What is fixed telephone subscriptions in High income?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in High income was 28 per 100 people in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in High income?

The highest recorded value was 50.04 per 100 people in 2000.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in High income?

The lowest recorded value was 11.79 per 100 people in 1961.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in High income?

Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this High income 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 High income

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

High income: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 28 per 100 people in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

28 per 100 people

Change on year

down 3.4%

All-time high

50.04 per 100 people

in 2000

All-time low

11.79 per 100 people

in 1961

Years of data

1960–2025

Fixed telephone subscriptions in High income, 1960–2025

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

Analysis

In 2025, fixed telephone subscriptions in High income stood at 28 per 100 people.

The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in High income peaked at 50.04 per 100 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 11.79 per 100 people, in 1961.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	12.65 per 100 people	11.79 per 100 people	13.63 per 100 people	10
1970s	19.69 per 100 people	17.04 per 100 people	24.34 per 100 people	10
1980s	30.59 per 100 people	25.45 per 100 people	35.75 per 100 people	10
1990s	42.92 per 100 people	37.25 per 100 people	49.23 per 100 people	10
2000s	47.62 per 100 people	44.46 per 100 people	50.04 per 100 people	10
2010s	40.03 per 100 people	34.4 per 100 people	45.06 per 100 people	10
2020s	30.8 per 100 people	28 per 100 people	33.4 per 100 people	6

More infrastructure data for High income

Fixed telephone subscriptions 398.00 million (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 141.6 per 100 people (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 2.01 billion (2025)
Air transport, passengers carried 2.59 billion (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 21.53 million (2023)
Air transport, freight 157,754 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 14,884 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 10,984 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 94.2% (2025)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 17.4% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in High income?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in High income was 28 per 100 people in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in High income?: The highest recorded value was 50.04 per 100 people in 2000.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in High income?: The lowest recorded value was 11.79 per 100 people in 1961.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in High income?: Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this High income 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.