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Fixed telephone lines — Faroe Islands

Fixed telephone lines in the Faroe Islands in 2022 — 27.66 per 100. Ranked 45 in the world out of 212. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 194.5%.

2022 27.66 per 100 −3.9% vs 2021
World rank 45of 212
Period maximum 55 per 1001999
Period minimum 9.27 per 1001961

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Faroe Islands, 1960–2022020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 9.39 per 1001962: 9.27 per 1001964: 9.27 per 1001966: 12.93 per 1001968: 12.93 per 1001970: 17.99 per 1001972: 17.71 per 1001974: 17.71 per 1001976: 27.77 per 1001978: 30.28 per 1001980: 32.01 per 1001982: 35.13 per 1001984: 37.75 per 1001986: 39.8 per 1001988: 44.33 per 1001990: 48.1 per 1001992: 51.6 per 1001994: 51.2 per 1001996: 51.7 per 1001998: 53.5 per 1002000: 54.64 per 1002002: 52.12 per 1002004: 49.89 per 1002006: 47.58 per 1002008: 45 per 1002010: 41.88 per 1002012: 38.85 per 1002014: 43.31 per 1002016: 38.52 per 1002018: 33.68 per 1002020: 29.17 per 1002022: 27.66 per 100
Change over the period: +18.27 (+194.49%) Average annual rate: 1.76 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Faroe Islands 27.66 per 100
World 10.9 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 26.4 per 100
Northern Europe computed 31.92 per 100
High-income countries computed 31.41 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Faroe Islands, by year Faroe Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2022 27.66 −1.12 −3.9%
2021 28.78 −0.39 −1.34%
2020 29.17 −1.27 −4.18%
2019 30.44 −3.24 −9.61%
2018 33.68 −2.19 −6.1%
2017 35.87 −2.66 −6.89%
2016 38.52 −2.55 −6.21%
2015 41.07 −2.23 −5.15%
2014 43.31 −1.39 −3.1%
2013 44.69 +5.84 +15.03%
2012 38.85 −1.95 −4.79%
2011 40.81 −1.08 −2.57%
2010 41.88 −1.27 −2.94%
2009 43.15 −1.84 −4.1%
2008 45 −1.34 −2.88%
2007 46.33 −1.25 −2.63%
2006 47.58 −1.68 −3.41%
2005 49.26 −0.63 −1.27%
2004 49.89 −1.33 −2.59%
2003 51.22 −0.9 −1.73%
2002 52.12 +2.05 +4.09%
2001 50.08 −4.57 −8.36%
2000 54.64 −0.36 −0.65%
1999 55 +1.5 +2.8%
1998 53.5 +0.6 +1.13%
1997 52.9 +1.2 +2.32%
1996 51.7 +1 +1.97%
1995 50.7 −0.5 −0.98%
1994 51.2 −0.3 −0.58%
1993 51.5 −0.1 −0.19%
1992 51.6 +0.9 +1.78%
1991 50.7 +2.6 +5.41%
1990 48.1 +1.66 +3.58%
1989 46.44 +2.11 +4.76%
1988 44.33 +2.5 +5.97%
1987 41.83 +2.03 +5.11%
1986 39.8 +1.02 +2.63%
1985 38.78 +1.02 +2.71%
1984 37.75 +2.11 +5.92%
1983 35.64 +0.51 +1.44%
1982 35.13 +1.57 +4.68%
1981 33.57 +1.56 +4.86%
1980 32.01 +0.77 +2.46%
1979 31.24 +0.96 +3.16%
1978 30.28 +1.14 +3.9%
1977 29.15 +1.38 +4.97%
1976 27.77 +1.85 +7.14%
1975 25.92 +8.2 +46.31%
1974 17.71 +0 +0%
1973 17.71 +0 +0%
1972 17.71 +0 +0%
1971 17.71 −0.27 −1.52%
1970 17.99 +5.06 +39.09%
1969 12.93 +0 +0%
1968 12.93 +0 +0%
1967 12.93 +0 +0%
1966 12.93 −0.18 −1.36%
1965 13.11 +3.84 +41.46%
1964 9.27 +0 +0%
1963 9.27 +0 +0%
1962 9.27 +0 +0%
1961 9.27 −0.13 −1.33%
1960 9.39 — —

Northern Europe, 2022

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

GB United Kingdom 44.07 FO Faroe Islands 27.66 IS Iceland 24.46 IE Ireland 23.92 EE Estonia 19.7 DK Denmark 12.66 LV Latvia 12.27 SE Sweden 10.47 GL Greenland 8.92 LT Lithuania 8.88 FI Finland 3.25 NO Norway 2.66
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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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