Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Netherlands

Fixed telephone lines in the Netherlands in 2024 — 21.81 per 100. Ranked 38 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 140.1%.

2024 21.81 per 100 −7.43% vs 2023
World rank 38of 146
Period maximum 61.58 per 1002000
Period minimum 9.08 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Netherlands, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 9.08 per 1001962: 9.12 per 1001964: 9.12 per 1001966: 12.28 per 1001968: 12.28 per 1001970: 16.89 per 1001972: 16.94 per 1001974: 16.94 per 1001976: 26.25 per 1001978: 30.68 per 1001980: 34.62 per 1001982: 37.01 per 1001984: 39.07 per 1001986: 41.32 per 1001988: 43.8 per 1001990: 46.2 per 1001992: 48.4 per 1001994: 50.8 per 1001996: 53.9 per 1001998: 59 per 1002000: 61.58 per 1002002: 49.28 per 1002004: 47.86 per 1002006: 45.17 per 1002008: 44.09 per 1002010: 43.12 per 1002012: 42.46 per 1002014: 40.79 per 1002016: 39.37 per 1002018: 33.87 per 1002020: 27.99 per 1002022: 25.52 per 1002024: 21.81 per 100
Change over the period: +12.73 (+140.14%) Average annual rate: 1.38 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Netherlands 21.81 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 24.3 per 100
Western Europe computed 38.48 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 21.81 −1.75 −7.43%
2023 23.56 −1.97 −7.71%
2022 25.52 −2.81 −9.92%
2021 28.34 +0.34 +1.22%
2020 27.99 −3.71 −11.7%
2019 31.7 −2.16 −6.39%
2018 33.87 −3.97 −10.48%
2017 37.83 −1.54 −3.91%
2016 39.37 −1.26 −3.1%
2015 40.63 −0.15 −0.37%
2014 40.79 −1.21 −2.88%
2013 42 −0.46 −1.09%
2012 42.46 +0.13 +0.31%
2011 42.33 −0.79 −1.84%
2010 43.12 −0.37 −0.85%
2009 43.49 −0.6 −1.35%
2008 44.09 −0.7 −1.57%
2007 44.79 −0.38 −0.84%
2006 45.17 −0.99 −2.14%
2005 46.16 −1.7 −3.56%
2004 47.86 −0.08 −0.17%
2003 47.94 −1.34 −2.71%
2002 49.28 −1.14 −2.25%
2001 50.41 −11.17 −18.14%
2000 61.58 +1.28 +2.12%
1999 60.3 +1.3 +2.2%
1998 59 +2.7 +4.8%
1997 56.3 +2.4 +4.45%
1996 53.9 +1.7 +3.26%
1995 52.2 +1.4 +2.76%
1994 50.8 +1.2 +2.42%
1993 49.6 +1.2 +2.48%
1992 48.4 +1.1 +2.33%
1991 47.3 +1.1 +2.38%
1990 46.2 +1.15 +2.55%
1989 45.05 +1.25 +2.85%
1988 43.8 +1.32 +3.11%
1987 42.48 +1.16 +2.82%
1986 41.32 +1.2 +2.99%
1985 40.12 +1.04 +2.67%
1984 39.07 +1.06 +2.8%
1983 38.01 +1 +2.71%
1982 37.01 +1.11 +3.1%
1981 35.89 +1.27 +3.68%
1980 34.62 +1.82 +5.56%
1979 32.8 +2.12 +6.89%
1978 30.68 +2.3 +8.09%
1977 28.38 +2.13 +8.13%
1976 26.25 +1.84 +7.54%
1975 24.41 +7.48 +44.14%
1974 16.94 +0 +0%
1973 16.94 +0 +0%
1972 16.94 +0 +0%
1971 16.94 +0.05 +0.27%
1970 16.89 +4.61 +37.55%
1969 12.28 +0 +0%
1968 12.28 +0 +0%
1967 12.28 +0 +0%
1966 12.28 +0.03 +0.22%
1965 12.25 +3.14 +34.4%
1964 9.12 +0 +0%
1963 9.12 +0 +0%
1962 9.12 +0 +0%
1961 9.12 +0.04 +0.39%
1960 9.08

Western Europe, 2024

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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.