Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Sweden

Fixed telephone lines in Sweden in 2024 — 7.51 per 100. Ranked 88 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 73.1%.

2024 7.51 per 100 −9.1% vs 2023
World rank 88of 146
Period maximum 72.2 per 1001998
Period minimum 7.51 per 1002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Sweden, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 27.88 per 1001962: 27.92 per 1001964: 27.92 per 1001966: 37.79 per 1001968: 37.79 per 1001970: 44.88 per 1001972: 44.73 per 1001974: 44.73 per 1001976: 52.82 per 1001978: 55.49 per 1001980: 57.99 per 1001982: 59.54 per 1001984: 61.25 per 1001986: 63.87 per 1001988: 66.14 per 1001990: 68.3 per 1001992: 68.4 per 1001994: 68 per 1001996: 68.2 per 1001998: 72.2 per 1002000: 68.26 per 1002002: 65.53 per 1002004: 63.24 per 1002006: 61.09 per 1002008: 57.9 per 1002010: 50.48 per 1002012: 43.8 per 1002014: 38.97 per 1002016: 31.28 per 1002018: 21.27 per 1002020: 14.28 per 1002022: 10.47 per 1002024: 7.51 per 100
Change over the period: −20.37 (−73.06%) Average annual rate: -2.03 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Sweden 7.51 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 24.3 per 100
Northern Europe computed 25.11 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 7.51 −0.75 −9.1%
2023 8.26 −2.2 −21.06%
2022 10.47 −1.64 −13.54%
2021 12.11 −2.17 −15.22%
2020 14.28 −2.75 −16.16%
2019 17.03 −4.23 −19.9%
2018 21.27 −4.76 −18.29%
2017 26.03 −5.26 −16.8%
2016 31.28 −4.99 −13.76%
2015 36.27 −2.69 −6.91%
2014 38.97 −1.95 −4.77%
2013 40.92 −2.88 −6.57%
2012 43.8 −3.64 −7.67%
2011 47.43 −3.05 −6.04%
2010 50.48 −4.79 −8.67%
2009 55.28 −2.62 −4.53%
2008 57.9 −2.22 −3.7%
2007 60.12 −0.97 −1.58%
2006 61.09 −1.32 −2.11%
2005 62.4 −0.84 −1.33%
2004 63.24 −1.28 −1.98%
2003 64.52 −1.01 −1.55%
2002 65.53 −1.39 −2.08%
2001 66.93 −1.33 −1.95%
2000 68.26 −0.54 −0.79%
1999 68.8 −3.4 −4.71%
1998 72.2 +1.5 +2.12%
1997 70.7 +2.5 +3.67%
1996 68.2 +0.1 +0.15%
1995 68.1 +0.1 +0.15%
1994 68 +0.2 +0.29%
1993 67.8 −0.6 −0.88%
1992 68.4 −0.7 −1.01%
1991 69.1 +0.8 +1.17%
1990 68.3 +1.09 +1.63%
1989 67.21 +1.07 +1.61%
1988 66.14 +1.19 +1.83%
1987 64.95 +1.08 +1.68%
1986 63.87 +1.39 +2.22%
1985 62.49 +1.23 +2.01%
1984 61.25 +1.21 +2.01%
1983 60.04 +0.51 +0.85%
1982 59.54 +0.75 +1.28%
1981 58.79 +0.8 +1.38%
1980 57.99 +1.6 +2.84%
1979 56.39 +0.9 +1.63%
1978 55.49 +1.1 +2.03%
1977 54.38 +1.57 +2.96%
1976 52.82 +1.64 +3.21%
1975 51.18 +6.45 +14.41%
1974 44.73 +0 +0%
1973 44.73 +0 +0%
1972 44.73 +0 +0%
1971 44.73 −0.15 −0.34%
1970 44.88 +7.09 +18.77%
1969 37.79 +0 +0%
1968 37.79 +0 +0%
1967 37.79 +0 +0%
1966 37.79 +0.05 +0.13%
1965 37.74 +9.82 +35.16%
1964 27.92 +0 +0%
1963 27.92 +0 +0%
1962 27.92 +0 +0%
1961 27.92 +0.04 +0.14%
1960 27.88

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.