Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Syria

Fixed telephone lines in Syria in 2024 — 11.52 per 100. Ranked 66 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,265.6%.

2024 11.52 per 100 −3.5% vs 2023
World rank 66of 146
Period maximum 20.44 per 1002013
Period minimum 0.84 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Syria, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0.84 per 1001962: 0.85 per 1001964: 0.85 per 1001966: 1.06 per 1001968: 1.06 per 1001970: 1.26 per 1001972: 1.26 per 1001974: 1.26 per 1001976: 1.77 per 1001978: 2.03 per 1001980: 2.69 per 1001982: 3.52 per 1001984: 4.09 per 1001986: 4.17 per 1001988: 4.1 per 1001990: 3.95 per 1001992: 3.84 per 1001994: 4.83 per 1001996: 7.98 per 1001998: 9.34 per 1002000: 10.07 per 1002002: 11.99 per 1002004: 14.5 per 1002006: 16.51 per 1002008: 16.79 per 1002010: 18.1 per 1002012: 18.69 per 1002014: 17.9 per 1002016: 18.05 per 1002018: 14 per 1002020: 13.57 per 1002022: 12.45 per 1002024: 11.52 per 100
Change over the period: +10.67 (+1,265.64%) Average annual rate: 4.17 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Syria 11.52 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Western Asia computed 12.42 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 11.52 −0.42 −3.5%
2023 11.94 −0.51 −4.12%
2022 12.45 −0.6 −4.57%
2021 13.04 −0.53 −3.91%
2020 13.57 −0.39 −2.83%
2019 13.97 −0.03 −0.19%
2018 14 −0.19 −1.31%
2017 14.18 −3.87 −21.44%
2016 18.05 −0.17 −0.94%
2015 18.22 +0.32 +1.8%
2014 17.9 −2.54 −12.43%
2013 20.44 +1.75 +9.36%
2012 18.69 −0.06 −0.3%
2011 18.75 +0.65 +3.58%
2010 18.1 +0.48 +2.75%
2009 17.61 +0.82 +4.89%
2008 16.79 +0.26 +1.6%
2007 16.53 +0.01 +0.09%
2006 16.51 +1.08 +7.03%
2005 15.43 +0.94 +6.45%
2004 14.5 +1.02 +7.55%
2003 13.48 +1.48 +12.38%
2002 11.99 +1.34 +12.55%
2001 10.66 +0.59 +5.83%
2000 10.07 +0.21 +2.12%
1999 9.86 +0.52 +5.57%
1998 9.34 +0.83 +9.75%
1997 8.51 +0.53 +6.64%
1996 7.98 +1.42 +21.65%
1995 6.56 +1.73 +35.82%
1994 4.83 +0.72 +17.52%
1993 4.11 +0.27 +7.03%
1992 3.84 −0.03 −0.78%
1991 3.87 −0.08 −2.03%
1990 3.95 −0.11 −2.79%
1989 4.06 −0.04 −0.9%
1988 4.1 −0.03 −0.74%
1987 4.13 −0.04 −0.97%
1986 4.17 −0 −0.07%
1985 4.17 +0.09 +2.18%
1984 4.09 +0.36 +9.78%
1983 3.72 +0.2 +5.65%
1982 3.52 +0.21 +6.29%
1981 3.31 +0.62 +22.97%
1980 2.69 +0.47 +21.35%
1979 2.22 +0.19 +9.2%
1978 2.03 +0.15 +8.14%
1977 1.88 +0.11 +6.5%
1976 1.77 +0.06 +3.42%
1975 1.71 +0.45 +35.88%
1974 1.26 +0 +0%
1973 1.26 +0 +0%
1972 1.26 +0 +0%
1971 1.26 −0.01 −0.49%
1970 1.26 +0.2 +19.03%
1969 1.06 +0 +0%
1968 1.06 +0 +0%
1967 1.06 +0 +0%
1966 1.06 −0 −0.09%
1965 1.06 +0.21 +24.88%
1964 0.85 +0 +0%
1963 0.85 +0 +0%
1962 0.85 +0 +0%
1961 0.85 +0.01 +0.81%
1960 0.84

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.