Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Qatar

Fixed telephone lines in Qatar in 2024 — 17.21 per 100. Ranked 48 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 943.7%.

2024 17.21 per 100 −2.45% vs 2023
World rank 48of 146
Period maximum 25.9 per 1001998
Period minimum 1.27 per 1001961

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Qatar, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1.65 per 1001962: 1.27 per 1001964: 1.27 per 1001966: 4.07 per 1001968: 4.07 per 1001970: 6.86 per 1001972: 7.4 per 1001974: 7.4 per 1001976: 6.78 per 1001978: 7.43 per 1001980: 11.03 per 1001982: 16.61 per 1001984: 18.62 per 1001986: 19.43 per 1001988: 20.19 per 1001990: 20.9 per 1001992: 22.5 per 1001994: 23.2 per 1001996: 25.2 per 1001998: 25.9 per 1002000: 24.84 per 1002002: 24.82 per 1002004: 24.68 per 1002006: 23.47 per 1002008: 18.63 per 1002010: 15.8 per 1002012: 20.68 per 1002014: 18.82 per 1002016: 17.97 per 1002018: 16.37 per 1002020: 16.22 per 1002022: 18.11 per 1002024: 17.21 per 100
Change over the period: +15.56 (+943.66%) Average annual rate: 3.73 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Qatar 17.21 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Western Asia computed 12.42 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Qatar, by year Qatar All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 17.21 −0.43 −2.45%
2023 17.64 −0.47 −2.57%
2022 18.11 +1.76 +10.75%
2021 16.35 +0.13 +0.8%
2020 16.22 −0.27 −1.62%
2019 16.49 +0.11 +0.69%
2018 16.37 −0.68 −3.98%
2017 17.05 −0.92 −5.11%
2016 17.97 −0.97 −5.14%
2015 18.95 +0.12 +0.65%
2014 18.82 −1.47 −7.26%
2013 20.3 −0.38 −1.85%
2012 20.68 +3.62 +21.2%
2011 17.06 +1.27 +8.02%
2010 15.8 −2.36 −12.99%
2009 18.15 −0.48 −2.56%
2008 18.63 −1.01 −5.13%
2007 19.64 −3.83 −16.32%
2006 23.47 −1.41 −5.68%
2005 24.88 +0.2 +0.81%
2004 24.68 −0.09 −0.38%
2003 24.78 −0.04 −0.17%
2002 24.82 +0.12 +0.49%
2001 24.7 −0.14 −0.55%
2000 24.84 −0.46 −1.83%
1999 25.3 −0.6 −2.32%
1998 25.9 +0.1 +0.39%
1997 25.8 +0.6 +2.38%
1996 25.2 +1.3 +5.44%
1995 23.9 +0.7 +3.02%
1994 23.2 +0.4 +1.75%
1993 22.8 +0.3 +1.33%
1992 22.5 +1.2 +5.63%
1991 21.3 +0.4 +1.91%
1990 20.9 +0.07 +0.35%
1989 20.83 +0.64 +3.15%
1988 20.19 +0.7 +3.57%
1987 19.5 +0.07 +0.35%
1986 19.43 +0.43 +2.28%
1985 19 +0.38 +2.04%
1984 18.62 +0.34 +1.86%
1983 18.28 +1.67 +10.05%
1982 16.61 +2.64 +18.87%
1981 13.97 +2.94 +26.68%
1980 11.03 +2.58 +30.53%
1979 8.45 +1.02 +13.73%
1978 7.43 −0.1 −1.3%
1977 7.53 +0.75 +11.06%
1976 6.78 +0.47 +7.47%
1975 6.31 −1.09 −14.74%
1974 7.4 +0 +0%
1973 7.4 +0 +0%
1972 7.4 +0 +0%
1971 7.4 +0.53 +7.76%
1970 6.86 +2.79 +68.47%
1969 4.07 +0 +0%
1968 4.07 +0 +0%
1967 4.07 +0 +0%
1966 4.07 −0.55 −11.94%
1965 4.63 +3.36 +265.38%
1964 1.27 +0 +0%
1963 1.27 +0 +0%
1962 1.27 +0 +0%
1961 1.27 −0.38 −23.21%
1960 1.65

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.