What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Bulgaria?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Bulgaria was 8.17 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 Bulgaria?

The highest recorded value was 36.53 per 100 people in 2002.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Bulgaria?

The lowest recorded value was 8.17 per 100 people in 2024.

How does Bulgaria rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Bulgaria ranks 120th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Bulgaria?

Over the last ten years it is down 67.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria

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

Bulgaria: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 8.17 per 100 people in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)

8.17 per 100 people

Change on year

down 10.4%

World rank

120th

of 213 countries

All-time high

36.53 per 100 people

in 2002

All-time low

8.17 per 100 people

in 2024

Years of data

1979–2024

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Bulgaria, 1979–2024

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

Analysis

In 2024, fixed telephone subscriptions in Bulgaria stood at 8.17 per 100 people. That is the lowest value across all 46 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.4% on the previous year and down 67.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Bulgaria peaked at 36.53 per 100 people in 2002 and was at its lowest, 8.17 per 100 people, in 2024.

Bulgaria ranks 120th of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	8.97 per 100 people	8.97 per 100 people	8.97 per 100 people	1
1980s	16.47 per 100 people	10.11 per 100 people	22.65 per 100 people	10
1990s	29.97 per 100 people	24.7 per 100 people	35.1 per 100 people	10
2000s	33.28 per 100 people	29.06 per 100 people	36.53 per 100 people	10
2010s	23.29 per 100 people	13.98 per 100 people	30.8 per 100 people	10
2020s	10.29 per 100 people	8.17 per 100 people	12.59 per 100 people	5

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

117 Fiji 8.37 per 100 people compare
118 Oman 8.27 per 100 people compare
119 Slovakia 8.26 per 100 people compare
121 Morocco 7.98 per 100 people compare
122 Sweden 7.51 per 100 people compare
123 Palestine 7.09 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for Bulgaria

Fixed telephone subscriptions 551,943 (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 118.07 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 7.98 million (2024)
Air transport, passengers carried 723,825 (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 7,027 (2023)
Air transport, freight 0.626 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 21 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 3,248 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 82.4% (2024)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 15.4% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Bulgaria?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Bulgaria was 8.17 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 Bulgaria?: The highest recorded value was 36.53 per 100 people in 2002.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Bulgaria?: The lowest recorded value was 8.17 per 100 people in 2024.
How does Bulgaria rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Bulgaria ranks 120th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Bulgaria?: Over the last ten years it is down 67.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Bulgaria 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: 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.