What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?

The highest recorded value was 1.1 per 100 people in 2010.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?

The lowest recorded value was 0.1309 per 100 people in 1966.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?

Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

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

Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Fixed telephone subscriptions was 0.7035 per 100 people in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)

0.7035 per 100 people

Change on year

up 11.2%

All-time high

1.1 per 100 people

in 2010

All-time low

0.1309 per 100 people

in 1966

Years of data

1965–2022

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1965–2022

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

Analysis

Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) recorded 0.7035 per 100 people for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2022.

The figure is up 11.2% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 1.1 per 100 people in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.1309 per 100 people, in 1966.

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	0.1335 per 100 people	0.1309 per 100 people	0.1432 per 100 people	5
1970s	0.1893 per 100 people	0.1636 per 100 people	0.2269 per 100 people	10
1980s	0.3126 per 100 people	0.2831 per 100 people	0.3482 per 100 people	10
1990s	0.4668 per 100 people	0.3614 per 100 people	0.6629 per 100 people	10
2000s	0.9648 per 100 people	0.7412 per 100 people	1.09 per 100 people	10
2010s	0.9412 per 100 people	0.7323 per 100 people	1.1 per 100 people	10
2020s	0.6786 per 100 people	0.6329 per 100 people	0.7035 per 100 people	3

More infrastructure data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

Fixed telephone subscriptions 4.38 million (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 76.71 per 100 people (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 550.04 million (2022)
Air transport, passengers carried 34.62 million (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 437,952 (2023)
Air transport, freight 4,252 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 4,053 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 4,539 cubic meters (2022)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 7.5% (2022)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry 1.8% (2022)

All data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) →

Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 0.7035 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?: The highest recorded value was 1.1 per 100 people in 2010.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1309 per 100 people in 1966.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?: Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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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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.