Fixed line penetration as a percentage of population fell 10.6% to 12.7% in Czechia in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Czechia reached an all time high of 37.8% in 2000 and an all time low of 11.3% in 1979. When compared to Czechia's main peers, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Austria amounted to 42.5%, 30.5% in Hungary, 15.0% in Poland and 11.9% in Slovakia in 2020.
Czechia has been ranked 81st within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of fixed line penetration as a percentage of population, 22 places below 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 |
| Austria | % | 41.8% | 40.8% | 42.2% | 42.3% | 41.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | 18.1% | 16.7% | 15.6% | 14.4% | 14.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 55.3% | 55.0% | 53.7% | 51.3% | 48.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 31.4% | 31.8% | 32.0% | 31.5% | 31.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 33.6% | 33.7% | 34.5% | 34.1% | 32.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 23.5% | 21.1% | 19.2% | 17.1% | 15.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 24.5% | 22.2% | 22.0% | 20.7% | 19.0% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | 16.0% | 15.2% | 14.0% | 13.3% | 12.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 50.0% | 45.1% | 42.1% | 39.1% | 37.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | 21.3% | 19.8% | 16.9% | 14.4% | 9.96% |
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