Fixed telephone subscriptions in East Timor
East Timor: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 1,691 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fixed telephone subscriptions in East Timor, 2003–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
East Timor recorded 1,691 for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 52.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in East Timor peaked at 3,557 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,691, in 2024.
East Timor ranks 202nd of 213 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,413 | 1,970 | 2,907 | 7 |
| 2010s | 2,744 | 2,075 | 3,557 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,841 | 1,691 | 2,012 | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
- 199 Central African Republic 2,088 compare
- 200 Marshall Islands 1,947 compare
- 201 Sao Tome and Principe 1,781 compare
- 203 Haiti 1,357 compare
- 204 Benin 1,350 compare
- 205 Sierra Leone 269 compare
More infrastructure data for East Timor
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.1207 per 100 people (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 116.38 per 100 people (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.63 million (2024)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 8.21 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 5,999 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 35.0% (2021)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 8.4% (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry 0.2% (2022)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions 0.006 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions 84 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed telephone subscriptions in East Timor?
- Fixed telephone subscriptions in East Timor was 1,691 in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 3,557 in 2014.
- What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,691 in 2024.
- How does East Timor rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- East Timor ranks 202nd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor 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.