Fixed telephone subscriptions in Low income
Low income: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 7.00 million in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Fixed telephone subscriptions in Low income, 1966–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
Low income recorded 7.00 million for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2025.
The figure is up 16.7% on the previous year and down 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Low income peaked at 8.50 million in 2016 and was at its lowest, 163,776, in 1966.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163,776 | 163,776 | 163,776 | 4 |
| 1970s | 333,248 | 259,561 | 456,668 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.20 million | 544,949 | 1.56 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.30 million | 1.64 million | 3.40 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.90 million | 7.50 million | 8.50 million | 5 |
| 2020s | 6.17 million | 6.00 million | 7.00 million | 6 |
More infrastructure data for Low income
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1 per 100 people (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 69.3 per 100 people (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 445.00 million (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 22.26 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 220,720 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 4,095 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 2,307 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 3,260 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 23.4% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 6.6% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Low income?
- Fixed telephone subscriptions in Low income was 7.00 million in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 8.50 million in 2016.
- What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 163,776 in 1966.
- Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low income data come from?
- The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions. 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.