Fixed telephone lines in Iceland in 2024 — 17.42 per 100. Ranked 46 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 7.3%.
1960–2024 · per 100 people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Iceland
| Year | per 100 | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17.42 | −3.87 | −18.17% |
| 2023 | 21.28 | −3.18 | −12.99% |
| 2022 | 24.46 | −2.5 | −9.28% |
| 2021 | 26.96 | −2.23 | −7.64% |
| 2020 | 29.19 | −2.96 | −9.21% |
| 2019 | 32.16 | −3.26 | −9.21% |
| 2018 | 35.42 | −7.14 | −16.78% |
| 2017 | 42.56 | −6.48 | −13.21% |
| 2016 | 49.04 | −1.77 | −3.48% |
| 2015 | 50.81 | −1.57 | −2.99% |
| 2014 | 52.38 | +0.5 | +0.96% |
| 2013 | 51.88 | −4.23 | −7.53% |
| 2012 | 56.1 | −3.78 | −6.32% |
| 2011 | 59.89 | −0.97 | −1.59% |
| 2010 | 60.85 | +1.17 | +1.96% |
| 2009 | 59.69 | −3.15 | −5.01% |
| 2008 | 62.83 | +2.94 | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 59.9 | −2.16 | −3.48% |
| 2006 | 62.06 | −3.25 | −4.98% |
| 2005 | 65.31 | +0.11 | +0.17% |
| 2004 | 65.19 | −1.29 | −1.94% |
| 2003 | 66.49 | +1.12 | +1.72% |
| 2002 | 65.37 | −3.58 | −5.19% |
| 2001 | 68.94 | −0.86 | −1.23% |
| 2000 | 69.8 | +3.1 | +4.65% |
| 1999 | 66.7 | +3.3 | +5.21% |
| 1998 | 63.4 | +2.4 | +3.93% |
| 1997 | 61 | +2.7 | +4.63% |
| 1996 | 58.3 | +2.7 | +4.86% |
| 1995 | 55.6 | −0.2 | −0.36% |
| 1994 | 55.8 | +1.4 | +2.57% |
| 1993 | 54.4 | +0.8 | +1.49% |
| 1992 | 53.6 | +1 | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 52.6 | +1.4 | +2.73% |
| 1990 | 51.2 | +1.75 | +3.53% |
| 1989 | 49.45 | +0.78 | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 48.68 | +0.97 | +2.03% |
| 1987 | 47.71 | +1.26 | +2.71% |
| 1986 | 46.45 | +3.95 | +9.3% |
| 1985 | 42.49 | +1.92 | +4.74% |
| 1984 | 40.57 | +0.96 | +2.42% |
| 1983 | 39.61 | +0.64 | +1.64% |
| 1982 | 38.98 | +0.92 | +2.41% |
| 1981 | 38.06 | +0.89 | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 37.17 | +1.44 | +4.02% |
| 1979 | 35.73 | +0.99 | +2.84% |
| 1978 | 34.74 | +1.03 | +3.06% |
| 1977 | 33.71 | +0.16 | +0.47% |
| 1976 | 33.55 | −1.07 | −3.09% |
| 1975 | 34.62 | +6.45 | +22.89% |
| 1974 | 28.17 | +0 | +0% |
| 1973 | 28.17 | +0 | +0% |
| 1972 | 28.17 | +0 | +0% |
| 1971 | 28.17 | +0.01 | +0.02% |
| 1970 | 28.17 | +4.58 | +19.4% |
| 1969 | 23.59 | +0 | +0% |
| 1968 | 23.59 | +0 | +0% |
| 1967 | 23.59 | +0 | +0% |
| 1966 | 23.59 | −0 | −0% |
| 1965 | 23.59 | +4.8 | +25.52% |
| 1964 | 18.79 | +0 | +0% |
| 1963 | 18.79 | +0 | +0% |
| 1962 | 18.79 | +0 | +0% |
| 1961 | 18.79 | −0 | −0.01% |
| 1960 | 18.8 | — | — |
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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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