Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Eastern Europe

Fixed telephone lines in Eastern Europe in 2024 — 15.39 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 592.6%.

2024 15.39 per 100 +12.59% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 29.41 per 1002007
Period minimum 2.22 per 1001964

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Eastern Europe, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.22 per 1001962: 2.22 per 1001964: 2.22 per 1001966: 2.71 per 1001968: 2.71 per 1001970: 3.62 per 1001972: 3.61 per 1001974: 3.61 per 1001976: 5.1 per 1001978: 6.14 per 1001980: 7.2 per 1001982: 8.25 per 1001984: 9.29 per 1001986: 10.4 per 1001988: 11.74 per 1001990: 13.18 per 1001992: 14.61 per 1001994: 16.15 per 1001996: 18.49 per 1001998: 21.55 per 1002000: 24.03 per 1002002: 25.8 per 1002004: 27.62 per 1002006: 29.04 per 1002008: 29.38 per 1002010: 28.47 per 1002012: 26.76 per 1002014: 26.2 per 1002016: 22.5 per 1002018: 19.94 per 1002020: 16.83 per 1002022: 14.4 per 1002024: 15.39 per 100
Change over the period: +13.17 (+592.61%) Average annual rate: 3.07 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Europe 15.39 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 15.39 +1.72 +12.59%
2023 13.67 −0.73 −5.08%
2022 14.4 −1.04 −6.74%
2021 15.44 −1.39 −8.26%
2020 16.83 −1.24 −6.84%
2019 18.07 −1.87 −9.38%
2018 19.94 −1.53 −7.11%
2017 21.47 −1.03 −4.59%
2016 22.5 −1.86 −7.62%
2015 24.36 −1.84 −7.04%
2014 26.2 −0.61 −2.26%
2013 26.8 +0.05 +0.18%
2012 26.76 −1.16 −4.15%
2011 27.92 −0.56 −1.95%
2010 28.47 −0.59 −2.05%
2009 29.07 −0.32 −1.08%
2008 29.38 −0.03 −0.1%
2007 29.41 +0.38 +1.29%
2006 29.04 +1.33 +4.8%
2005 27.71 +0.08 +0.3%
2004 27.62 +1.31 +4.96%
2003 26.32 +0.52 +2%
2002 25.8 +0.97 +3.91%
2001 24.83 +0.8 +3.31%
2000 24.03 +1.01 +4.4%
1999 23.02 +1.47 +6.83%
1998 21.55 +1.38 +6.83%
1997 20.17 +1.68 +9.08%
1996 18.49 +1.37 +8.03%
1995 17.12 +0.96 +5.96%
1994 16.15 +0.86 +5.61%
1993 15.3 +0.68 +4.67%
1992 14.61 +0.59 +4.24%
1991 14.02 +0.83 +6.33%
1990 13.18 +0.7 +5.64%
1989 12.48 +0.74 +6.29%
1988 11.74 +0.71 +6.46%
1987 11.03 +0.63 +6.05%
1986 10.4 +0.59 +6.03%
1985 9.81 +0.52 +5.61%
1984 9.29 +0.52 +5.89%
1983 8.77 +0.52 +6.31%
1982 8.25 +0.41 +5.17%
1981 7.84 +0.65 +8.97%
1980 7.2 +0.36 +5.27%
1979 6.84 +0.7 +11.41%
1978 6.14 +0.42 +7.42%
1977 5.71 +0.61 +11.99%
1976 5.1 +0.42 +8.92%
1975 4.68 +1.08 +29.82%
1974 3.61 −0 −0.03%
1973 3.61 −0 −0.02%
1972 3.61 −0 −0.02%
1971 3.61 −0.01 −0.32%
1970 3.62 +0.92 +33.81%
1969 2.71 −0 −0.04%
1968 2.71 −0 −0.05%
1967 2.71 −0 −0.07%
1966 2.71 −0 −0.13%
1965 2.71 +0.49 +22.2%
1964 2.22 −0 −0.03%
1963 2.22 −0 −0.02%
1962 2.22 −0 −0%
1961 2.22 +0 +0.02%
1960 2.22

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.