Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Bolivia

Fixed telephone lines in Bolivia in 2024 — 2.97 per 100. Ranked 101 in the world out of 146. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 26.2%.

2024 2.97 per 100 −13.9% vs 2023
World rank 101of 146
Period maximum 8.49 per 1002011
Period minimum 2.36 per 1001980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Bolivia, 1980–202402.557.51019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 2.36 per 1001981: 2.42 per 1001982: 2.47 per 1001983: 2.45 per 1001984: 2.52 per 1001985: 2.49 per 1001986: 2.45 per 1001987: 2.47 per 1001988: 2.43 per 1001989: 2.45 per 1001990: 2.56 per 1001991: 2.8 per 1001992: 2.8 per 1001993: 3.06 per 1001994: 3.14 per 1001995: 3.14 per 1001996: 4.35 per 1001997: 4.71 per 1001998: 5.44 per 1001999: 5.94 per 1002000: 5.93 per 1002001: 5.99 per 1002002: 6.64 per 1002003: 6.74 per 1002004: 6.79 per 1002005: 6.9 per 1002006: 7 per 1002007: 7 per 1002008: 8.01 per 1002009: 8.03 per 1002010: 8.36 per 1002011: 8.49 per 1002012: 8.37 per 1002013: 8.19 per 1002014: 8.08 per 1002015: 8 per 1002016: 7.76 per 1002017: 7.5 per 1002018: 6.19 per 1002019: 5.59 per 1002020: 5.06 per 1002021: 4.61 per 1002022: 4 per 1002023: 3.45 per 1002024: 2.97 per 100
Change over the period: +0.62 (+26.19%) Average annual rate: 0.53 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bolivia 2.97 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
South America computed 10.23 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3.47 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 2.97 −0.48 −13.9%
2023 3.45 −0.55 −13.76%
2022 4 −0.6 −13.13%
2021 4.61 −0.45 −8.97%
2020 5.06 −0.53 −9.43%
2019 5.59 −0.6 −9.66%
2018 6.19 −1.32 −17.54%
2017 7.5 −0.26 −3.3%
2016 7.76 −0.24 −3.03%
2015 8 −0.08 −0.93%
2014 8.08 −0.11 −1.34%
2013 8.19 −0.19 −2.23%
2012 8.37 −0.12 −1.38%
2011 8.49 +0.13 +1.54%
2010 8.36 +0.33 +4.12%
2009 8.03 +0.02 +0.25%
2008 8.01 +1.01 +14.39%
2007 7 +0 +0.02%
2006 7 +0.1 +1.39%
2005 6.9 +0.11 +1.61%
2004 6.79 +0.05 +0.78%
2003 6.74 +0.11 +1.61%
2002 6.64 +0.64 +10.77%
2001 5.99 +0.06 +0.95%
2000 5.93 −0.01 −0.09%
1999 5.94 +0.5 +9.19%
1998 5.44 +0.73 +15.5%
1997 4.71 +0.36 +8.28%
1996 4.35 +1.21 +38.54%
1995 3.14 +0 +0%
1994 3.14 +0.08 +2.61%
1993 3.06 +0.26 +9.29%
1992 2.8 +0 +0%
1991 2.8 +0.24 +9.37%
1990 2.56 +0.11 +4.69%
1989 2.45 +0.02 +0.66%
1988 2.43 −0.04 −1.47%
1987 2.47 +0.02 +0.65%
1986 2.45 −0.04 −1.46%
1985 2.49 −0.04 −1.46%
1984 2.52 +0.07 +2.94%
1983 2.45 −0.02 −0.86%
1982 2.47 +0.05 +2.07%
1981 2.42 +0.07 +2.83%
1980 2.36

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.