Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Thailand

Fixed telephone lines in Thailand in 2024 — 5.45 per 100. Ranked 94 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3,799.1%.

2024 5.45 per 100 −4.69% vs 2023
World rank 94of 146
Period maximum 13.99 per 1002017
Period minimum 0.14 per 1001961

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Thailand, 1960–202405101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0.14 per 1001962: 0.14 per 1001964: 0.14 per 1001966: 0.17 per 1001968: 0.17 per 1001970: 0.27 per 1001972: 0.26 per 1001974: 0.26 per 1001976: 0.57 per 1001978: 0.68 per 1001980: 0.8 per 1001982: 0.91 per 1001984: 1.05 per 1001986: 1.55 per 1001988: 1.88 per 1001990: 2.42 per 1001992: 3.17 per 1001994: 4.72 per 1001996: 6.94 per 1001998: 8.19 per 1002000: 8.87 per 1002002: 10.2 per 1002004: 10.41 per 1002006: 10.62 per 1002008: 10.94 per 1002010: 9.97 per 1002012: 9.18 per 1002014: 8.1 per 1002016: 6.64 per 1002018: 8.49 per 1002020: 6.98 per 1002022: 6.09 per 1002024: 5.45 per 100
Change over the period: +5.31 (+3,799.09%) Average annual rate: 5.89 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Thailand 5.45 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
East Asia & Pacific 12.6 per 100
South-Eastern Asia computed 3.88 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.94 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 5.45 −0.27 −4.69%
2023 5.71 −0.38 −6.16%
2022 6.09 −0.37 −5.75%
2021 6.46 −0.52 −7.49%
2020 6.98 −0.59 −7.76%
2019 7.57 −0.92 −10.81%
2018 8.49 −5.5 −39.32%
2017 13.99 +7.35 +110.65%
2016 6.64 −0.88 −11.76%
2015 7.53 −0.58 −7.13%
2014 8.1 −0.57 −6.54%
2013 8.67 −0.51 −5.59%
2012 9.18 −0.47 −4.85%
2011 9.65 −0.31 −3.15%
2010 9.97 −0.61 −5.77%
2009 10.58 −0.36 −3.28%
2008 10.94 +0.47 +4.47%
2007 10.47 −0.16 −1.46%
2006 10.62 −0.03 −0.31%
2005 10.66 +0.25 +2.39%
2004 10.41 +0.18 +1.79%
2003 10.22 +0.02 +0.21%
2002 10.2 +0.7 +7.36%
2001 9.5 +0.63 +7.1%
2000 8.87 +0.5 +6.02%
1999 8.37 +0.18 +2.2%
1998 8.19 +0.24 +3.02%
1997 7.95 +1.01 +14.55%
1996 6.94 +1.05 +17.83%
1995 5.89 +1.17 +24.79%
1994 4.72 +0.86 +22.28%
1993 3.86 +0.69 +21.77%
1992 3.17 +0.38 +13.62%
1991 2.79 +0.37 +15.29%
1990 2.42 +0.29 +13.53%
1989 2.13 +0.25 +13.19%
1988 1.88 +0.17 +9.62%
1987 1.72 +0.17 +10.84%
1986 1.55 +0.31 +25.18%
1985 1.24 +0.19 +18.31%
1984 1.05 +0.09 +9.96%
1983 0.95 +0.04 +4.53%
1982 0.91 +0.09 +11.31%
1981 0.82 +0.02 +2.23%
1980 0.8 +0.06 +7.88%
1979 0.74 +0.07 +9.77%
1978 0.68 +0.07 +10.92%
1977 0.61 +0.04 +7.65%
1976 0.57 +0.03 +5.7%
1975 0.54 +0.28 +107.85%
1974 0.26 +0 +0%
1973 0.26 +0 +0%
1972 0.26 +0 +0%
1971 0.26 −0.01 −2.96%
1970 0.27 +0.1 +56.42%
1969 0.17 +0 +0%
1968 0.17 +0 +0%
1967 0.17 +0 +0%
1966 0.17 −0 −2.77%
1965 0.17 +0.04 +28.72%
1964 0.14 +0 +0%
1963 0.14 +0 +0%
1962 0.14 +0 +0%
1961 0.14 −0 −2.92%
1960 0.14

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.