What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Israel?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Israel was 27.66 per 100 people in 2023, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Israel?

The highest recorded value was 48.66 per 100 people in 2000.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Israel?

The lowest recorded value was 3.15 per 100 people in 1961.

How does Israel rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Israel ranks 41st out of 213 countries with data for 2023.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Israel?

Over the last ten years it is down 36.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Israel 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 Israel

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

Israel: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 27.66 per 100 people in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

27.66 per 100 people

Change on year

down 29.6%

World rank

41st

of 213 countries

All-time high

48.66 per 100 people

in 2000

All-time low

3.15 per 100 people

in 1961

Years of data

1960–2023

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Israel, 1960–2023

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

Analysis

Israel recorded 27.66 per 100 people for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2023.

That represents a change of down 29.6% on the previous year and down 36.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Israel peaked at 48.66 per 100 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3.15 per 100 people, in 1961.

That places Israel 41st out of 213 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	5.09 per 100 people	3.15 per 100 people	7.28 per 100 people	10
1970s	16.23 per 100 people	12.69 per 100 people	21.4 per 100 people	10
1980s	28 per 100 people	22.95 per 100 people	32.86 per 100 people	10
1990s	42.15 per 100 people	35.6 per 100 people	48.5 per 100 people	10
2000s	45.6 per 100 people	43.64 per 100 people	48.66 per 100 people	10
2010s	42.35 per 100 people	36.27 per 100 people	47.24 per 100 people	10
2020s	36.09 per 100 people	27.66 per 100 people	39.26 per 100 people	4

Countries ranked near Israel

38 Croatia 28.46 per 100 people compare
39 Brunei 27.72 per 100 people compare
40 Faroe Islands 27.66 per 100 people compare
42 Canada 27.6 per 100 people compare
43 Hungary 26 per 100 people compare
44 Cyprus 25.4 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for Israel

Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.56 million (2023)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 177.39 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 16.65 million (2024)
Air transport, passengers carried 7.38 million (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 48,607 (2023)
Air transport, freight 609.66 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 0.75 billion cubic meters (2021)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 80.03 cubic meters (2021)
Individuals using the Internet 88.2% (2024)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 38.2% (2021)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Israel?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Israel was 27.66 per 100 people in 2023, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Israel?: The highest recorded value was 48.66 per 100 people in 2000.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Israel?: The lowest recorded value was 3.15 per 100 people in 1961.
How does Israel rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Israel ranks 41st out of 213 countries with data for 2023.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Israel?: Over the last ten years it is down 36.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Israel 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.