Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Dominican Republic

Fixed telephone lines in the Dominican Republic in 2024 — 10.06 per 100. Ranked 77 in the world out of 146. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 433.5%.

2024 10.06 per 100 −0.4% vs 2023
World rank 77of 146
Period maximum 12.75 per 1002016
Period minimum 1.89 per 1001980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Dominican Republic, 1980–202405101519801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 1.89 per 1001981: 1.94 per 1001982: 1.97 per 1001983: 2.04 per 1001984: 2.13 per 1001985: 2.24 per 1001986: 2.26 per 1001987: 2.89 per 1001988: 3.32 per 1001989: 4.07 per 1001990: 4.77 per 1001991: 5.62 per 1001992: 6.44 per 1001993: 6.98 per 1001994: 7.17 per 1001995: 7.39 per 1001996: 7.7 per 1001997: 8.62 per 1001998: 9.29 per 1001999: 9.79 per 1002000: 10.42 per 1002001: 10.95 per 1002002: 10.27 per 1002003: 10.12 per 1002004: 9.91 per 1002005: 9.72 per 1002006: 9.6 per 1002007: 9.59 per 1002008: 10.3 per 1002009: 9.96 per 1002010: 10.31 per 1002011: 11.06 per 1002012: 11.21 per 1002013: 11.49 per 1002014: 11.89 per 1002015: 12.51 per 1002016: 12.75 per 1002017: 12.47 per 1002018: 11.85 per 1002019: 11.12 per 1002020: 10.5 per 1002021: 10.38 per 1002022: 10.19 per 1002023: 10.1 per 1002024: 10.06 per 100
Change over the period: +8.17 (+433.55%) Average annual rate: 3.88 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Dominican Republic 10.06 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.94 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 10.06 −0.04 −0.4%
2023 10.1 −0.09 −0.86%
2022 10.19 −0.2 −1.88%
2021 10.38 −0.12 −1.11%
2020 10.5 −0.62 −5.58%
2019 11.12 −0.74 −6.22%
2018 11.85 −0.61 −4.91%
2017 12.47 −0.28 −2.2%
2016 12.75 +0.24 +1.94%
2015 12.51 +0.62 +5.21%
2014 11.89 +0.4 +3.47%
2013 11.49 +0.28 +2.47%
2012 11.21 +0.15 +1.38%
2011 11.06 +0.74 +7.21%
2010 10.31 +0.36 +3.58%
2009 9.96 −0.34 −3.29%
2008 10.3 +0.71 +7.41%
2007 9.59 −0.02 −0.17%
2006 9.6 −0.11 −1.16%
2005 9.72 −0.19 −1.96%
2004 9.91 −0.21 −2.08%
2003 10.12 −0.15 −1.45%
2002 10.27 −0.69 −6.25%
2001 10.95 +0.54 +5.15%
2000 10.42 +0.63 +6.4%
1999 9.79 +0.5 +5.38%
1998 9.29 +0.67 +7.77%
1997 8.62 +0.92 +11.95%
1996 7.7 +0.31 +4.19%
1995 7.39 +0.22 +3.07%
1994 7.17 +0.19 +2.72%
1993 6.98 +0.54 +8.39%
1992 6.44 +0.82 +14.59%
1991 5.62 +0.85 +17.82%
1990 4.77 +0.7 +17.24%
1989 4.07 +0.75 +22.5%
1988 3.32 +0.43 +14.94%
1987 2.89 +0.63 +27.8%
1986 2.26 +0.02 +0.98%
1985 2.24 +0.1 +4.89%
1984 2.13 +0.1 +4.73%
1983 2.04 +0.07 +3.55%
1982 1.97 +0.03 +1.71%
1981 1.94 +0.05 +2.67%
1980 1.89

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.