Fixed telephone subscriptions in Sweden
Sweden: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 7.51 per 100 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fixed telephone subscriptions in Sweden, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 7.51 per 100 people for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 9.1% on the previous year and down 80.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Sweden peaked at 72.2 per 100 people in 1998 and was at its lowest, 7.51 per 100 people, in 2024.
That places Sweden 122nd out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32.85 per 100 people | 27.88 per 100 people | 37.79 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1970s | 49.41 per 100 people | 44.73 per 100 people | 56.39 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1980s | 62.23 per 100 people | 57.99 per 100 people | 67.21 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.96 per 100 people | 67.8 per 100 people | 72.2 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.53 per 100 people | 55.28 per 100 people | 68.26 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.35 per 100 people | 17.03 per 100 people | 50.48 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.53 per 100 people | 7.51 per 100 people | 14.28 per 100 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More infrastructure data for Sweden
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 796,716 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 140.69 per 100 people (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 14.92 million (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 19.55 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 180,974 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 324.82 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 171 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 16,306 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 95.8% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 33.8% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Sweden?
- Fixed telephone subscriptions in Sweden was 7.51 per 100 people in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 72.2 per 100 people in 1998.
- What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.51 per 100 people in 2024.
- How does Sweden rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- Sweden ranks 122nd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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.