Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — Trinidad and Tobago

Fixed telephone lines in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024 — 19.75 per 100. Ranked 43 in the world out of 146. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 725.8%.

2024 19.75 per 100 −4.48% vs 2023
World rank 43of 146
Period maximum 24 per 1002000
Period minimum 2.39 per 1001965

Trend over time

1965–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Trinidad and Tobago, 1965–20240102030196519711977198319891995200120072013201920241965: 2.39 per 1001966: 2.43 per 1001967: 2.43 per 1001968: 2.43 per 1001969: 2.43 per 1001970: 3.55 per 1001971: 3.71 per 1001972: 3.71 per 1001973: 3.71 per 1001974: 3.71 per 1001975: 3.87 per 1001976: 3.95 per 1001977: 4.01 per 1001978: 4.01 per 1001979: 3.94 per 1001980: 3.83 per 1001981: 3.95 per 1001982: 4.04 per 1001983: 5.66 per 1001984: 6.98 per 1001985: 9.84 per 1001986: 11.66 per 1001987: 12.9 per 1001988: 12.94 per 1001989: 12.59 per 1001990: 13.2 per 1001991: 13.8 per 1001992: 14.2 per 1001993: 15 per 1001994: 15.8 per 1001995: 16.2 per 1001996: 16.9 per 1001997: 18.6 per 1001998: 20.2 per 1001999: 21.2 per 1002000: 24 per 1002001: 23.53 per 1002002: 23.89 per 1002003: 23.82 per 1002004: 23.96 per 1002005: 23.84 per 1002006: 23.96 per 1002007: 22.51 per 1002008: 22.94 per 1002009: 21.99 per 1002010: 21.15 per 1002011: 20.93 per 1002012: 20.42 per 1002013: 20.62 per 1002014: 20.33 per 1002015: 18.95 per 1002016: 18.94 per 1002017: 17.81 per 1002018: 21.72 per 1002019: 23.13 per 1002020: 21.87 per 1002021: 22.95 per 1002022: 21.82 per 1002023: 20.67 per 1002024: 19.75 per 100
Change over the period: +17.36 (+725.85%) Average annual rate: 3.64 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Trinidad and Tobago 19.75 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 19.75 −0.93 −4.48%
2023 20.67 −1.15 −5.28%
2022 21.82 −1.13 −4.9%
2021 22.95 +1.08 +4.94%
2020 21.87 −1.25 −5.43%
2019 23.13 +1.4 +6.47%
2018 21.72 +3.91 +21.93%
2017 17.81 −1.13 −5.96%
2016 18.94 −0.01 −0.06%
2015 18.95 −1.38 −6.78%
2014 20.33 −0.29 −1.4%
2013 20.62 +0.2 +1%
2012 20.42 −0.52 −2.48%
2011 20.93 −0.22 −1.03%
2010 21.15 −0.84 −3.8%
2009 21.99 −0.95 −4.16%
2008 22.94 +0.44 +1.94%
2007 22.51 −1.45 −6.05%
2006 23.96 +0.12 +0.5%
2005 23.84 −0.12 −0.5%
2004 23.96 +0.14 +0.58%
2003 23.82 −0.07 −0.28%
2002 23.89 +0.36 +1.54%
2001 23.53 −0.48 −1.98%
2000 24 +2.8 +13.22%
1999 21.2 +1 +4.95%
1998 20.2 +1.6 +8.6%
1997 18.6 +1.7 +10.06%
1996 16.9 +0.7 +4.32%
1995 16.2 +0.4 +2.53%
1994 15.8 +0.8 +5.33%
1993 15 +0.8 +5.63%
1992 14.2 +0.4 +2.9%
1991 13.8 +0.6 +4.55%
1990 13.2 +0.61 +4.81%
1989 12.59 −0.35 −2.71%
1988 12.94 +0.05 +0.35%
1987 12.9 +1.24 +10.64%
1986 11.66 +1.82 +18.47%
1985 9.84 +2.86 +40.93%
1984 6.98 +1.32 +23.32%
1983 5.66 +1.62 +40.07%
1982 4.04 +0.09 +2.31%
1981 3.95 +0.12 +3.22%
1980 3.83 −0.11 −2.77%
1979 3.94 −0.08 −1.89%
1978 4.01 +0.01 +0.17%
1977 4.01 +0.05 +1.36%
1976 3.95 +0.08 +2.11%
1975 3.87 +0.16 +4.26%
1974 3.71 +0 +0%
1973 3.71 +0 +0%
1972 3.71 +0 +0%
1971 3.71 +0.16 +4.6%
1970 3.55 +1.11 +45.77%
1969 2.43 +0 +0%
1968 2.43 +0 +0%
1967 2.43 +0 +0%
1966 2.43 +0.04 +1.83%
1965 2.39

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.