What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Estonia?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Estonia was 16.72 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 Estonia?

The highest recorded value was 37.42 per 100 people in 2000.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Estonia?

The lowest recorded value was 8.43 per 100 people in 1975.

How does Estonia rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Estonia ranks 72nd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Estonia?

Over the last ten years it is down 46.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Estonia 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 Estonia

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

Estonia: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 16.72 per 100 people in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

16.72 per 100 people

Change on year

down 4.2%

World rank

72nd

of 213 countries

All-time high

37.42 per 100 people

in 2000

All-time low

8.43 per 100 people

in 1975

Years of data

1975–2024

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Estonia, 1975–2024

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 Estonia is 16.72 per 100 people, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and down 46.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Estonia peaked at 37.42 per 100 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 8.43 per 100 people, in 1975.

Estonia ranks 72nd of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	10.63 per 100 people	8.43 per 100 people	12.94 per 100 people	5
1980s	17.24 per 100 people	13.54 per 100 people	19.77 per 100 people	10
1990s	27.63 per 100 people	20.4 per 100 people	36.7 per 100 people	10
2000s	35.19 per 100 people	32.59 per 100 people	37.42 per 100 people	10
2010s	30.47 per 100 people	24.45 per 100 people	36.22 per 100 people	10
2020s	19.81 per 100 people	16.72 per 100 people	22.92 per 100 people	5

Countries ranked near Estonia

69 Qatar 17.21 per 100 people compare
70 Saint Lucia 17.14 per 100 people compare
71 Libya 16.86 per 100 people compare
73 New Caledonia 16.22 per 100 people compare
74 Laos 16.1 per 100 people compare
75 Lebanon 16.09 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for Estonia

Fixed telephone subscriptions 227,420 (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 151.13 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 2.06 million (2024)
Air transport, passengers carried 857 (2019)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 22 (2019)
Air transport, freight 0 million ton-km (2019)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 12.71 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 9,423 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 92.2% (2024)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 5.4% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Estonia?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Estonia was 16.72 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 Estonia?: The highest recorded value was 37.42 per 100 people in 2000.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Estonia?: The lowest recorded value was 8.43 per 100 people in 1975.
How does Estonia rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Estonia ranks 72nd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Estonia?: Over the last ten years it is down 46.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Estonia 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.