Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Spain

Fixed telephone lines in Spain in 2024 — 38.05 per 100. Ranked 13 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 788.3%.

2024 38.05 per 100 −0.91% vs 2023
World rank 13of 146
Period maximum 44.5 per 1002008
Period minimum 4.28 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Spain, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.28 per 1001962: 4.29 per 1001964: 4.29 per 1001966: 5.52 per 1001968: 5.52 per 1001970: 8.42 per 1001972: 8.4 per 1001974: 8.4 per 1001976: 14.16 per 1001978: 16.78 per 1001980: 19.28 per 1001982: 21.11 per 1001984: 23.17 per 1001986: 25.36 per 1001988: 28.29 per 1001990: 32.2 per 1001992: 35 per 1001994: 36.8 per 1001996: 38.3 per 1001998: 40.1 per 1002000: 41.7 per 1002002: 42.25 per 1002004: 41.48 per 1002006: 44.45 per 1002008: 44.5 per 1002010: 43.09 per 1002012: 41.63 per 1002014: 41.17 per 1002016: 41.7 per 1002018: 41.97 per 1002020: 40.81 per 1002022: 39.07 per 1002024: 38.05 per 100
Change over the period: +33.76 (+788.28%) Average annual rate: 3.47 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Spain 38.05 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 24.3 per 100
Southern Europe computed 36.72 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 38.05 −0.35 −0.91%
2023 38.4 −0.67 −1.72%
2022 39.07 −0.86 −2.16%
2021 39.93 −0.88 −2.15%
2020 40.81 −0.6 −1.45%
2019 41.4 −0.56 −1.34%
2018 41.97 +0.17 +0.42%
2017 41.79 +0.09 +0.22%
2016 41.7 +0.2 +0.48%
2015 41.5 +0.33 +0.79%
2014 41.17 −0.19 −0.46%
2013 41.37 −0.27 −0.64%
2012 41.63 −0.69 −1.62%
2011 42.32 −0.77 −1.78%
2010 43.09 −0.32 −0.75%
2009 43.41 −1.09 −2.46%
2008 44.5 +0.14 +0.32%
2007 44.36 −0.08 −0.19%
2006 44.45 +0.17 +0.39%
2005 44.27 +2.79 +6.72%
2004 41.48 −0.3 −0.71%
2003 41.78 −0.47 −1.11%
2002 42.25 −0.26 −0.6%
2001 42.5 +0.81 +1.94%
2000 41.7 +1.3 +3.21%
1999 40.4 +0.3 +0.75%
1998 40.1 +0.9 +2.3%
1997 39.2 +0.9 +2.35%
1996 38.3 +0.6 +1.59%
1995 37.7 +0.9 +2.45%
1994 36.8 +0.9 +2.51%
1993 35.9 +0.9 +2.57%
1992 35 +1.2 +3.55%
1991 33.8 +1.6 +4.97%
1990 32.2 +1.83 +6.03%
1989 30.37 +2.08 +7.34%
1988 28.29 +1.84 +6.94%
1987 26.45 +1.1 +4.33%
1986 25.36 +1.08 +4.44%
1985 24.28 +1.11 +4.78%
1984 23.17 +1.02 +4.62%
1983 22.15 +1.04 +4.92%
1982 21.11 +0.84 +4.13%
1981 20.27 +0.99 +5.14%
1980 19.28 +1.27 +7.05%
1979 18.01 +1.23 +7.35%
1978 16.78 +1.22 +7.87%
1977 15.55 +1.39 +9.82%
1976 14.16 +1.02 +7.8%
1975 13.14 +4.74 +56.47%
1974 8.4 +0 +0%
1973 8.4 +0 +0%
1972 8.4 +0 +0%
1971 8.4 −0.02 −0.27%
1970 8.42 +2.9 +52.47%
1969 5.52 +0 +0%
1968 5.52 +0 +0%
1967 5.52 +0 +0%
1966 5.52 −0.01 −0.11%
1965 5.53 +1.24 +29%
1964 4.29 +0 +0%
1963 4.29 +0 +0%
1962 4.29 +0 +0%
1961 4.29 +0 +0.04%
1960 4.28

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.