Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Latin America & Caribbean

Fixed telephone lines in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 12 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 686%.

2025 12 per 100 −4.76% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 18.5 per 1002008
Period minimum 1.5 per 1001964

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Latin America & Caribbean, 1960–20250510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1.53 per 1001962: 1.51 per 1001964: 1.5 per 1001966: 1.63 per 1001968: 1.62 per 1001970: 2.02 per 1001972: 2.02 per 1001974: 2.01 per 1001976: 3 per 1001978: 3.55 per 1001980: 4.04 per 1001982: 4.43 per 1001984: 4.83 per 1001986: 5.25 per 1001988: 5.69 per 1001990: 6.26 per 1001992: 7.2 per 1001994: 8.45 per 1001996: 9.86 per 1001998: 11.75 per 1002000: 14.63 per 1002002: 16.5 per 1002004: 17.33 per 1002006: 17.68 per 1002008: 18.5 per 1002010: 18.11 per 1002012: 18.28 per 1002014: 17.63 per 1002016: 17.5 per 1002018: 16.2 per 1002020: 14.6 per 1002022: 13.5 per 1002024: 12.6 per 1002025: 12 per 100
Change over the period: +10.47 (+685.98%) Average annual rate: 3.22 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 12 per 100
World 9.9 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 12 −0.6 −4.76%
2024 12.6 −0.7 −5.26%
2023 13.3 −0.2 −1.48%
2022 13.5 −0.5 −3.57%
2021 14 −0.6 −4.11%
2020 14.6 −0.3 −2.01%
2019 14.9 −1.3 −8.02%
2018 16.2 −0.5 −2.99%
2017 16.7 −0.8 −4.57%
2016 17.5 −0.3 −1.69%
2015 17.8 +0.17 +0.96%
2014 17.63 −0.33 −1.84%
2013 17.96 −0.32 −1.75%
2012 18.28 +0.16 +0.9%
2011 18.12 +0 +0.02%
2010 18.11 −0.16 −0.89%
2009 18.28 −0.22 −1.2%
2008 18.5 +0.55 +3.09%
2007 17.95 +0.26 +1.49%
2006 17.68 −0.07 −0.41%
2005 17.76 +0.42 +2.45%
2004 17.33 +0.43 +2.55%
2003 16.9 +0.4 +2.43%
2002 16.5 +0.37 +2.28%
2001 16.13 +1.5 +10.25%
2000 14.63 +1.62 +12.41%
1999 13.02 +1.27 +10.78%
1998 11.75 +0.95 +8.77%
1997 10.8 +0.94 +9.53%
1996 9.86 +0.81 +9%
1995 9.05 +0.6 +7.08%
1994 8.45 +0.74 +9.53%
1993 7.71 +0.52 +7.15%
1992 7.2 +0.55 +8.35%
1991 6.64 +0.39 +6.17%
1990 6.26 +0.36 +6.12%
1989 5.9 +0.2 +3.55%
1988 5.69 +0.25 +4.5%
1987 5.45 +0.2 +3.86%
1986 5.25 +0.15 +3.03%
1985 5.09 +0.26 +5.35%
1984 4.83 +0.27 +5.98%
1983 4.56 +0.13 +2.93%
1982 4.43 +0.25 +5.93%
1981 4.18 +0.15 +3.67%
1980 4.04 +0.24 +6.46%
1979 3.79 +0.24 +6.65%
1978 3.55 +0.3 +9.16%
1977 3.26 +0.26 +8.65%
1976 3 +0.15 +5.39%
1975 2.84 +0.83 +41.51%
1974 2.01 −0 −0.2%
1973 2.01 −0 −0.2%
1972 2.02 −0 −0.21%
1971 2.02 −0 −0.1%
1970 2.02 +0.41 +25.44%
1969 1.61 −0.01 −0.31%
1968 1.62 −0.01 −0.32%
1967 1.62 −0.01 −0.33%
1966 1.63 +0.01 +0.62%
1965 1.62 +0.12 +8.16%
1964 1.5 −0.01 −0.37%
1963 1.5 −0.01 −0.37%
1962 1.51 −0.01 −0.37%
1961 1.51 −0.01 −0.87%
1960 1.53

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.