Fixed telephone subscriptions in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 20.8 per 100 people in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fixed telephone subscriptions in United Arab Emirates, 1975–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 20.8 per 100 people for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2024.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in United Arab Emirates peaked at 30.1 per 100 people in 1998 and was at its lowest, 4.75 per 100 people, in 1975.
United Arab Emirates ranks 59th of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.45 per 100 people | 4.75 per 100 people | 10.61 per 100 people | 5 |
| 1980s | 15.07 per 100 people | 11.89 per 100 people | 19.69 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.28 per 100 people | 20.9 per 100 people | 30.1 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.52 per 100 people | 23.56 per 100 people | 29.2 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.18 per 100 people | 21.32 per 100 people | 26.64 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.49 per 100 people | 20.8 per 100 people | 25.2 per 100 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 56 Netherlands 21.81 per 100 people compare
- 57 Belgium 21.18 per 100 people compare
- 58 Tuvalu 21.15 per 100 people compare
- 60 Ireland 20.51 per 100 people compare
- 61 American Samoa 20.05 per 100 people compare
- 62 Saudi Arabia 19.75 per 100 people compare
More infrastructure data for United Arab Emirates
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.29 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 203.21 per 100 people (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 22.41 million (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 91.06 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 435,257 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 13,566 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 0.15 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 14.89 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 100.0% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 47.7% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed telephone subscriptions in United Arab Emirates?
- Fixed telephone subscriptions in United Arab Emirates was 20.8 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 30.1 per 100 people in 1998.
- What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.75 per 100 people in 1975.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 59th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.