Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Albania

Fixed telephone lines in Albania in 2024 — 5.92 per 100. Ranked 93 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,380.9%.

2024 5.92 per 100 −3.8% vs 2023
World rank 93of 146
Period maximum 12.26 per 1002009
Period minimum 0.4 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Albania, 1960–202405101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0.4 per 1001962: 0.42 per 1001964: 0.42 per 1001966: 0.74 per 1001968: 0.74 per 1001970: 7.44 per 1001972: 8.04 per 1001974: 8.04 per 1001976: 0.83 per 1001978: 0.87 per 1001980: 0.93 per 1001982: 0.99 per 1001984: 1.02 per 1001986: 1.09 per 1001988: 1.13 per 1001990: 1.22 per 1001992: 1.37 per 1001994: 1.27 per 1001996: 1.97 per 1001998: 3.6 per 1002000: 4.82 per 1002002: 7.02 per 1002004: 8.86 per 1002006: 8.39 per 1002008: 11.48 per 1002010: 11.37 per 1002012: 10.72 per 1002014: 8.12 per 1002016: 8.58 per 1002018: 8.59 per 1002020: 7.78 per 1002022: 6.27 per 1002024: 5.92 per 100
Change over the period: +5.52 (+1,380.91%) Average annual rate: 4.3 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Albania

Albania 5.92 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 24.3 per 100
Southern Europe computed 36.72 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.94 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 5.92 −0.23 −3.8%
2023 6.16 −0.11 −1.77%
2022 6.27 −0.67 −9.64%
2021 6.94 −0.84 −10.84%
2020 7.78 −0.64 −7.57%
2019 8.42 −0.17 −2.01%
2018 8.59 +0.08 +0.91%
2017 8.51 −0.07 −0.79%
2016 8.58 +0.76 +9.7%
2015 7.82 −0.3 −3.65%
2014 8.12 −1.55 −16.06%
2013 9.67 −1.05 −9.8%
2012 10.72 −0.92 −7.87%
2011 11.64 +0.27 +2.34%
2010 11.37 −0.88 −7.22%
2009 12.26 +0.78 +6.77%
2008 11.48 +1.56 +15.68%
2007 9.92 +1.53 +18.27%
2006 8.39 −0.68 −7.47%
2005 9.07 +0.21 +2.35%
2004 8.86 +0.68 +8.34%
2003 8.18 +1.16 +16.5%
2002 7.02 +0.75 +11.89%
2001 6.27 +1.45 +30.09%
2000 4.82 +0.42 +9.6%
1999 4.4 +0.8 +22.22%
1998 3.6 +0.91 +33.83%
1997 2.69 +0.72 +36.55%
1996 1.97 +0.68 +52.71%
1995 1.29 +0.02 +1.57%
1994 1.27 −0.04 −3.05%
1993 1.31 −0.06 −4.38%
1992 1.37 +0.11 +8.73%
1991 1.26 +0.04 +3.28%
1990 1.22 +0.05 +3.87%
1989 1.17 +0.04 +3.58%
1988 1.13 +0.02 +1.98%
1987 1.11 +0.02 +1.89%
1986 1.09 +0.04 +4.02%
1985 1.05 +0.03 +2.67%
1984 1.02 +0.02 +1.78%
1983 1 +0.02 +1.77%
1982 0.99 +0.02 +1.79%
1981 0.97 +0.04 +4.43%
1980 0.93 +0.03 +3.11%
1979 0.9 +0.03 +3.24%
1978 0.87 +0.01 +1.64%
1977 0.86 +0.03 +3.44%
1976 0.83 +0.01 +1.45%
1975 0.82 −7.23 −89.84%
1974 8.04 +0 +0%
1973 8.04 +0 +0%
1972 8.04 +0 +0%
1971 8.04 +0.6 +8.09%
1970 7.44 +6.7 +908.56%
1969 0.74 +0 +0%
1968 0.74 +0 +0%
1967 0.74 +0 +0%
1966 0.74 +0.04 +5.99%
1965 0.7 +0.28 +66.39%
1964 0.42 +0 +0%
1963 0.42 +0 +0%
1962 0.42 +0 +0%
1961 0.42 +0.02 +4.59%
1960 0.4

About the indicator

The number of active fixed telephone lines per 100 people. One of the few telecom indicators that is steadily falling the world over: mobile service and IP telephony are pushing landlines out. The trend of the series is a plain illustration of technological substitution.

Source: ICT Indicators (ITU), license ITU terms of use.