Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Switzerland

Fixed telephone lines in Switzerland in 2024 — 30.59 per 100. Ranked 21 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 49.4%.

2024 30.59 per 100 −5.58% vs 2023
World rank 21of 146
Period maximum 74.5 per 1002001
Period minimum 20.48 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Switzerland, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 20.48 per 1001962: 20.66 per 1001964: 20.66 per 1001966: 25.22 per 1001968: 25.22 per 1001970: 31.47 per 1001972: 31.62 per 1001974: 31.62 per 1001976: 40.03 per 1001978: 42.62 per 1001980: 44.93 per 1001982: 47.1 per 1001984: 49.44 per 1001986: 51.99 per 1001988: 55.1 per 1001990: 58.7 per 1001992: 60.9 per 1001994: 60.9 per 1001996: 64.6 per 1001998: 68.7 per 1002000: 72.88 per 1002002: 74.02 per 1002004: 71.14 per 1002006: 67.15 per 1002008: 63.18 per 1002010: 62.71 per 1002012: 59.03 per 1002014: 53.41 per 1002016: 45.05 per 1002018: 39.12 per 1002020: 35.46 per 1002022: 34.17 per 1002024: 30.59 per 100
Change over the period: +10.12 (+49.42%) Average annual rate: 0.63 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Switzerland 30.59 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 24.3 per 100
Western Europe computed 38.48 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 30.59 −1.81 −5.58%
2023 32.4 −1.77 −5.17%
2022 34.17 −0.35 −1.02%
2021 34.52 −0.94 −2.64%
2020 35.46 −1.51 −4.09%
2019 36.97 −2.15 −5.49%
2018 39.12 −2.99 −7.1%
2017 42.1 −2.94 −6.53%
2016 45.05 −4.93 −9.87%
2015 49.98 −3.44 −6.44%
2014 53.41 −3.36 −5.91%
2013 56.77 −2.26 −3.83%
2012 59.03 −2.86 −4.63%
2011 61.9 −0.82 −1.3%
2010 62.71 −3.61 −5.44%
2009 66.32 +3.14 +4.98%
2008 63.18 −2.12 −3.25%
2007 65.3 −1.85 −2.75%
2006 67.15 −2.14 −3.09%
2005 69.29 −1.85 −2.6%
2004 71.14 −1.45 −1.99%
2003 72.59 −1.43 −1.93%
2002 74.02 −0.48 −0.64%
2001 74.5 +1.62 +2.22%
2000 72.88 +1.98 +2.79%
1999 70.9 +2.2 +3.2%
1998 68.7 +2.6 +3.93%
1997 66.1 +1.5 +2.32%
1996 64.6 +1 +1.57%
1995 63.6 +2.7 +4.43%
1994 60.9 −0.6 −0.98%
1993 61.5 +0.6 +0.99%
1992 60.9 +0.9 +1.5%
1991 60 +1.3 +2.21%
1990 58.7 +1.76 +3.09%
1989 56.94 +1.84 +3.34%
1988 55.1 +1.63 +3.05%
1987 53.47 +1.48 +2.85%
1986 51.99 +1.34 +2.65%
1985 50.65 +1.21 +2.46%
1984 49.44 +1.21 +2.52%
1983 48.22 +1.12 +2.39%
1982 47.1 +1.06 +2.31%
1981 46.04 +1.11 +2.47%
1980 44.93 +1.16 +2.64%
1979 43.77 +1.15 +2.71%
1978 42.62 +1.24 +2.99%
1977 41.38 +1.35 +3.36%
1976 40.03 +1.06 +2.73%
1975 38.97 +7.35 +23.24%
1974 31.62 +0 +0%
1973 31.62 +0 +0%
1972 31.62 +0 +0%
1971 31.62 +0.16 +0.49%
1970 31.47 +6.25 +24.77%
1969 25.22 +0 +0%
1968 25.22 +0 +0%
1967 25.22 +0 +0%
1966 25.22 +0.19 +0.76%
1965 25.03 +4.37 +21.15%
1964 20.66 +0 +0%
1963 20.66 +0 +0%
1962 20.66 +0 +0%
1961 20.66 +0.18 +0.9%
1960 20.48

Western Europe, 2024

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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.