per 100 people against 34.38 per 100 people in United Kingdom, a difference of 1.24 per 100 people.

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

Globally, United Kingdom ranks 29th 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.