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Fixed telephone lines — Southern Europe

Fixed telephone lines in Southern Europe in 2024 — 36.72 per 100. Since 1983, the indicator has risen by 58.1%.

2024 36.72 per 100 −0.3% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 43.95 per 1002002
Period minimum 23.23 per 1001983

Trend over time

1983–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Southern Europe, 1983–2024203040501983198819931998200320082013201820231983: 23.23 per 1001984: 24.51 per 1001985: 25.59 per 1001986: 27 per 1001987: 28.28 per 1001988: 29.9 per 1001989: 31.87 per 1001990: 33.34 per 1001991: 34.9 per 1001992: 35.67 per 1001993: 36.83 per 1001994: 37.55 per 1001995: 38.45 per 1001996: 39.39 per 1001997: 40.3 per 1001998: 41.05 per 1001999: 41.78 per 1002000: 43.15 per 1002001: 43.67 per 1002002: 43.95 per 1002003: 43.3 per 1002004: 42.08 per 1002005: 41.92 per 1002006: 43.13 per 1002007: 39.85 per 1002008: 39.47 per 1002009: 40.04 per 1002010: 39.84 per 1002011: 39.55 per 1002012: 38.77 per 1002013: 38.14 per 1002014: 37.53 per 1002015: 37.3 per 1002016: 37.42 per 1002017: 37.75 per 1002018: 37.76 per 1002019: 36.86 per 1002020: 36.92 per 1002021: 37.07 per 1002022: 36.48 per 1002023: 36.83 per 1002024: 36.72 per 100
Change over the period: +13.49 (+58.07%) Average annual rate: 1.12 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Europe 36.72 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 36.72 −0.11 −0.3%
2023 36.83 +0.35 +0.96%
2022 36.48 −0.59 −1.59%
2021 37.07 +0.15 +0.39%
2020 36.92 +0.06 +0.16%
2019 36.86 −0.9 −2.37%
2018 37.76 +0.01 +0.02%
2017 37.75 +0.33 +0.88%
2016 37.42 +0.12 +0.33%
2015 37.3 −0.24 −0.63%
2014 37.53 −0.61 −1.59%
2013 38.14 −0.63 −1.63%
2012 38.77 −0.77 −1.96%
2011 39.55 −0.29 −0.72%
2010 39.84 −0.21 −0.52%
2009 40.04 +0.57 +1.44%
2008 39.47 −0.38 −0.95%
2007 39.85 −3.27 −7.59%
2006 43.13 +1.21 +2.89%
2005 41.92 −0.16 −0.38%
2004 42.08 −1.22 −2.82%
2003 43.3 −0.65 −1.49%
2002 43.95 +0.28 +0.64%
2001 43.67 +0.52 +1.2%
2000 43.15 +1.37 +3.28%
1999 41.78 +0.73 +1.79%
1998 41.05 +0.75 +1.86%
1997 40.3 +0.91 +2.31%
1996 39.39 +0.94 +2.45%
1995 38.45 +0.9 +2.38%
1994 37.55 +0.72 +1.97%
1993 36.83 +1.16 +3.26%
1992 35.67 +0.77 +2.19%
1991 34.9 +1.56 +4.69%
1990 33.34 +1.47 +4.61%
1989 31.87 +1.97 +6.58%
1988 29.9 +1.62 +5.74%
1987 28.28 +1.28 +4.72%
1986 27 +1.42 +5.54%
1985 25.59 +1.08 +4.4%
1984 24.51 +1.28 +5.5%
1983 23.23 — —

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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