Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Bulgaria

Fixed telephone lines in Bulgaria in 2024 — 8.17 per 100. Ranked 86 in the world out of 146. Since 1979, the indicator has fallen by 8.9%.

2024 8.17 per 100 −10.38% vs 2023
World rank 86of 146
Period maximum 36.53 per 1002002
Period minimum 8.17 per 1002024

Trend over time

1979–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Bulgaria, 1979–202401020304019791984198919941999200420092014201920241979: 8.97 per 1001980: 10.11 per 1001981: 12.75 per 1001982: 12.6 per 1001983: 15.1 per 1001984: 15.66 per 1001985: 16.82 per 1001986: 17.99 per 1001987: 19.68 per 1001988: 21.34 per 1001989: 22.65 per 1001990: 24.7 per 1001991: 25.4 per 1001992: 27.3 per 1001993: 28.5 per 1001994: 29.6 per 1001995: 30.7 per 1001996: 31.9 per 1001997: 32.6 per 1001998: 33.9 per 1001999: 35.1 per 1002000: 36.02 per 1002001: 36.41 per 1002002: 36.53 per 1002003: 36.1 per 1002004: 35.19 per 1002005: 32.36 per 1002006: 31.4 per 1002007: 30.32 per 1002008: 29.06 per 1002009: 29.45 per 1002010: 29.1 per 1002011: 30.8 per 1002012: 29.15 per 1002013: 26.74 per 1002014: 25.15 per 1002015: 23.06 per 1002016: 20.75 per 1002017: 18.23 per 1002018: 15.95 per 1002019: 13.98 per 1002020: 12.59 per 1002021: 11.45 per 1002022: 10.13 per 1002023: 9.11 per 1002024: 8.17 per 100
Change over the period: −0.8 (−8.94%) Average annual rate: -0.21 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bulgaria 8.17 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 24.3 per 100
Eastern Europe computed 15.39 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.94 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 8.17 −0.95 −10.38%
2023 9.11 −1.02 −10.03%
2022 10.13 −1.32 −11.55%
2021 11.45 −1.13 −9.01%
2020 12.59 −1.4 −9.98%
2019 13.98 −1.97 −12.33%
2018 15.95 −2.28 −12.51%
2017 18.23 −2.52 −12.15%
2016 20.75 −2.31 −10%
2015 23.06 −2.1 −8.34%
2014 25.15 −1.58 −5.93%
2013 26.74 −2.41 −8.27%
2012 29.15 −1.65 −5.35%
2011 30.8 +1.7 +5.84%
2010 29.1 −0.35 −1.2%
2009 29.45 +0.39 +1.35%
2008 29.06 −1.26 −4.16%
2007 30.32 −1.08 −3.45%
2006 31.4 −0.95 −2.95%
2005 32.36 −2.83 −8.04%
2004 35.19 −0.91 −2.53%
2003 36.1 −0.43 −1.17%
2002 36.53 +0.11 +0.32%
2001 36.41 +0.39 +1.09%
2000 36.02 +0.92 +2.62%
1999 35.1 +1.2 +3.54%
1998 33.9 +1.3 +3.99%
1997 32.6 +0.7 +2.19%
1996 31.9 +1.2 +3.91%
1995 30.7 +1.1 +3.72%
1994 29.6 +1.1 +3.86%
1993 28.5 +1.2 +4.4%
1992 27.3 +1.9 +7.48%
1991 25.4 +0.7 +2.83%
1990 24.7 +2.05 +9.06%
1989 22.65 +1.3 +6.1%
1988 21.34 +1.66 +8.45%
1987 19.68 +1.69 +9.39%
1986 17.99 +1.17 +6.97%
1985 16.82 +1.16 +7.41%
1984 15.66 +0.56 +3.69%
1983 15.1 +2.5 +19.86%
1982 12.6 −0.14 −1.14%
1981 12.75 +2.63 +26.06%
1980 10.11 +1.14 +12.72%
1979 8.97

Eastern Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.