What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Small states?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Small states was 13.5 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 Small states?

The highest recorded value was 21.14 per 100 people in 2001.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Small states?

The lowest recorded value was 5.02 per 100 people in 1975.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Small states?

Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Small states 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 Small states

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

Small states: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 13.5 per 100 people in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

13.5 per 100 people

Change on year

down 2.9%

All-time high

21.14 per 100 people

in 2001

All-time low

5.02 per 100 people

in 1975

Years of data

1975–2025

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Small states, 1975–2025

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

Analysis

Small states recorded 13.5 per 100 people for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Small states peaked at 21.14 per 100 people in 2001 and was at its lowest, 5.02 per 100 people, in 1975.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	6.05 per 100 people	5.02 per 100 people	7.2 per 100 people	5
1980s	8.94 per 100 people	7.35 per 100 people	11.22 per 100 people	10
1990s	15.97 per 100 people	11.87 per 100 people	20.15 per 100 people	10
2000s	20.21 per 100 people	19.61 per 100 people	21.14 per 100 people	10
2010s	17.29 per 100 people	15.3 per 100 people	19.79 per 100 people	10
2020s	14.48 per 100 people	13.5 per 100 people	15.4 per 100 people	6

More infrastructure data for Small states

Fixed telephone subscriptions 3.00 million (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 161.6 per 100 people (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 32.00 million (2025)
Air transport, passengers carried 15.49 million (2022)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 316,785 (2022)
Air transport, freight 677.89 million ton-km (2019)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 731.67 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 39,669 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 0.0% (2025)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 15.6% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Small states?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Small states was 13.5 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 Small states?: The highest recorded value was 21.14 per 100 people in 2001.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Small states?: The lowest recorded value was 5.02 per 100 people in 1975.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Small states?: Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Small states 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.