What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Costa Rica?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Costa Rica was 11.9 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 Costa Rica?

The highest recorded value was 33.33 per 100 people in 2009.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Costa Rica?

The lowest recorded value was 0.7428 per 100 people in 1960.

How does Costa Rica rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Costa Rica ranks 90th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Costa Rica?

Over the last ten years it is down 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica

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

Costa Rica: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 11.9 per 100 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

11.9 per 100 people

Change on year

down 3.9%

World rank

90th

of 213 countries

All-time high

33.33 per 100 people

in 2009

All-time low

0.7428 per 100 people

in 1960

Years of data

1960–2024

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Costa Rica, 1960–2024

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

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 11.9 per 100 people for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2024.

That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and down 35.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Costa Rica peaked at 33.33 per 100 people in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.7428 per 100 people, in 1960.

That places Costa Rica 90th out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	1 per 100 people	0.7428 per 100 people	1.26 per 100 people	10
1970s	3.47 per 100 people	2.16 per 100 people	5.69 per 100 people	10
1980s	7.64 per 100 people	6.52 per 100 people	8.83 per 100 people	10
1990s	13.87 per 100 people	9.02 per 100 people	20.8 per 100 people	10
2000s	29.37 per 100 people	22.82 per 100 people	33.33 per 100 people	10
2010s	18.59 per 100 people	12.81 per 100 people	23.27 per 100 people	10
2020s	11 per 100 people	9.67 per 100 people	12.38 per 100 people	5

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

87 Azerbaijan 12.82 per 100 people compare
88 Seychelles 12.4 per 100 people compare
89 Colombia 11.94 per 100 people compare
91 Kazakhstan 11.87 per 100 people compare
92 Kuwait 11.83 per 100 people compare
93 China 11.73 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for Costa Rica

Fixed telephone subscriptions 610,457 (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 136.03 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 6.98 million (2024)
Air transport, passengers carried 1.97 million (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 15,698 (2023)
Air transport, freight 7.18 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 113 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 22,236 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 87.2% (2024)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 32.2% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Costa Rica?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Costa Rica was 11.9 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 Costa Rica?: The highest recorded value was 33.33 per 100 people in 2009.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Costa Rica?: The lowest recorded value was 0.7428 per 100 people in 1960.
How does Costa Rica rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Costa Rica ranks 90th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Costa Rica?: Over the last ten years it is down 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Costa Rica 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.