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Fixed telephone lines — Libya

Fixed telephone lines in Libya in 2022 — 16.86 per 100. Ranked 73 in the world out of 212. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2,755.6%.

2022 16.86 per 100 −23.65% vs 2021
World rank 73of 212
Period maximum 23.39 per 1002017
Period minimum 0.58 per 1001961

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Libya, 1960–2022010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.59 per 1001961: 0.58 per 1001962: 0.58 per 1001963: 0.58 per 1001964: 0.58 per 1001966: 0.58 per 1001967: 0.58 per 1001968: 0.58 per 1001969: 0.58 per 1001971: 0.58 per 1001972: 0.58 per 1001973: 0.58 per 1001974: 0.58 per 1001981: 2.87 per 1001982: 3.05 per 1001983: 3.25 per 1001984: 3.49 per 1001985: 3.77 per 1001986: 4.08 per 1001987: 4.42 per 1001988: 4.96 per 1001989: 5.23 per 1001990: 4.95 per 1001991: 5.13 per 1001992: 5.08 per 1001993: 5.07 per 1001994: 5.47 per 1001995: 6.48 per 1001996: 7.62 per 1001997: 7.9 per 1001998: 9.73 per 1001999: 10.5 per 1002000: 11.4 per 1002001: 12.21 per 1002002: 13.07 per 1002003: 13.35 per 1002004: 13.94 per 1002005: 14.55 per 1002006: 15.2 per 1002007: 15.87 per 1002008: 14.76 per 1002009: 16.7 per 1002010: 18.9 per 1002011: 15.76 per 1002012: 13.17 per 1002013: 12.51 per 1002014: 14.23 per 1002015: 16.28 per 1002016: 20.72 per 1002017: 23.39 per 1002019: 22.67 per 1002020: 22.37 per 1002021: 22.09 per 1002022: 16.86 per 100
Change over the period: +16.27 (+2,755.57%) Average annual rate: 5.56 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Libya 16.86 per 100
World 10.9 per 100
Middle East & North Africa 9.9 per 100
Northern Africa computed 8.71 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 11.76 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Libya, by year Libya All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2022 16.86 −5.22 −23.65%
2021 22.09 −0.28 −1.26%
2020 22.37 −0.3 −1.34%
2019 22.67 — —
2017 23.39 +2.66 +12.85%
2016 20.72 +4.45 +27.31%
2015 16.28 +2.05 +14.41%
2014 14.23 +1.71 +13.69%
2013 12.51 −0.66 −5%
2012 13.17 −2.59 −16.44%
2011 15.76 −3.14 −16.6%
2010 18.9 +2.2 +13.19%
2009 16.7 +1.94 +13.14%
2008 14.76 −1.11 −7.01%
2007 15.87 +0.67 +4.43%
2006 15.2 +0.65 +4.49%
2005 14.55 +0.61 +4.38%
2004 13.94 +0.59 +4.42%
2003 13.35 +0.28 +2.11%
2002 13.07 +0.86 +7.02%
2001 12.21 +0.81 +7.1%
2000 11.4 +0.9 +8.61%
1999 10.5 +0.77 +7.91%
1998 9.73 +1.83 +23.16%
1997 7.9 +0.28 +3.67%
1996 7.62 +1.14 +17.59%
1995 6.48 +1.01 +18.46%
1994 5.47 +0.4 +7.89%
1993 5.07 −0.01 −0.2%
1992 5.08 −0.05 −0.97%
1991 5.13 +0.18 +3.64%
1990 4.95 −0.28 −5.29%
1989 5.23 +0.27 +5.46%
1988 4.96 +0.53 +12%
1987 4.42 +0.35 +8.48%
1986 4.08 +0.31 +8.19%
1985 3.77 +0.28 +8.07%
1984 3.49 +0.23 +7.21%
1983 3.25 +0.2 +6.52%
1982 3.05 +0.19 +6.45%
1981 2.87 — —
1974 0.58 +0 +0%
1973 0.58 +0 +0%
1972 0.58 +0 +0%
1971 0.58 — —
1969 0.58 +0 +0%
1968 0.58 +0 +0%
1967 0.58 +0 +0%
1966 0.58 — —
1964 0.58 +0 +0%
1963 0.58 +0 +0%
1962 0.58 +0 +0%
1961 0.58 −0.01 −1.48%
1960 0.59 — —

Northern Africa, 2022

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

LY Libya 16.86 TN Tunisia 14.77 DZ Algeria 12.26 EG Egypt 10.32 MA Morocco 7.09 SD Sudan 0.32
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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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