What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Cayman Islands?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Cayman Islands was 49.97 per 100 people in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Cayman Islands?

The highest recorded value was 92.48 per 100 people in 2001.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Cayman Islands?

The lowest recorded value was 13.29 per 100 people in 1970.

How does Cayman Islands rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Cayman Islands ranks 7th out of 213 countries with data for 2022.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Cayman Islands?

Over the last ten years it is down 23.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Cayman Islands 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 Cayman Islands

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

Cayman Islands: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 49.97 per 100 people in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)

49.97 per 100 people

Change on year

down 2.7%

World rank

7th

of 213 countries

All-time high

92.48 per 100 people

in 2001

All-time low

13.29 per 100 people

in 1970

Years of data

1970–2022

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Cayman Islands, 1970–2022

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

Analysis

Cayman Islands recorded 49.97 per 100 people for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2022.

The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 23.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Cayman Islands peaked at 92.48 per 100 people in 2001 and was at its lowest, 13.29 per 100 people, in 1970.

That places Cayman Islands 7th out of 213 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	17.66 per 100 people	13.29 per 100 people	23.2 per 100 people	10
1980s	35.42 per 100 people	24.27 per 100 people	43.23 per 100 people	7
1990s	56.46 per 100 people	43.2 per 100 people	82.3 per 100 people	9
2000s	80.95 per 100 people	68.7 per 100 people	92.48 per 100 people	10
2010s	59.39 per 100 people	53.47 per 100 people	69.04 per 100 people	9
2020s	51.24 per 100 people	49.97 per 100 people	52.41 per 100 people	3

Countries ranked near Cayman Islands

4 British Virgin Islands 61.93 per 100 people compare
5 France 56.11 per 100 people compare
6 Portugal 53 per 100 people compare
8 Japan 47.7 per 100 people compare
9 Malta 47.35 per 100 people compare
10 San Marino 46.93 per 100 people compare

See the full ranking of 260 places →

More infrastructure data for Cayman Islands

Fixed telephone subscriptions 35,773 (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 139.31 per 100 people (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 99,737 (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 81.1% (2017)
Fixed broadband subscriptions 56.36 per 100 people (2022)
Fixed broadband subscriptions 40,349 (2022)
ICT goods imports 3.0% (2024)
ICT goods exports 21.3% (2024)
Secure Internet servers 26,673 per 1 million people (2024)
Secure Internet servers 1,986 (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Cayman Islands?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Cayman Islands was 49.97 per 100 people in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Cayman Islands?: The highest recorded value was 92.48 per 100 people in 2001.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Cayman Islands?: The lowest recorded value was 13.29 per 100 people in 1970.
How does Cayman Islands rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Cayman Islands ranks 7th out of 213 countries with data for 2022.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Cayman Islands?: Over the last ten years it is down 23.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cayman Islands 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.