Fixed broadband internet lines per household fell 1.05% to 66.3% in Austria in 2017, according to World Bank.
Historically, fixed broadband internet lines per household in Austria reached an all time high of 67.0% in 2016 and an all time low of 5.88% in 2000. When compared to Austria's main peers, fixed broadband internet lines per household in Germany amounted to 81.3%, 70.5% in Hungary, 64.7% in Italy and 102% in Switzerland in 2017.
Austria has been ranked 41st within the group of 104 countries we follow in terms of fixed broadband internet lines per household, 14 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Fixed Broadband Internet Lines Per Household | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Austria | % | ... | ... | ... | 57.5% | 58.0% | 60.4% | 63.4% | 65.6% | |||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | 76.3% | 79.1% | 81.7% | 85.2% | 87.1% | |||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | ... | ... | ... | 56.2% | 58.9% | 62.7% | 65.1% | 63.5% | |||||||||||||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | 79.6% | 83.6% | 86.5% | 89.7% | 92.5% | |||||||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | 67.4% | 69.0% | 70.6% | 72.8% | 75.4% | |||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | ... | ... | ... | 56.8% | 58.6% | 63.1% | 62.4% | 65.4% | |||||||||||||
| Italy | % | ... | ... | ... | 55.2% | 55.7% | 56.3% | 57.4% | 59.0% | |||||||||||||
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | 51.5% | 50.7% | 51.7% | 53.1% | 53.2% | |||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | ... | ... | ... | 45.0% | 49.0% | 51.6% | 54.9% | 58.3% | |||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | ... | ... | ... | 60.6% | 61.8% | 63.0% | 66.1% | 66.4% | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | ... | ... | ... | 87.8% | 90.4% | 95.5% | 96.9% | 100% |
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