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Fixed telephone lines — Cuba

Fixed telephone lines in Cuba in 2024 — 14.49 per 100. Ranked 55 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 577.5%.

2024 14.49 per 100 +0.48% vs 2023
World rank 55of 146
Period maximum 14.49 per 1002024
Period minimum 2.01 per 1001978

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Cuba, 1960–202405101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.14 per 1001962: 2.18 per 1001964: 2.18 per 1001967: 2.18 per 1001969: 2.18 per 1001972: 2.18 per 1001974: 2.18 per 1001977: 2.04 per 1001979: 2.16 per 1001982: 2.46 per 1001984: 2.55 per 1001986: 2.81 per 1001988: 3.39 per 1001990: 3.17 per 1001992: 3.12 per 1001994: 3.21 per 1001996: 3.25 per 1001998: 3.51 per 1002000: 4.4 per 1002002: 5.96 per 1002004: 6.84 per 1002006: 8.53 per 1002008: 9.64 per 1002010: 10.3 per 1002012: 10.76 per 1002014: 11.21 per 1002016: 11.73 per 1002018: 12.33 per 1002020: 13.44 per 1002022: 14.23 per 1002024: 14.49 per 100
Change over the period: +12.35 (+577.53%) Average annual rate: 3.03 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cuba 14.49 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Latin America & Caribbean 12.6 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.94 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Cuba, by year Cuba All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 14.49 +0.07 +0.48%
2023 14.42 +0.19 +1.34%
2022 14.23 +0.39 +2.8%
2021 13.84 +0.4 +2.96%
2020 13.44 +0.52 +4.05%
2019 12.92 +0.59 +4.78%
2018 12.33 +0.33 +2.78%
2017 12 +0.26 +2.22%
2016 11.73 +0.24 +2.1%
2015 11.49 +0.29 +2.55%
2014 11.21 +0.26 +2.34%
2013 10.95 +0.19 +1.75%
2012 10.76 +0.2 +1.92%
2011 10.56 +0.26 +2.52%
2010 10.3 +0.39 +3.89%
2009 9.91 +0.28 +2.89%
2008 9.64 +0.29 +3.08%
2007 9.35 +0.82 +9.64%
2006 8.53 +0.93 +12.18%
2005 7.6 +0.76 +11.19%
2004 6.84 +0.37 +5.79%
2003 6.46 +0.51 +8.5%
2002 5.96 +0.8 +15.54%
2001 5.15 +0.76 +17.19%
2000 4.4 +0.48 +12.2%
1999 3.92 +0.41 +11.68%
1998 3.51 +0.14 +4.15%
1997 3.37 +0.12 +3.69%
1996 3.25 +0.02 +0.62%
1995 3.23 +0.02 +0.62%
1994 3.21 −0.01 −0.31%
1993 3.22 +0.1 +3.21%
1992 3.12 −0.04 −1.27%
1991 3.16 −0.01 −0.32%
1990 3.17 +0.28 +9.74%
1989 2.89 −0.5 −14.76%
1988 3.39 −0.2 −5.52%
1987 3.59 +0.77 +27.56%
1986 2.81 +0.17 +6.24%
1985 2.65 +0.1 +3.86%
1984 2.55 −0.01 −0.22%
1983 2.55 +0.09 +3.72%
1982 2.46 +0.11 +4.49%
1981 2.36 — —
1979 2.16 +0.14 +7.16%
1978 2.01 −0.02 −1.09%
1977 2.04 −0.02 −0.74%
1976 2.05 — —
1974 2.18 +0 +0%
1973 2.18 +0 +0%
1972 2.18 +0 +0%
1971 2.18 — —
1969 2.18 +0 +0%
1968 2.18 +0 +0%
1967 2.18 +0 +0%
1966 2.18 — —
1964 2.18 +0 +0%
1963 2.18 +0 +0%
1962 2.18 +0 +0%
1961 2.18 +0.04 +1.77%
1960 2.14 — —

Caribbean, 2024

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

VG British Virgin Islands 61.93 PR Puerto Rico 23.84 BS Bahamas 23.2 TT Trinidad and Tobago 19.75 JM Jamaica 15.99 CU Cuba 14.49 DO Dominican Republic 10.06 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.02
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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.

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