Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Euro area

Fixed telephone lines in the Euro area in 2024 — 35.49 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 606.4%.

2024 35.49 per 100 −10.97% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 52.84 per 1002002
Period minimum 5.02 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Euro area, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.02 per 1001962: 5.03 per 1001964: 5.03 per 1001966: 7.15 per 1001968: 7.15 per 1001970: 10.51 per 1001972: 10.48 per 1001974: 10.48 per 1001976: 17.15 per 1001978: 20.67 per 1001980: 24.35 per 1001982: 27.51 per 1001984: 30.31 per 1001986: 32.81 per 1001988: 35.43 per 1001990: 39.2 per 1001992: 42.4 per 1001994: 45.11 per 1001996: 48.16 per 1001998: 50.42 per 1002000: 52.47 per 1002002: 52.84 per 1002004: 51.92 per 1002006: 51.98 per 1002008: 48.79 per 1002010: 50.87 per 1002012: 48.7 per 1002014: 46.64 per 1002016: 45.78 per 1002018: 44.25 per 1002020: 41.87 per 1002022: 41.34 per 1002024: 35.49 per 100
Change over the period: +30.47 (+606.41%) Average annual rate: 3.1 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Euro area 35.49 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 35.49 −4.37 −10.97%
2023 39.86 −1.48 −3.57%
2022 41.34 −0.55 −1.32%
2021 41.89 +0.03 +0.06%
2020 41.87 −0.34 −0.79%
2019 42.2 −2.04 −4.62%
2018 44.25 −1.13 −2.5%
2017 45.38 −0.4 −0.87%
2016 45.78 −0.17 −0.38%
2015 45.95 −0.69 −1.49%
2014 46.64 −0.96 −2.03%
2013 47.61 −1.09 −2.24%
2012 48.7 −1.13 −2.26%
2011 49.83 −1.05 −2.06%
2010 50.87 −0.61 −1.18%
2009 51.48 +2.69 +5.52%
2008 48.79 −1.24 −2.49%
2007 50.03 −1.95 −3.74%
2006 51.98 +0.22 +0.43%
2005 51.76 −0.17 −0.32%
2004 51.92 −0.42 −0.81%
2003 52.34 −0.49 −0.93%
2002 52.84 +0.16 +0.31%
2001 52.67 +0.2 +0.39%
2000 52.47 +1.18 +2.31%
1999 51.29 +0.86 +1.71%
1998 50.42 +1.03 +2.09%
1997 49.39 +1.23 +2.55%
1996 48.16 +1.32 +2.82%
1995 46.84 +1.74 +3.85%
1994 45.11 +1.39 +3.18%
1993 43.72 +1.31 +3.1%
1992 42.4 +1.58 +3.88%
1991 40.82 +1.62 +4.12%
1990 39.2 +2.11 +5.7%
1989 37.09 +1.66 +4.68%
1988 35.43 +1.41 +4.13%
1987 34.03 +1.22 +3.71%
1986 32.81 +1.34 +4.24%
1985 31.47 +1.16 +3.84%
1984 30.31 +1.39 +4.8%
1983 28.92 +1.41 +5.14%
1982 27.51 +1.49 +5.73%
1981 26.02 +1.67 +6.85%
1980 24.35 +1.83 +8.14%
1979 22.52 +1.85 +8.97%
1978 20.67 +1.82 +9.68%
1977 18.84 +1.69 +9.86%
1976 17.15 +1.46 +9.27%
1975 15.7 +5.22 +49.83%
1974 10.48 −0 −0.04%
1973 10.48 −0 −0.04%
1972 10.48 −0 −0.03%
1971 10.49 −0.02 −0.2%
1970 10.51 +3.36 +47.01%
1969 7.15 +0 +0.01%
1968 7.15 +0 +0.01%
1967 7.15 +0 +0.01%
1966 7.15 −0.02 −0.24%
1965 7.16 +2.13 +42.38%
1964 5.03 +0 +0.03%
1963 5.03 +0 +0.02%
1962 5.03 +0 +0.02%
1961 5.03 +0 +0.07%
1960 5.02

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.