Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Austria

Fixed telephone lines in Austria in 2024 — 38.17 per 100. Ranked 12 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 527.2%.

2024 38.17 per 100 −3.31% vs 2023
World rank 12of 146
Period maximum 50.2 per 1001998
Period minimum 6.06 per 1001961

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Austria, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.09 per 1001962: 6.06 per 1001964: 6.06 per 1001966: 8.97 per 1001968: 8.97 per 1001970: 12.98 per 1001972: 12.89 per 1001974: 12.89 per 1001976: 21.46 per 1001978: 24.93 per 1001980: 29.03 per 1001982: 32.21 per 1001984: 34.94 per 1001986: 37.25 per 1001988: 39.58 per 1001990: 42 per 1001992: 44.2 per 1001994: 46.5 per 1001996: 49 per 1001998: 50.2 per 1002000: 49.88 per 1002002: 48.05 per 1002004: 46.75 per 1002006: 43.59 per 1002008: 39.47 per 1002010: 40.62 per 1002012: 40.09 per 1002014: 41.17 per 1002016: 40.82 per 1002018: 42.25 per 1002020: 42.45 per 1002022: 40.58 per 1002024: 38.17 per 100
Change over the period: +32.08 (+527.19%) Average annual rate: 2.91 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Austria 38.17 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 24.3 per 100
Western Europe computed 38.48 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Austria, by year Austria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 38.17 −1.31 −3.31%
2023 39.47 −1.1 −2.72%
2022 40.58 −1.9 −4.47%
2021 42.47 +0.03 +0.07%
2020 42.45 +0.53 +1.27%
2019 41.91 −0.34 −0.79%
2018 42.25 +0.07 +0.16%
2017 42.18 +1.35 +3.32%
2016 40.82 −0.94 −2.24%
2015 41.76 +0.59 +1.44%
2014 41.17 +1.86 +4.73%
2013 39.31 −0.78 −1.94%
2012 40.09 −0.28 −0.69%
2011 40.37 −0.26 −0.63%
2010 40.62 +1.64 +4.21%
2009 38.98 −0.49 −1.23%
2008 39.47 −1.6 −3.89%
2007 41.06 −2.53 −5.8%
2006 43.59 −1.84 −4.06%
2005 45.44 −1.31 −2.81%
2004 46.75 −0.98 −2.06%
2003 47.73 −0.32 −0.66%
2002 48.05 −1.65 −3.33%
2001 49.7 −0.18 −0.36%
2000 49.88 +0.58 +1.18%
1999 49.3 −0.9 −1.79%
1998 50.2 +0.4 +0.8%
1997 49.8 +0.8 +1.63%
1996 49 +1.2 +2.51%
1995 47.8 +1.3 +2.8%
1994 46.5 +1.2 +2.65%
1993 45.3 +1.1 +2.49%
1992 44.2 +1.1 +2.55%
1991 43.1 +1.1 +2.62%
1990 42 +1.28 +3.14%
1989 40.72 +1.15 +2.9%
1988 39.58 +1.19 +3.1%
1987 38.39 +1.14 +3.06%
1986 37.25 +1.15 +3.19%
1985 36.09 +1.15 +3.3%
1984 34.94 +1.23 +3.66%
1983 33.71 +1.5 +4.65%
1982 32.21 +1.51 +4.91%
1981 30.7 +1.67 +5.76%
1980 29.03 +2.09 +7.77%
1979 26.94 +2 +8.03%
1978 24.93 +1.84 +7.99%
1977 23.09 +1.63 +7.6%
1976 21.46 +1.6 +8.03%
1975 19.86 +6.97 +54.07%
1974 12.89 +0 +0%
1973 12.89 +0 +0%
1972 12.89 +0 +0%
1971 12.89 −0.09 −0.68%
1970 12.98 +4.01 +44.77%
1969 8.97 +0 +0%
1968 8.97 +0 +0%
1967 8.97 +0 +0%
1966 8.97 −0.04 −0.48%
1965 9.01 +2.95 +48.57%
1964 6.06 +0 +0%
1963 6.06 +0 +0%
1962 6.06 +0 +0%
1961 6.06 −0.02 −0.34%
1960 6.09

Western Europe, 2024

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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.