Fixed line penetration as a percentage of population rose 10.3% to 17.6% in Suriname in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Suriname reached an all time high of 17.6% in 2020 and an all time low of 2.92% in 1975. When compared to Suriname's main peers, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Brazil amounted to 14.4%, 15.9% in Guyana, 23.1% in Trinidad and Tobago and 18.5% in Venezuela in 2020.
Suriname has been ranked 54th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of fixed line penetration as a percentage of population, 31 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 |
| Bolivia | % | 7.95% | 7.70% | 7.44% | 6.13% | 5.54% | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | % | 21.3% | 20.3% | 19.4% | 18.2% | 15.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | % | 15.1% | 14.9% | 14.5% | 14.2% | 14.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guyana | % | 20.4% | 18.7% | 17.8% | 17.5% | 15.6% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Peru | % | 9.48% | 9.88% | 9.75% | 8.97% | 7.97% | ||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | % | 23.2% | 23.7% | 23.3% | 21.2% | 20.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Suriname | % | 16.0% | 15.3% | 15.2% | 14.8% | 15.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | % | 18.6% | 18.5% | 17.4% | 21.2% | 22.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | % | 25.5% | 24.9% | 19.4% | 18.6% | 18.5% |
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