Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Malawi

Fixed telephone lines in Malawi in 2024 — 0.02 per 100. Ranked 141 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 76.7%.

2024 0.02 per 100 −1.31% vs 2023
World rank 141of 146
Period maximum 1.45 per 1002012
Period minimum 0.02 per 1002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Malawi, 1960–202400.511.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0.1 per 1001962: 0.1 per 1001964: 0.1 per 1001966: 0.09 per 1001968: 0.09 per 1001970: 0.13 per 1001972: 0.13 per 1001974: 0.13 per 1001976: 0.18 per 1001978: 0.2 per 1001980: 0.23 per 1001982: 0.24 per 1001984: 0.25 per 1001986: 0.27 per 1001988: 0.27 per 1001990: 0.28 per 1001992: 0.3 per 1001994: 0.33 per 1001996: 0.34 per 1001998: 0.35 per 1002000: 0.41 per 1002002: 0.62 per 1002004: 0.74 per 1002006: 0.98 per 1002008: 0.8 per 1002010: 1.03 per 1002012: 1.45 per 1002014: 0.11 per 1002016: 0.06 per 1002018: 0.08 per 1002020: 0.06 per 1002022: 0.05 per 1002024: 0.02 per 100
Change over the period: −0.07 (−76.74%) Average annual rate: -2.25 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malawi 0.02 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.4 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 0.02 −0 −1.31%
2023 0.02 −0.02 −50.44%
2022 0.05 −0.02 −25.74%
2021 0.06 −0 −2.99%
2020 0.06 −0.01 −7.33%
2019 0.07 −0.01 −14.9%
2018 0.08 −0.02 −15.81%
2017 0.1 +0.03 +50.2%
2016 0.06 −0.02 −24.41%
2015 0.08 −0.03 −25.81%
2014 0.11 −0.09 −45.07%
2013 0.21 −1.24 −85.64%
2012 1.45 +0.31 +27.31%
2011 1.14 +0.11 +10.77%
2010 1.03 +0.25 +32.66%
2009 0.77 −0.02 −2.91%
2008 0.8 −0.49 −38.28%
2007 1.29 +0.31 +31.03%
2006 0.98 +0.18 +23.11%
2005 0.8 +0.06 +7.54%
2004 0.74 +0.05 +6.62%
2003 0.7 +0.08 +13.4%
2002 0.62 +0.14 +30.63%
2001 0.47 +0.06 +14.77%
2000 0.41 +0.03 +9.16%
1999 0.38 +0.03 +8.67%
1998 0.35 −0 −0.57%
1997 0.35 +0 +1.46%
1996 0.34 +0.01 +1.48%
1995 0.34 +0.01 +4%
1994 0.33 +0.01 +1.88%
1993 0.32 +0.02 +4.93%
1992 0.3 +0.01 +4.83%
1991 0.29 +0.01 +3.94%
1990 0.28 −0 −1.39%
1989 0.28 +0.01 +4.96%
1988 0.27 −0 −0.46%
1987 0.27 +0 +0.91%
1986 0.27 +0.01 +3.06%
1985 0.26 +0.01 +4.82%
1984 0.25 +0.01 +2.55%
1983 0.24 −0 −0.05%
1982 0.24 +0.01 +2.37%
1981 0.24 +0 +1.96%
1980 0.23 +0.01 +6.36%
1979 0.22 +0.02 +7.56%
1978 0.2 +0.01 +6.2%
1977 0.19 +0.02 +8.97%
1976 0.18 +0.01 +6.48%
1975 0.16 +0.04 +29.15%
1974 0.13 +0 +0%
1973 0.13 +0 +0%
1972 0.13 +0 +0%
1971 0.13 −0 −1.67%
1970 0.13 +0.04 +37.52%
1969 0.09 +0 +0%
1968 0.09 +0 +0%
1967 0.09 +0 +0%
1966 0.09 −0 −1.1%
1965 0.1 −0 −0.26%
1964 0.1 +0 +0%
1963 0.1 +0 +0%
1962 0.1 +0 +0%
1961 0.1 −0 −1.06%
1960 0.1

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.