What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Bahrain?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Bahrain was 15.93 per 100 people in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Bahrain?

The highest recorded value was 25.53 per 100 people in 2000.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Bahrain?

The lowest recorded value was 1.66 per 100 people in 1965.

How does Bahrain rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Bahrain ranks 78th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Bahrain?

Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Bahrain 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 Bahrain

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

Bahrain: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 15.93 per 100 people in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

15.93 per 100 people

Change on year

down 4.4%

World rank

78th

of 213 countries

All-time high

25.53 per 100 people

in 2000

All-time low

1.66 per 100 people

in 1965

Years of data

1965–2024

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Bahrain, 1965–2024

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

Analysis

Bahrain recorded 15.93 per 100 people for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2024.

The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Bahrain peaked at 25.53 per 100 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.66 per 100 people, in 1965.

That places Bahrain 78th out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 60 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	1.7 per 100 people	1.66 per 100 people	1.71 per 100 people	5
1970s	4.73 per 100 people	2.83 per 100 people	9.61 per 100 people	10
1980s	14.87 per 100 people	11.37 per 100 people	17.54 per 100 people	10
1990s	22.51 per 100 people	18.3 per 100 people	25.3 per 100 people	10
2000s	21.79 per 100 people	19.25 per 100 people	25.53 per 100 people	10
2010s	20.71 per 100 people	18.34 per 100 people	24.62 per 100 people	10
2020s	17.15 per 100 people	15.93 per 100 people	18.48 per 100 people	5

Countries ranked near Bahrain

75 Lebanon 16.09 per 100 people compare
76 Jamaica 15.99 per 100 people compare
77 Tunisia 15.97 per 100 people compare
79 Guyana 15.04 per 100 people compare
80 Mongolia 14.94 per 100 people compare
81 Algeria 14.81 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for Bahrain

Fixed telephone subscriptions 256,054 (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 159.54 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 2.56 million (2024)
Air transport, passengers carried 5.73 million (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 60,083 (2023)
Air transport, freight 895.44 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 0.004 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 2.62 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 100.0% (2024)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 63.4% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Bahrain?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Bahrain was 15.93 per 100 people in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Bahrain?: The highest recorded value was 25.53 per 100 people in 2000.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Bahrain?: The lowest recorded value was 1.66 per 100 people in 1965.
How does Bahrain rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Bahrain ranks 78th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Bahrain?: Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bahrain 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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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.