What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Upper middle income?

The highest recorded value was 22.52 per 100 people in 2007.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Upper middle income?

The lowest recorded value was 1.06 per 100 people in 1975.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Upper middle income?

Over the last ten years it is down 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Upper 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.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Upper middle income

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

Upper middle income: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 11 per 100 people in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

11 per 100 people

Change on year

down 5.2%

All-time high

22.52 per 100 people

in 2007

All-time low

1.06 per 100 people

in 1975

Years of data

1975–2025

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Upper middle income, 1975–2025

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 Upper middle income is 11 per 100 people, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 29.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Upper middle income peaked at 22.52 per 100 people in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1.06 per 100 people, in 1975.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	1.23 per 100 people	1.06 per 100 people	1.4 per 100 people	5
1980s	2.01 per 100 people	1.49 per 100 people	2.68 per 100 people	10
1990s	5.72 per 100 people	2.9 per 100 people	10.05 per 100 people	10
2000s	18.85 per 100 people	12.02 per 100 people	22.52 per 100 people	10
2010s	16.62 per 100 people	13.2 per 100 people	20.21 per 100 people	10
2020s	12.1 per 100 people	11 per 100 people	12.8 per 100 people	6

More infrastructure data for Upper middle income

Fixed telephone subscriptions 313.00 million (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 132.4 per 100 people (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 3.76 billion (2025)
Air transport, passengers carried 1.39 billion (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 10.76 million (2023)
Air transport, freight 48,207 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 18,560 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 6,090 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 88.8% (2025)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 14.7% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Upper middle income?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Upper middle income was 11 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 Upper middle income?: The highest recorded value was 22.52 per 100 people in 2007.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Upper middle income?: The lowest recorded value was 1.06 per 100 people in 1975.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Upper middle income?: Over the last ten years it is down 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Upper 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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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.