Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Western Europe

Fixed telephone lines in Western Europe in 2024 — 38.48 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 566.1%.

2024 38.48 per 100 −14.74% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 61.3 per 1002009
Period minimum 5.78 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Western Europe, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.78 per 1001962: 5.79 per 1001964: 5.8 per 1001966: 7.9 per 1001968: 7.91 per 1001970: 11.7 per 1001972: 11.67 per 1001974: 11.67 per 1001976: 19.21 per 1001978: 23.9 per 1001980: 28.78 per 1001982: 32.67 per 1001984: 35.72 per 1001986: 38.23 per 1001988: 40.64 per 1001990: 44.35 per 1001992: 47.58 per 1001994: 50.43 per 1001996: 54.33 per 1001998: 57.01 per 1002000: 59.27 per 1002002: 59.66 per 1002004: 59.2 per 1002006: 58.6 per 1002008: 56.43 per 1002010: 60.49 per 1002012: 57.94 per 1002014: 55.09 per 1002016: 53.17 per 1002018: 50.14 per 1002020: 46.75 per 1002022: 45.95 per 1002024: 38.48 per 100
Change over the period: +32.7 (+566.09%) Average annual rate: 3.01 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 38.48 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 38.48 −6.65 −14.74%
2023 45.13 −0.82 −1.78%
2022 45.95 −0.76 −1.64%
2021 46.71 −0.03 −0.07%
2020 46.75 −0.57 −1.2%
2019 47.31 −2.83 −5.65%
2018 50.14 −2 −3.83%
2017 52.14 −1.03 −1.93%
2016 53.17 −0.68 −1.26%
2015 53.85 −1.24 −2.26%
2014 55.09 −1.42 −2.52%
2013 56.52 −1.42 −2.46%
2012 57.94 −1.31 −2.21%
2011 59.25 −1.23 −2.04%
2010 60.49 −0.81 −1.32%
2009 61.3 +4.87 +8.62%
2008 56.43 −1.68 −2.89%
2007 58.11 −0.49 −0.84%
2006 58.6 −0.31 −0.52%
2005 58.91 −0.29 −0.49%
2004 59.2 −0.26 −0.43%
2003 59.46 −0.2 −0.33%
2002 59.66 +0.24 +0.41%
2001 59.42 +0.15 +0.25%
2000 59.27 +1.2 +2.06%
1999 58.07 +1.06 +1.86%
1998 57.01 +1.36 +2.45%
1997 55.65 +1.31 +2.42%
1996 54.33 +1.51 +2.86%
1995 52.82 +2.39 +4.73%
1994 50.43 +1.5 +3.06%
1993 48.94 +1.35 +2.84%
1992 47.58 +1.65 +3.58%
1991 45.94 +1.59 +3.58%
1990 44.35 +2.31 +5.49%
1989 42.04 +1.4 +3.46%
1988 40.64 +1.24 +3.15%
1987 39.4 +1.16 +3.05%
1986 38.23 +1.21 +3.27%
1985 37.02 +1.31 +3.66%
1984 35.72 +1.49 +4.35%
1983 34.23 +1.55 +4.76%
1982 32.67 +1.81 +5.87%
1981 30.86 +2.08 +7.24%
1980 28.78 +2.38 +9.04%
1979 26.39 +2.49 +10.42%
1978 23.9 +2.47 +11.51%
1977 21.43 +2.23 +11.59%
1976 19.21 +1.93 +11.15%
1975 17.28 +5.61 +48.07%
1974 11.67 +0 +0.01%
1973 11.67 +0 +0.01%
1972 11.67 +0 +0%
1971 11.67 −0.03 −0.23%
1970 11.7 +3.79 +47.88%
1969 7.91 +0 +0.02%
1968 7.91 +0.01 +0.07%
1967 7.9 +0.01 +0.07%
1966 7.9 −0.02 −0.31%
1965 7.92 +2.12 +36.6%
1964 5.8 +0.01 +0.09%
1963 5.79 +0.01 +0.12%
1962 5.79 +0.01 +0.15%
1961 5.78 +0 +0.01%
1960 5.78

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.