What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Faroe Islands?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Faroe Islands was 27.66 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 Faroe Islands?

The highest recorded value was 55 per 100 people in 1999.

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

The lowest recorded value was 9.27 per 100 people in 1961.

How does Faroe Islands rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Faroe Islands ranks 40th out of 213 countries with data for 2022.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Faroe Islands?

Over the last ten years it is down 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Faroe 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 Faroe Islands

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

Faroe Islands: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 27.66 per 100 people in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)

27.66 per 100 people

Change on year

down 3.9%

World rank

40th

of 213 countries

All-time high

55 per 100 people

in 1999

All-time low

9.27 per 100 people

in 1961

Years of data

1960–2022

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Faroe Islands, 1960–2022

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

Analysis

Faroe Islands recorded 27.66 per 100 people for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2022.

That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and down 28.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Faroe Islands peaked at 55 per 100 people in 1999 and was at its lowest, 9.27 per 100 people, in 1961.

Faroe Islands ranks 40th of 213 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	11.13 per 100 people	9.27 per 100 people	13.11 per 100 people	10
1970s	23.32 per 100 people	17.71 per 100 people	31.24 per 100 people	10
1980s	38.53 per 100 people	32.01 per 100 people	46.44 per 100 people	10
1990s	51.69 per 100 people	48.1 per 100 people	55 per 100 people	10
2000s	48.93 per 100 people	43.15 per 100 people	54.64 per 100 people	10
2010s	38.91 per 100 people	30.44 per 100 people	44.69 per 100 people	10
2020s	28.54 per 100 people	27.66 per 100 people	29.17 per 100 people	3

Countries ranked near Faroe Islands

37 Slovenia 28.67 per 100 people compare
38 Croatia 28.46 per 100 people compare
39 Brunei 27.72 per 100 people compare
41 Israel 27.66 per 100 people compare
42 Canada 27.6 per 100 people compare
43 Hungary 26 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for Faroe Islands

Fixed telephone subscriptions 14,940 (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 105.8 per 100 people (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 57,146 (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 97.6% (2017)
Fixed broadband subscriptions 34.59 per 100 people (2022)
Fixed broadband subscriptions 18,681 (2022)
ICT goods imports 4.2% (2009)
Secure Internet servers 11,420 per 1 million people (2024)
Secure Internet servers 624 (2024)
Container port traffic 31,214 TEU: 20 foot equivalent units (2019)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Faroe Islands?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Faroe Islands was 27.66 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 Faroe Islands?: The highest recorded value was 55 per 100 people in 1999.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Faroe Islands?: The lowest recorded value was 9.27 per 100 people in 1961.
How does Faroe Islands rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Faroe Islands ranks 40th out of 213 countries with data for 2022.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Faroe Islands?: Over the last ten years it is down 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Faroe 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.