Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Kuwait

Fixed telephone lines in Kuwait in 2023 — 11.83 per 100. Ranked 78 in the world out of 165. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 990%.

2023 11.83 per 100 −5.13% vs 2022
World rank 78of 165
Period maximum 24 per 1001999
Period minimum 1.09 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Kuwait, 1960–2023010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1.09 per 1001962: 1.23 per 1001964: 1.23 per 1001966: 2.75 per 1001968: 2.75 per 1001970: 4.73 per 1001972: 5.1 per 1001974: 5.1 per 1001976: 8.81 per 1001978: 9.48 per 1001980: 10.51 per 1001982: 11.59 per 1001984: 11.59 per 1001986: 11.96 per 1001988: 13.23 per 1001990: 19.7 per 1001992: 21.1 per 1001994: 22.4 per 1001996: 22.6 per 1001998: 23.2 per 1002000: 23.89 per 1002002: 23.39 per 1002004: 23.04 per 1002006: 21.86 per 1002008: 19.61 per 1002010: 17.65 per 1002012: 15.28 per 1002014: 13.48 per 1002016: 13.32 per 1002018: 11.92 per 1002020: 13.26 per 1002023: 11.83 per 100
Change over the period: +10.75 (+989.95%) Average annual rate: 3.86 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Kuwait 11.83 per 100
World 10.6 per 100
Western Asia computed 12.32 per 100
High-income countries computed 30.06 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2023 11.83 −0.64 −5.13%
2022 12.47
2020 13.26 +0.13 +0.96%
2019 13.13 +1.21 +10.15%
2018 11.92 −1.12 −8.61%
2017 13.05 −0.27 −2.03%
2016 13.32 +0.8 +6.39%
2015 12.52 −0.96 −7.11%
2014 13.48 −1.01 −6.95%
2013 14.48 −0.8 −5.24%
2012 15.28 −1.15 −6.98%
2011 16.43 −1.22 −6.9%
2010 17.65 −1.26 −6.66%
2009 18.91 −0.71 −3.6%
2008 19.61 −1.85 −8.62%
2007 21.46 −0.4 −1.83%
2006 21.86 −0.71 −3.13%
2005 22.57 −0.47 −2.03%
2004 23.04 −0.04 −0.18%
2003 23.08 −0.32 −1.35%
2002 23.39 −0.13 −0.56%
2001 23.53 −0.37 −1.55%
2000 23.89 −0.11 −0.44%
1999 24 +0.8 +3.45%
1998 23.2 +0.2 +0.87%
1997 23 +0.4 +1.77%
1996 22.6 −0.1 −0.44%
1995 22.7 +0.3 +1.34%
1994 22.4 +1 +4.67%
1993 21.4 +0.3 +1.42%
1992 21.1 −2.7 −11.34%
1991 23.8 +4.1 +20.81%
1990 19.7 +5.64 +40.06%
1989 14.06 +0.83 +6.28%
1988 13.23 +0.79 +6.38%
1987 12.44 +0.48 +3.98%
1986 11.96 +0.22 +1.85%
1985 11.75 +0.16 +1.35%
1984 11.59 −0.16 −1.36%
1983 11.75 +0.16 +1.36%
1982 11.59 +0.77 +7.13%
1981 10.82 +0.31 +2.96%
1980 10.51 +0.67 +6.78%
1979 9.84 +0.36 +3.82%
1978 9.48 +0.34 +3.72%
1977 9.14 +0.33 +3.72%
1976 8.81 +0.69 +8.52%
1975 8.12 +3.02 +59.09%
1974 5.1 +0 +0%
1973 5.1 +0 +0%
1972 5.1 +0 +0%
1971 5.1 +0.37 +7.84%
1970 4.73 +1.98 +71.88%
1969 2.75 +0 +0%
1968 2.75 +0 +0%
1967 2.75 +0 +0%
1966 2.75 +0.22 +8.86%
1965 2.53 +1.3 +105.26%
1964 1.23 +0 +0%
1963 1.23 +0 +0%
1962 1.23 +0 +0%
1961 1.23 +0.15 +13.52%
1960 1.09

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.