What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Turkmenistan?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Turkmenistan was 10.17 per 100 people in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Turkmenistan?

The highest recorded value was 11.3 per 100 people in 2021.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Turkmenistan?

The lowest recorded value was 2.38 per 100 people in 1975.

How does Turkmenistan rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Turkmenistan ranks 108th out of 213 countries with data for 2022.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Turkmenistan?

Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Turkmenistan 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 Turkmenistan

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

Turkmenistan: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 10.17 per 100 people in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)

10.17 per 100 people

Change on year

down 10.0%

World rank

108th

of 213 countries

All-time high

11.3 per 100 people

in 2021

All-time low

2.38 per 100 people

in 1975

Years of data

1975–2022

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Turkmenistan, 1975–2022

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for fixed telephone subscriptions in Turkmenistan is 10.17 per 100 people, measured in 2022.

That represents a change of down 10.0% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Turkmenistan peaked at 11.3 per 100 people in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.38 per 100 people, in 1975.

Turkmenistan ranks 108th of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	2.99 per 100 people	2.38 per 100 people	3.58 per 100 people	5
1980s	4.81 per 100 people	3.84 per 100 people	5.8 per 100 people	10
1990s	7.2 per 100 people	5.85 per 100 people	8.16 per 100 people	10
2000s	8.25 per 100 people	7.73 per 100 people	9.07 per 100 people	10
2010s	10.31 per 100 people	9.35 per 100 people	11.24 per 100 people	10
2020s	10.91 per 100 people	10.17 per 100 people	11.3 per 100 people	3

Countries ranked near Turkmenistan

105 Guatemala 10.77 per 100 people compare
106 Brazil 10.63 per 100 people compare
107 Turkey 10.32 per 100 people compare
109 Dominican Republic 10.06 per 100 people compare
110 Armenia 10 per 100 people compare
111 Romania 9.06 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for Turkmenistan

Fixed telephone subscriptions 735,547 (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 88.19 per 100 people (2021)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 6.25 million (2021)
Air transport, passengers carried 1.08 million (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 10,676 (2023)
Air transport, freight 62.72 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 1.41 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 194.32 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 18.0% (2016)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 2.6% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Turkmenistan?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Turkmenistan was 10.17 per 100 people in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Turkmenistan?: The highest recorded value was 11.3 per 100 people in 2021.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Turkmenistan?: The lowest recorded value was 2.38 per 100 people in 1975.
How does Turkmenistan rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Turkmenistan ranks 108th out of 213 countries with data for 2022.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Turkmenistan?: Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Turkmenistan 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.