Fixed line penetration as a percentage of population fell 0.462% to 13.8% in El Salvador in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in El Salvador reached an all time high of 17.8% in 2009 and an all time low of 0.381% in 1965. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Costa Rica amounted to 11.0%, 12.7% in Guatemala, 5.37% in Honduras and 3.18% in Nicaragua in 2020.
El Salvador has been ranked 73rd within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of fixed line penetration as a percentage of population, 11 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Fixed Line Penetration (As % of Population) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Belize | % | 6.56% | 6.10% | 5.63% | 5.46% | 4.75% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | 17.6% | 17.0% | 16.3% | 15.2% | 12.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | % | 15.2% | 15.1% | 14.8% | 14.7% | 14.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | 10.7% | 15.1% | 14.8% | 14.5% | 11.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 5.35% | 4.68% | 5.10% | 5.43% | 4.92% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 16.8% | 17.1% | 16.9% | 17.5% | 18.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | 5.62% | 5.74% | 5.80% | 4.96% | 3.43% | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | % | 15.7% | 16.2% | 16.2% | 17.5% | 15.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 38.5% | 37.1% | 35.3% | 33.2% | 31.8% |
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