Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Jamaica

Fixed telephone lines in Jamaica in 2024 — 15.99 per 100. Ranked 50 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,217.2%.

2024 15.99 per 100 −1.03% vs 2023
World rank 50of 146
Period maximum 19.48 per 1002001
Period minimum 1.21 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Jamaica, 1960–20240510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1.21 per 1001962: 1.22 per 1001964: 1.22 per 1001966: 1.5 per 1001968: 1.5 per 1001970: 1.88 per 1001972: 1.87 per 1001974: 1.87 per 1001976: 2.51 per 1001978: 2.57 per 1001980: 2.46 per 1001982: 2.75 per 1001984: 2.95 per 1001986: 3.51 per 1001988: 3.62 per 1001990: 4.42 per 1001992: 6.9 per 1001994: 10.1 per 1001996: 14.2 per 1001998: 18 per 1002000: 18.92 per 1002002: 16.47 per 1002004: 15.83 per 1002006: 12.69 per 1002008: 11.62 per 1002010: 9.57 per 1002012: 9.13 per 1002014: 9.11 per 1002016: 11.04 per 1002018: 12.9 per 1002020: 15.41 per 1002022: 15.74 per 1002024: 15.99 per 100
Change over the period: +14.77 (+1,217.23%) Average annual rate: 4.11 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Jamaica 15.99 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.94 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 15.99 −0.17 −1.03%
2023 16.15 +0.42 +2.64%
2022 15.74 −0.95 −5.7%
2021 16.69 +1.28 +8.3%
2020 15.41 +1.31 +9.31%
2019 14.1 +1.2 +9.28%
2018 12.9 +2.35 +22.3%
2017 10.55 −0.49 −4.45%
2016 11.04 +2.02 +22.36%
2015 9.02 −0.09 −0.96%
2014 9.11 +0.12 +1.3%
2013 8.99 −0.14 −1.51%
2012 9.13 −0.65 −6.67%
2011 9.78 +0.21 +2.22%
2010 9.57 −1.48 −13.39%
2009 11.05 −0.56 −4.86%
2008 11.62 −2.01 −14.73%
2007 13.62 +0.93 +7.36%
2006 12.69 +0.82 +6.87%
2005 11.87 −3.96 −25%
2004 15.83 −1.44 −8.32%
2003 17.27 +0.8 +4.86%
2002 16.47 −3.02 −15.49%
2001 19.48 +0.56 +2.95%
2000 18.92 +0.12 +0.66%
1999 18.8 +0.8 +4.44%
1998 18 +1.7 +10.43%
1997 16.3 +2.1 +14.79%
1996 14.2 +2.6 +22.41%
1995 11.6 +1.5 +14.85%
1994 10.1 +1.59 +18.68%
1993 8.51 +1.61 +23.33%
1992 6.9 +1.42 +25.91%
1991 5.48 +1.06 +23.98%
1990 4.42 +0.67 +17.75%
1989 3.75 +0.14 +3.77%
1988 3.62 +0.12 +3.42%
1987 3.5 −0.01 −0.4%
1986 3.51 +0.17 +4.96%
1985 3.35 +0.39 +13.22%
1984 2.95 +0.08 +2.75%
1983 2.88 +0.13 +4.57%
1982 2.75 +0.16 +6.02%
1981 2.59 +0.13 +5.35%
1980 2.46 −0.05 −2.01%
1979 2.51 −0.06 −2.28%
1978 2.57 −0.03 −1.23%
1977 2.6 +0.1 +3.81%
1976 2.51 +0.03 +1.08%
1975 2.48 +0.62 +32.96%
1974 1.87 +0 +0%
1973 1.87 +0 +0%
1972 1.87 +0 +0%
1971 1.87 −0.02 −0.88%
1970 1.88 +0.39 +25.74%
1969 1.5 +0 +0%
1968 1.5 +0 +0%
1967 1.5 +0 +0%
1966 1.5 −0.01 −0.54%
1965 1.51 +0.28 +23%
1964 1.22 +0 +0%
1963 1.22 +0 +0%
1962 1.22 +0 +0%
1961 1.22 +0.01 +0.85%
1960 1.21

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.