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Fixed telephone lines — Macao

Fixed telephone lines in Macao in 2024 — 11.28 per 100. Ranked 70 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 766.8%.

2024 11.28 per 100 −7.46% vs 2023
World rank 70of 146
Period maximum 41.5 per 1001999
Period minimum 1.3 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Macao, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1.3 per 1001961: 1.37 per 1001962: 1.37 per 1001963: 1.37 per 1001964: 1.37 per 1001966: 1.37 per 1001967: 1.37 per 1001968: 1.37 per 1001969: 1.37 per 1001971: 1.37 per 1001972: 1.37 per 1001973: 1.37 per 1001974: 1.37 per 1001982: 6.22 per 1001983: 6.65 per 1001984: 10.02 per 1001985: 13.22 per 1001986: 15.89 per 1001987: 17.85 per 1001988: 20.15 per 1001989: 23.37 per 1001990: 26.5 per 1001991: 29.4 per 1001992: 32.4 per 1001993: 35.3 per 1001994: 37.2 per 1001995: 38.4 per 1001996: 39.7 per 1001997: 40.9 per 1001998: 41.1 per 1001999: 41.5 per 1002000: 40.44 per 1002001: 39.64 per 1002002: 38.62 per 1002003: 37.23 per 1002004: 36.07 per 1002005: 35.2 per 1002006: 34.73 per 1002007: 34.08 per 1002008: 32.83 per 1002009: 31.03 per 1002010: 29.92 per 1002011: 28.89 per 1002012: 27.67 per 1002013: 26.46 per 1002014: 25.17 per 1002015: 23.49 per 1002016: 22.39 per 1002017: 21.34 per 1002018: 18.74 per 1002019: 16.39 per 1002020: 16.1 per 1002021: 14.33 per 1002022: 13.12 per 1002023: 12.19 per 1002024: 11.28 per 100
Change over the period: +9.98 (+766.79%) Average annual rate: 3.43 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Macao 11.28 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
East Asia & Pacific 12.6 per 100
Eastern Asia computed 12.94 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Macao, by year Macao All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 11.28 −0.91 −7.46%
2023 12.19 −0.92 −7.05%
2022 13.12 −1.21 −8.44%
2021 14.33 −1.78 −11.05%
2020 16.1 −0.29 −1.77%
2019 16.39 −2.35 −12.53%
2018 18.74 −2.6 −12.19%
2017 21.34 −1.04 −4.66%
2016 22.39 −1.1 −4.69%
2015 23.49 −1.68 −6.67%
2014 25.17 −1.29 −4.88%
2013 26.46 −1.21 −4.37%
2012 27.67 −1.22 −4.24%
2011 28.89 −1.03 −3.43%
2010 29.92 −1.11 −3.58%
2009 31.03 −1.8 −5.48%
2008 32.83 −1.26 −3.69%
2007 34.08 −0.64 −1.85%
2006 34.73 −0.48 −1.35%
2005 35.2 −0.87 −2.41%
2004 36.07 −1.16 −3.11%
2003 37.23 −1.39 −3.6%
2002 38.62 −1.02 −2.58%
2001 39.64 −0.8 −1.97%
2000 40.44 −1.06 −2.56%
1999 41.5 +0.4 +0.97%
1998 41.1 +0.2 +0.49%
1997 40.9 +1.2 +3.02%
1996 39.7 +1.3 +3.39%
1995 38.4 +1.2 +3.23%
1994 37.2 +1.9 +5.38%
1993 35.3 +2.9 +8.95%
1992 32.4 +3 +10.2%
1991 29.4 +2.9 +10.94%
1990 26.5 +3.13 +13.4%
1989 23.37 +3.22 +15.97%
1988 20.15 +2.3 +12.91%
1987 17.85 +1.95 +12.3%
1986 15.89 +2.67 +20.23%
1985 13.22 +3.2 +31.9%
1984 10.02 +3.37 +50.63%
1983 6.65 +0.44 +7.03%
1982 6.22 — —
1974 1.37 +0 +0%
1973 1.37 +0 +0%
1972 1.37 +0 +0%
1971 1.37 — —
1969 1.37 +0 +0%
1968 1.37 +0 +0%
1967 1.37 +0 +0%
1966 1.37 — —
1964 1.37 +0 +0%
1963 1.37 +0 +0%
1962 1.37 +0 +0%
1961 1.37 +0.07 +5.5%
1960 1.3 — —

Eastern Asia, 2024

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

HK Hong Kong 44.57 KR South Korea 41.17 MN Mongolia 14.94 CN China 11.73 MO Macao 11.28
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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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