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Fixed telephone lines — Niger

Fixed telephone lines in Niger in 2024 — 0.43 per 100. Ranked 125 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,906.6%.

2024 0.43 per 100 −33.67% vs 2023
World rank 125of 146
Period maximum 0.78 per 1002016
Period minimum 0.02 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Niger, 1960–202400.20.40.60.819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0.02 per 1001962: 0.02 per 1001964: 0.02 per 1001967: 0.02 per 1001969: 0.02 per 1001971: 0.05 per 1001973: 0.05 per 1001975: 0.06 per 1001977: 0.09 per 1001979: 0.09 per 1001981: 0.1 per 1001983: 0.11 per 1001985: 0.11 per 1001987: 0.11 per 1001989: 0.11 per 1001991: 0.12 per 1001993: 0.12 per 1001995: 0.14 per 1001997: 0.16 per 1001999: 0.17 per 1002001: 0.18 per 1002003: 0.18 per 1002005: 0.17 per 1002007: 0.28 per 1002009: 0.48 per 1002011: 0.5 per 1002013: 0.54 per 1002015: 0.55 per 1002017: 0.53 per 1002020: 0.25 per 1002022: 0.25 per 1002024: 0.43 per 100
Change over the period: +0.41 (+1,906.62%) Average annual rate: 4.8 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Niger 0.43 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.4 per 100
Western Africa computed 0.33 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 0.43 −0.22 −33.67%
2023 0.66 +0.41 +163.31%
2022 0.25 +0.01 +5.06%
2021 0.24 −0.01 −3.27%
2020 0.25 −0.01 −3.16%
2019 0.25 — —
2017 0.53 −0.24 −31.39%
2016 0.78 +0.23 +40.95%
2015 0.55 +0 +0.67%
2014 0.55 +0.01 +0.98%
2013 0.54 −0.02 −3.72%
2012 0.56 +0.07 +13.43%
2011 0.5 −0.01 −1.38%
2010 0.5 +0.03 +5.24%
2009 0.48 +0.06 +13.61%
2008 0.42 +0.14 +49.66%
2007 0.28 +0.07 +34.27%
2006 0.21 +0.04 +20.44%
2005 0.17 −0.01 −3.91%
2004 0.18 +0 +0.94%
2003 0.18 −0 −1.02%
2002 0.18 −0 −0.22%
2001 0.18 +0.01 +4.66%
2000 0.17 +0 +2.17%
1999 0.17 +0 +0.59%
1998 0.17 +0.01 +6.96%
1997 0.16 +0.01 +3.27%
1996 0.15 +0.01 +8.51%
1995 0.14 +0.01 +6.02%
1994 0.13 +0.02 +15.65%
1993 0.12 −0 −0.86%
1992 0.12 +0 +0.87%
1991 0.12 +0 +2.68%
1990 0.11 −0 −0.21%
1989 0.11 +0 +1.56%
1988 0.11 −0 −0.71%
1987 0.11 −0 −0.65%
1986 0.11 −0 −1.08%
1985 0.11 +0 +0.06%
1984 0.11 +0 +2.88%
1983 0.11 +0 +3.19%
1982 0.11 +0.01 +6.72%
1981 0.1 +0 +5.06%
1980 0.1 +0 +1.66%
1979 0.09 +0 +4.51%
1978 0.09 +0 +3.1%
1977 0.09 +0.02 +25.38%
1976 0.07 +0.01 +8.73%
1975 0.06 +0.01 +30.56%
1974 0.05 +0 +0%
1973 0.05 +0 +0%
1972 0.05 +0 +0%
1971 0.05 +0 +3.53%
1970 0.05 +0.02 +110.62%
1969 0.02 +0 +0%
1968 0.02 +0 +0%
1967 0.02 +0 +0%
1966 0.02 — —
1964 0.02 +0 +0%
1963 0.02 +0 +0%
1962 0.02 +0 +0%
1961 0.02 +0 +3.21%
1960 0.02 — —

Western Africa, 2024

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

CV Cabo Verde 11.68 SN Senegal 1.61 GM Gambia 1.6 TG Togo 0.83 GH Ghana 0.78 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.77 NE Niger 0.43 BF Burkina Faso 0.35 MR Mauritania 0.31 NG Nigeria 0.04 BJ Benin 0.01
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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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