Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Timor-Leste

Fixed telephone lines in Timor-Leste in 2024 — 0.12 per 100. Ranked 135 in the world out of 146. Since 2003, the indicator has fallen by 43.8%.

2024 0.12 per 100 −6.37% vs 2023
World rank 135of 146
Period maximum 0.3 per 1002014
Period minimum 0.12 per 1002024

Trend over time

2003–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Timor-Leste, 2003–20240.10.150.20.250.30.35200320062009201220152018202120242003: 0.21 per 1002004: 0.23 per 1002005: 0.25 per 1002006: 0.26 per 1002007: 0.24 per 1002008: 0.26 per 1002009: 0.27 per 1002010: 0.27 per 1002011: 0.28 per 1002012: 0.26 per 1002013: 0.26 per 1002014: 0.3 per 1002015: 0.23 per 1002016: 0.21 per 1002017: 0.19 per 1002018: 0.17 per 1002019: 0.16 per 1002020: 0.15 per 1002021: 0.14 per 1002022: 0.13 per 1002023: 0.13 per 1002024: 0.12 per 100
Change over the period: −0.09 (−43.81%) Average annual rate: -2.71 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 0.12 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
East Asia & Pacific 12.6 per 100
South-Eastern Asia computed 3.88 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3.47 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 0.12 −0.01 −6.37%
2023 0.13 −0.01 −4.04%
2022 0.13 −0 −3.29%
2021 0.14 −0.01 −8.42%
2020 0.15 −0.01 −4.87%
2019 0.16 −0.01 −7.74%
2018 0.17 −0.02 −9.11%
2017 0.19 −0.02 −8.19%
2016 0.21 −0.02 −8.2%
2015 0.23 −0.08 −25%
2014 0.3 +0.04 +16.24%
2013 0.26 −0.01 −2.05%
2012 0.26 −0.01 −3.9%
2011 0.28 +0.01 +2.64%
2010 0.27 −0.01 −2.39%
2009 0.27 +0.02 +7.33%
2008 0.26 +0.01 +5.35%
2007 0.24 −0.01 −5.3%
2006 0.26 +0.01 +4.18%
2005 0.25 +0.02 +8.99%
2004 0.23 +0.01 +5.1%
2003 0.21

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.