Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Kenya

Fixed telephone lines in Kenya in 2024 — 0.1 per 100. Ranked 137 in the world out of 146. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 66%.

2024 0.1 per 100 −17.58% vs 2023
World rank 137of 146
Period maximum 1.65 per 1002008
Period minimum 0.1 per 1002024

Trend over time

1965–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Kenya, 1965–202400.511.52196519711977198319891995200120072013201920241965: 0.3 per 1001966: 0.29 per 1001967: 0.29 per 1001968: 0.29 per 1001969: 0.29 per 1001970: 0.34 per 1001971: 0.35 per 1001972: 0.35 per 1001973: 0.35 per 1001974: 0.35 per 1001975: 0.39 per 1001976: 0.4 per 1001977: 0.43 per 1001978: 0.43 per 1001979: 0.45 per 1001980: 0.46 per 1001981: 0.48 per 1001982: 0.51 per 1001983: 0.53 per 1001984: 0.57 per 1001985: 0.61 per 1001986: 0.64 per 1001987: 0.66 per 1001988: 0.7 per 1001989: 0.73 per 1001990: 0.77 per 1001991: 0.85 per 1001992: 0.85 per 1001993: 0.86 per 1001994: 0.88 per 1001995: 0.96 per 1001996: 0.98 per 1001997: 0.97 per 1001998: 1 per 1001999: 0.98 per 1002000: 0.95 per 1002001: 0.98 per 1002002: 0.99 per 1002003: 0.98 per 1002004: 0.86 per 1002005: 0.8 per 1002006: 0.79 per 1002007: 1.22 per 1002008: 1.65 per 1002009: 1.64 per 1002010: 0.92 per 1002011: 0.66 per 1002012: 0.57 per 1002013: 0.45 per 1002014: 0.39 per 1002015: 0.18 per 1002016: 0.15 per 1002017: 0.14 per 1002018: 0.13 per 1002019: 0.14 per 1002020: 0.13 per 1002021: 0.11 per 1002022: 0.12 per 1002023: 0.12 per 1002024: 0.1 per 100
Change over the period: −0.2 (−66.02%) Average annual rate: -1.81 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kenya 0.1 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.4 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3.47 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 0.1 −0.02 −17.58%
2023 0.12 +0.01 +5.39%
2022 0.12 +0 +1.32%
2021 0.11 −0.01 −10.05%
2020 0.13 −0.01 −7.16%
2019 0.14 +0.01 +5.15%
2018 0.13 −0.01 −7.93%
2017 0.14 −0.01 −6.1%
2016 0.15 −0.03 −16.71%
2015 0.18 −0.21 −53.55%
2014 0.39 −0.06 −13.96%
2013 0.45 −0.12 −20.75%
2012 0.57 −0.09 −13.56%
2011 0.66 −0.25 −27.55%
2010 0.92 −0.73 −44.31%
2009 1.64 −0.01 −0.31%
2008 1.65 +0.43 +35.21%
2007 1.22 +0.42 +53.38%
2006 0.79 −0.01 −0.76%
2005 0.8 −0.06 −7.08%
2004 0.86 −0.11 −11.65%
2003 0.98 −0.01 −0.96%
2002 0.99 +0.01 +0.69%
2001 0.98 +0.03 +2.78%
2000 0.95 −0.02 −2.36%
1999 0.98 −0.02 −2.3%
1998 1 +0.03 +3.21%
1997 0.97 −0.01 −0.92%
1996 0.98 +0.01 +1.24%
1995 0.96 +0.08 +9.05%
1994 0.88 +0.03 +3.39%
1993 0.86 +0 +0.47%
1992 0.85 +0.01 +0.59%
1991 0.85 +0.08 +10.59%
1990 0.77 +0.04 +5.14%
1989 0.73 +0.02 +3.55%
1988 0.7 +0.04 +6.71%
1987 0.66 +0.02 +2.55%
1986 0.64 +0.03 +5.53%
1985 0.61 +0.04 +7.55%
1984 0.57 +0.04 +6.83%
1983 0.53 +0.02 +4.67%
1982 0.51 +0.03 +5.9%
1981 0.48 +0.02 +4.65%
1980 0.46 +0.01 +2.32%
1979 0.45 +0.01 +3.09%
1978 0.43 +0 +1.11%
1977 0.43 +0.02 +5.91%
1976 0.4 +0.02 +4.11%
1975 0.39 +0.04 +12.5%
1974 0.35 +0 +0%
1973 0.35 +0 +0%
1972 0.35 +0 +0%
1971 0.35 +0.01 +1.52%
1970 0.34 +0.05 +15.7%
1969 0.29 +0 +0%
1968 0.29 +0 +0%
1967 0.29 +0 +0%
1966 0.29 −0 −1.19%
1965 0.3

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.