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Fixed telephone lines — Lebanon

Fixed telephone lines in Lebanon in 2022 — 16.09 per 100. Ranked 76 in the world out of 212. Since 1982, the indicator has risen by 54.4%.

2022 16.09 per 100 +5.11% vs 2021
World rank 76of 212
Period maximum 28.72 per 1002016
Period minimum 10.42 per 1001982

Trend over time

1982–2022 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Lebanon, 1982–20221015202530198219861990199419982002200620102014201820221982: 10.42 per 1001983: 10.57 per 1001984: 10.66 per 1001985: 10.72 per 1001986: 10.73 per 1001987: 10.75 per 1001988: 10.82 per 1001989: 10.89 per 1001990: 11 per 1001991: 11 per 1001992: 11.1 per 1001993: 11.2 per 1001994: 11.2 per 1001995: 11.3 per 1001996: 11.4 per 1001997: 13.7 per 1001998: 13.5 per 1001999: 13.4 per 1002000: 13.3 per 1002001: 14.22 per 1002002: 15.21 per 1002003: 15.47 per 1002004: 13.7 per 1002005: 13.59 per 1002006: 14.34 per 1002007: 14.4 per 1002008: 15.23 per 1002009: 16.1 per 1002010: 16.62 per 1002011: 16.78 per 1002012: 16.56 per 1002013: 15.15 per 1002014: 15.22 per 1002015: 15.65 per 1002016: 28.72 per 1002017: 14.74 per 1002018: 14.93 per 1002019: 15.22 per 1002020: 15.35 per 1002021: 15.31 per 1002022: 16.09 per 100
Change over the period: +5.67 (+54.4%) Average annual rate: 1.09 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Lebanon 16.09 per 100
World 10.9 per 100
Middle East & North Africa 9.9 per 100
Western Asia computed 12.16 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3.25 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2022 16.09 +0.78 +5.11%
2021 15.31 −0.04 −0.27%
2020 15.35 +0.13 +0.85%
2019 15.22 +0.29 +1.96%
2018 14.93 +0.19 +1.31%
2017 14.74 −13.99 −48.69%
2016 28.72 +13.08 +83.56%
2015 15.65 +0.43 +2.85%
2014 15.22 +0.07 +0.45%
2013 15.15 −1.41 −8.52%
2012 16.56 −0.22 −1.3%
2011 16.78 +0.16 +0.93%
2010 16.62 +0.52 +3.25%
2009 16.1 +0.87 +5.73%
2008 15.23 +0.83 +5.75%
2007 14.4 +0.06 +0.41%
2006 14.34 +0.75 +5.54%
2005 13.59 −0.11 −0.8%
2004 13.7 −1.77 −11.44%
2003 15.47 +0.26 +1.7%
2002 15.21 +0.99 +6.94%
2001 14.22 +0.92 +6.89%
2000 13.3 −0.1 −0.71%
1999 13.4 −0.1 −0.74%
1998 13.5 −0.2 −1.46%
1997 13.7 +2.3 +20.18%
1996 11.4 +0.1 +0.88%
1995 11.3 +0.1 +0.89%
1994 11.2 +0 +0%
1993 11.2 +0.1 +0.9%
1992 11.1 +0.1 +0.91%
1991 11 +0 +0%
1990 11 +0.11 +0.99%
1989 10.89 +0.07 +0.66%
1988 10.82 +0.07 +0.67%
1987 10.75 +0.01 +0.14%
1986 10.73 +0.01 +0.11%
1985 10.72 +0.07 +0.63%
1984 10.66 +0.09 +0.81%
1983 10.57 +0.15 +1.41%
1982 10.42 — —

Western Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IL Israel 39.26 CY Cyprus 31.33 AE United Arab Emirates 22.32 SA Saudi Arabia 21.05 QA Qatar 18.11 BH Bahrain 17.21 LB Lebanon 16.09 AZ Azerbaijan 15.94 TR Türkiye 12.86 AM Armenia 12.69 KW Kuwait 12.47 SY Syria 12.45 OM Oman 9.08 PS Palestine 8.63 GE Georgia 8.33 IQ Iraq 5.43 JO Jordan 3.99 YE Yemen 1.9
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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.

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