Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Barbados

Fixed telephone lines in Barbados in 2022 — 42.97 per 100. Ranked 20 in the world out of 212. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,341.3%.

2022 42.97 per 100 +0.22% vs 2021
World rank 20of 212
Period maximum 53.6 per 1002015
Period minimum 2.98 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Barbados, 1960–2022020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 2.98 per 1001962: 3 per 1001964: 3 per 1001966: 4.59 per 1001968: 4.59 per 1001970: 7.74 per 1001972: 7.82 per 1001974: 7.82 per 1001976: 11.66 per 1001978: 12.96 per 1001980: 13.62 per 1001982: 14.94 per 1001984: 17.9 per 1001986: 20.01 per 1001988: 22.99 per 1001990: 27.9 per 1001992: 30.8 per 1001994: 32.6 per 1001996: 36.8 per 1001998: 43.1 per 1002000: 47.25 per 1002002: 50.35 per 1002004: 50.78 per 1002006: 49.73 per 1002008: 49.5 per 1002010: 49.95 per 1002012: 51.77 per 1002014: 48.78 per 1002016: 49.97 per 1002018: 45.61 per 1002020: 45.44 per 1002022: 42.97 per 100
Change over the period: +39.99 (+1,341.34%) Average annual rate: 4.4 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Barbados 42.97 per 100
World 10.9 per 100
Caribbean computed 11.03 per 100
High-income countries computed 31.41 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2022 42.97 +0.09 +0.22%
2021 42.88 −2.56 −5.63%
2020 45.44 −0.09 −0.21%
2019 45.53 −0.08 −0.18%
2018 45.61 +2.61 +6.08%
2017 43 −6.97 −13.95%
2016 49.97 −3.63 −6.77%
2015 53.6 +4.82 +9.88%
2014 48.78 −4.79 −8.94%
2013 53.57 +1.8 +3.48%
2012 51.77 +0.82 +1.62%
2011 50.94 +0.99 +1.98%
2010 49.95 +0.45 +0.9%
2009 49.5 +0 +0%
2008 49.5 +0.01 +0.02%
2007 49.49 −0.24 −0.47%
2006 49.73 −0.47 −0.94%
2005 50.2 −0.58 −1.15%
2004 50.78 +0.36 +0.72%
2003 50.42 +0.07 +0.13%
2002 50.35 +1.21 +2.46%
2001 49.14 +1.89 +3.99%
2000 47.25 +3.45 +7.88%
1999 43.8 +0.7 +1.62%
1998 43.1 +1.8 +4.36%
1997 41.3 +4.5 +12.23%
1996 36.8 +2.4 +6.98%
1995 34.4 +1.8 +5.52%
1994 32.6 +1 +3.16%
1993 31.6 +0.8 +2.6%
1992 30.8 +0.7 +2.33%
1991 30.1 +2.2 +7.89%
1990 27.9 +2.35 +9.2%
1989 25.55 +2.56 +11.14%
1988 22.99 +1.71 +8.03%
1987 21.28 +1.27 +6.36%
1986 20.01 +1.21 +6.42%
1985 18.8 +0.9 +5.04%
1984 17.9 +1.56 +9.53%
1983 16.34 +1.4 +9.39%
1982 14.94 +1.21 +8.82%
1981 13.73 +0.11 +0.78%
1980 13.62 +0.24 +1.79%
1979 13.38 +0.42 +3.22%
1978 12.96 +0.42 +3.36%
1977 12.54 +0.88 +7.55%
1976 11.66 +0.72 +6.54%
1975 10.95 +3.13 +39.97%
1974 7.82 +0 +0%
1973 7.82 +0 +0%
1972 7.82 +0 +0%
1971 7.82 +0.08 +1.05%
1970 7.74 +3.15 +68.68%
1969 4.59 +0 +0%
1968 4.59 +0 +0%
1967 4.59 +0 +0%
1966 4.59 +0.04 +0.97%
1965 4.54 +1.54 +51.39%
1964 3 +0 +0%
1963 3 +0 +0%
1962 3 +0 +0%
1961 3 +0.02 +0.68%
1960 2.98

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.