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Fixed telephone lines — Eritrea

Fixed telephone lines in Eritrea in 2022 — 2 per 100. Ranked 160 in the world out of 212. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 176.7%.

2022 2 per 100 +1.56% vs 2021
World rank 160of 212
Period maximum 2.13 per 1002015
Period minimum 0.72 per 1001993

Trend over time

1992–2022 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Eritrea, 1992–20220123199219951998200120042007201020132016201920221992: 0.72 per 1001993: 0.72 per 1001994: 0.79 per 1001995: 0.87 per 1001996: 0.89 per 1001997: 1.02 per 1001998: 1.11 per 1001999: 1.24 per 1002000: 1.36 per 1002001: 1.35 per 1002002: 1.5 per 1002003: 1.53 per 1002004: 1.51 per 1002005: 1.42 per 1002006: 1.39 per 1002007: 1.36 per 1002008: 1.44 per 1002009: 1.68 per 1002010: 1.84 per 1002011: 1.95 per 1002012: 1.98 per 1002013: 2.01 per 1002014: 2.07 per 1002015: 2.13 per 1002016: 2.11 per 1002017: 2.1 per 1002019: 2.04 per 1002020: 2.01 per 1002021: 1.97 per 1002022: 2 per 100
Change over the period: +1.28 (+176.73%) Average annual rate: 3.45 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Eritrea 2 per 100
World 10.9 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.5 per 100
Eastern Africa computed 0.48 per 100
Low-income countries computed 0.94 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2022 2 +0.03 +1.56%
2021 1.97 −0.04 −1.76%
2020 2.01 −0.03 −1.55%
2019 2.04 — —
2017 2.1 −0.01 −0.69%
2016 2.11 −0.01 −0.48%
2015 2.13 +0.06 +2.78%
2014 2.07 +0.05 +2.64%
2013 2.01 +0.04 +1.82%
2012 1.98 +0.03 +1.46%
2011 1.95 +0.11 +5.9%
2010 1.84 +0.16 +9.7%
2009 1.68 +0.24 +16.97%
2008 1.44 +0.07 +5.22%
2007 1.36 −0.02 −1.79%
2006 1.39 −0.03 −2.01%
2005 1.42 −0.09 −6.24%
2004 1.51 −0.02 −1.01%
2003 1.53 +0.03 +1.78%
2002 1.5 +0.15 +10.99%
2001 1.35 −0.01 −0.6%
2000 1.36 +0.12 +9.66%
1999 1.24 +0.13 +11.71%
1998 1.11 +0.09 +8.82%
1997 1.02 +0.13 +14.74%
1996 0.89 +0.02 +2.66%
1995 0.87 +0.07 +9.07%
1994 0.79 +0.08 +10.58%
1993 0.72 −0.01 −0.69%
1992 0.72 — —

Eastern Africa, 2022

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

MU Mauritius 36.21 SC Seychelles 15.16 DJ Djibouti 2.46 ER Eritrea 2 ZW Zimbabwe 1.81 KM Comoros 0.88 ET Ethiopia 0.69 SO Somalia 0.51 ZM Zambia 0.48 UG Uganda 0.25 TZ Tanzania 0.13 MG Madagascar 0.13 KE Kenya 0.12 BI Burundi 0.11 MZ Mozambique 0.09 RW Rwanda 0.08 MW Malawi 0.05 SS South Sudan 0
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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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