Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Suriname

Fixed telephone lines in Suriname in 2024 — 19.56 per 100. Ranked 44 in the world out of 146. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 630.7%.

2024 19.56 per 100 −4.6% vs 2023
World rank 44of 146
Period maximum 20.5 per 1002023
Period minimum 2.68 per 1001975

Trend over time

1975–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Suriname, 1975–20240102030197519801985199019952000200520102015202020241975: 2.68 per 1001976: 2.83 per 1001977: 3.2 per 1001978: 3.48 per 1001979: 3.8 per 1001980: 4.05 per 1001981: 4.3 per 1001982: 4.39 per 1001983: 5.57 per 1001984: 6.75 per 1001985: 7.14 per 1001986: 7.62 per 1001987: 7.81 per 1001988: 7.97 per 1001989: 8.3 per 1001990: 8.89 per 1001991: 9.77 per 1001992: 10.4 per 1001993: 11.3 per 1001994: 12 per 1001995: 12.6 per 1001996: 13 per 1001997: 14.3 per 1001998: 14.7 per 1001999: 15.2 per 1002000: 15.8 per 1002001: 15.9 per 1002002: 15.85 per 1002003: 15.76 per 1002004: 15.9 per 1002005: 15.61 per 1002006: 15.52 per 1002007: 15.44 per 1002008: 15.45 per 1002009: 15.41 per 1002010: 15.45 per 1002011: 15.1 per 1002012: 15.37 per 1002013: 14.93 per 1002014: 14.76 per 1002015: 15.8 per 1002016: 15.15 per 1002017: 15 per 1002018: 14.69 per 1002019: 15.31 per 1002020: 16.86 per 1002021: 19.42 per 1002022: 17.37 per 1002023: 20.5 per 1002024: 19.56 per 100
Change over the period: +16.88 (+630.73%) Average annual rate: 4.14 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Suriname 19.56 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
South America computed 10.23 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.94 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 19.56 −0.94 −4.6%
2023 20.5 +3.13 +18%
2022 17.37 −2.05 −10.54%
2021 19.42 +2.56 +15.16%
2020 16.86 +1.55 +10.11%
2019 15.31 +0.62 +4.2%
2018 14.69 −0.3 −2%
2017 15 −0.15 −1%
2016 15.15 −0.66 −4.15%
2015 15.8 +1.05 +7.1%
2014 14.76 −0.17 −1.15%
2013 14.93 −0.44 −2.85%
2012 15.37 +0.27 +1.77%
2011 15.1 −0.35 −2.27%
2010 15.45 +0.04 +0.27%
2009 15.41 −0.04 −0.27%
2008 15.45 +0.01 +0.05%
2007 15.44 −0.08 −0.53%
2006 15.52 −0.08 −0.54%
2005 15.61 −0.29 −1.83%
2004 15.9 +0.14 +0.88%
2003 15.76 −0.08 −0.53%
2002 15.85 −0.06 −0.35%
2001 15.9 +0.1 +0.64%
2000 15.8 +0.6 +3.95%
1999 15.2 +0.5 +3.4%
1998 14.7 +0.4 +2.8%
1997 14.3 +1.3 +10%
1996 13 +0.4 +3.17%
1995 12.6 +0.6 +5%
1994 12 +0.7 +6.19%
1993 11.3 +0.9 +8.65%
1992 10.4 +0.63 +6.45%
1991 9.77 +0.88 +9.9%
1990 8.89 +0.59 +7.1%
1989 8.3 +0.33 +4.13%
1988 7.97 +0.16 +2.05%
1987 7.81 +0.19 +2.49%
1986 7.62 +0.48 +6.74%
1985 7.14 +0.39 +5.73%
1984 6.75 +1.19 +21.33%
1983 5.57 +1.18 +26.86%
1982 4.39 +0.08 +1.96%
1981 4.3 +0.25 +6.18%
1980 4.05 +0.26 +6.72%
1979 3.8 +0.31 +9.04%
1978 3.48 +0.28 +8.73%
1977 3.2 +0.37 +13.12%
1976 2.83 +0.16 +5.82%
1975 2.68

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.