What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Caribbean small states?

The highest recorded value was 24.43 per 100 people in 2008.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Caribbean small states?

The lowest recorded value was 3.45 per 100 people in 1971.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Caribbean small states?

Over the last ten years it is down 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Caribbean small states 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 Caribbean small states

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

Caribbean small states: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 18.32 per 100 people in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)

18.32 per 100 people

Change on year

up 0.3%

All-time high

24.43 per 100 people

in 2008

All-time low

3.45 per 100 people

in 1971

Years of data

1970–2021

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Caribbean small states, 1970–2021

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for fixed telephone subscriptions in Caribbean small states is 18.32 per 100 people, measured in 2021.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 24.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Caribbean small states peaked at 24.43 per 100 people in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3.45 per 100 people, in 1971.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	3.75 per 100 people	3.45 per 100 people	4.63 per 100 people	7
1980s	7.74 per 100 people	5.45 per 100 people	10.78 per 100 people	9
1990s	17 per 100 people	12.28 per 100 people	21.92 per 100 people	10
2000s	24.04 per 100 people	22.96 per 100 people	24.43 per 100 people	10
2010s	22.33 per 100 people	18.19 per 100 people	24.17 per 100 people	10
2020s	18.29 per 100 people	18.27 per 100 people	18.32 per 100 people	2

More infrastructure data for Caribbean small states

Fixed telephone subscriptions 573,277 (2021)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 109.13 per 100 people (2021)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 3.41 million (2021)
Air transport, passengers carried 2.46 million (2021)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 137,316 (2021)
Air transport, freight 79.79 million ton-km (2019)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 360.76 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 80,216 cubic meters (2022)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 15.5% (2022)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry 11.1% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Caribbean small states?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Caribbean small states was 18.32 per 100 people in 2021, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Caribbean small states?: The highest recorded value was 24.43 per 100 people in 2008.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Caribbean small states?: The lowest recorded value was 3.45 per 100 people in 1971.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Caribbean small states?: Over the last ten years it is down 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Caribbean small states 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.