Fixed telephone subscriptions in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 3 per 100 people in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Fixed telephone subscriptions in Lower middle income, 1960–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 3 per 100 people for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2025.
The figure is up 11.1% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Lower middle income peaked at 3.91 per 100 people in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.1311 per 100 people, in 1960.
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 | 0.1528 per 100 people | 0.1311 per 100 people | 0.177 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2981 per 100 people | 0.2165 per 100 people | 0.4184 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5712 per 100 people | 0.4372 per 100 people | 0.7406 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.42 per 100 people | 0.7906 per 100 people | 2.41 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.53 per 100 people | 2.75 per 100 people | 3.91 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.63 per 100 people | 2.1 per 100 people | 3.6 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.45 per 100 people | 2.1 per 100 people | 3 per 100 people | 6 |
More infrastructure data for Lower middle income
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 94.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 89.9 per 100 people (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 2.84 billion (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 272.32 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 2.26 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 3,726 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 7,056 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 2,496 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 62.9% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 8.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Lower middle income?
- Fixed telephone subscriptions in Lower middle income was 3 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 Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 3.91 per 100 people in 2009.
- What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1311 per 100 people in 1960.
- Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lower middle 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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About this data
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.