Fixed telephone subscriptions in OECD members
OECD members: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 429.13 million in 2022. ▲ Rising
Fixed telephone subscriptions in OECD members, 1960–2022
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
The most recent figure for fixed telephone subscriptions in OECD members is 429.13 million, measured in 2022.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in OECD members peaked at 598.74 million in 2001 and was at its lowest, 84.31 million, in 1960.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96.34 million | 84.31 million | 108.38 million | 10 |
| 1970s | 186.24 million | 146.43 million | 252.35 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 327.82 million | 265.34 million | 393.86 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 495.41 million | 414.14 million | 583.73 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 576.97 million | 544.53 million | 598.74 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 506.90 million | 455.19 million | 555.74 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 440.12 million | 429.13 million | 448.51 million | 3 |
More infrastructure data for OECD members
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 31.35 per 100 people (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 122.31 per 100 people (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.69 billion (2022)
- Air transport, passengers carried 2.43 billion (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 20.67 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 121,066 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 12,756 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 9,318 cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 16.1% (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry 34.5% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed telephone subscriptions in OECD members?
- Fixed telephone subscriptions in OECD members was 429.13 million in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 598.74 million in 2001.
- What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.31 million in 1960.
- Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD members 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.