Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Malaysia

Fixed telephone lines in Malaysia in 2024 — 23.11 per 100. Ranked 35 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3,670.7%.

2024 23.11 per 100 −3.36% vs 2023
World rank 35of 146
Period maximum 24.4 per 1002022
Period minimum 0.59 per 1001961

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Malaysia, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0.61 per 1001962: 0.59 per 1001964: 0.59 per 1001966: 0.83 per 1001968: 0.83 per 1001970: 1.01 per 1001972: 0.96 per 1001974: 0.96 per 1001976: 1.63 per 1001978: 2.16 per 1001980: 2.99 per 1001982: 4.21 per 1001984: 5.78 per 1001986: 6.7 per 1001988: 7.55 per 1001990: 8.89 per 1001992: 11.1 per 1001994: 14.4 per 1001996: 18.1 per 1001998: 20 per 1002000: 20.15 per 1002002: 19.38 per 1002004: 17.6 per 1002006: 16.44 per 1002008: 16.37 per 1002010: 16.09 per 1002012: 15.47 per 1002014: 14.37 per 1002016: 15.22 per 1002018: 22.57 per 1002020: 22.04 per 1002022: 24.4 per 1002024: 23.11 per 100
Change over the period: +22.5 (+3,670.73%) Average annual rate: 5.84 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malaysia 23.11 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
East Asia & Pacific 12.6 per 100
South-Eastern Asia computed 3.88 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.94 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 23.11 −0.8 −3.36%
2023 23.92 −0.48 −1.95%
2022 24.4 +0.34 +1.41%
2021 24.06 +2.02 +9.17%
2020 22.04 −0.11 −0.49%
2019 22.14 −0.43 −1.9%
2018 22.57 +2.23 +10.98%
2017 20.34 +5.12 +33.67%
2016 15.22 +0.84 +5.86%
2015 14.37 +0.01 +0.05%
2014 14.37 −0.66 −4.42%
2013 15.03 −0.44 −2.83%
2012 15.47 −0.04 −0.25%
2011 15.51 −0.58 −3.59%
2010 16.09 +0 +0.01%
2009 16.09 −0.29 −1.76%
2008 16.37 +0.26 +1.62%
2007 16.11 −0.32 −1.97%
2006 16.44 −0.46 −2.73%
2005 16.9 −0.71 −4.01%
2004 17.6 −0.92 −4.96%
2003 18.52 −0.85 −4.4%
2002 19.38 −0.64 −3.21%
2001 20.02 −0.13 −0.65%
2000 20.15 +0.45 +2.28%
1999 19.7 −0.3 −1.5%
1998 20 +0.2 +1.01%
1997 19.8 +1.7 +9.39%
1996 18.1 +1.7 +10.37%
1995 16.4 +2 +13.89%
1994 14.4 +1.9 +15.2%
1993 12.5 +1.4 +12.61%
1992 11.1 +1.19 +12.01%
1991 9.91 +1.02 +11.47%
1990 8.89 +0.73 +9%
1989 8.16 +0.61 +8.02%
1988 7.55 +0.49 +6.97%
1987 7.06 +0.36 +5.31%
1986 6.7 +0.36 +5.64%
1985 6.34 +0.56 +9.74%
1984 5.78 +0.88 +18.04%
1983 4.9 +0.69 +16.48%
1982 4.21 +0.6 +16.73%
1981 3.6 +0.61 +20.34%
1980 2.99 +0.47 +18.54%
1979 2.53 +0.36 +16.89%
1978 2.16 +0.3 +16.01%
1977 1.86 +0.23 +14.18%
1976 1.63 +0.18 +12.13%
1975 1.45 +0.49 +51.12%
1974 0.96 +0 +0%
1973 0.96 +0 +0%
1972 0.96 +0 +0%
1971 0.96 −0.05 −4.61%
1970 1.01 +0.18 +21.68%
1969 0.83 +0 +0%
1968 0.83 +0 +0%
1967 0.83 +0 +0%
1966 0.83 −0.04 −4.57%
1965 0.87 +0.28 +47.6%
1964 0.59 +0 +0%
1963 0.59 +0 +0%
1962 0.59 +0 +0%
1961 0.59 −0.02 −3.95%
1960 0.61

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.