Fixed line penetration as a percentage of population rose 12.7% to 1.33% in Mali in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Mali reached an all time high of 1.33% in 2020 and an all time low of 0.031% in 1960. When compared to Mali's main peers, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Algeria amounted to 11.0%, 0.349% in Burkina Faso, 1.38% in Mauritania and 0.238% in Niger in 2020.
Mali has been ranked 137th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of fixed line penetration as a percentage of population, 22 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 |
| Algeria | % | 8.26% | 8.44% | 9.97% | 10.0% | 10.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 0.401% | 0.393% | 0.383% | 0.376% | 0.359% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 0.120% | 0.091% | 0.057% | 0.058% | 0.040% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 0.954% | 0.851% | 0.998% | 0.902% | 0.915% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 1.17% | 1.19% | 1.23% | 1.19% | 1.04% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 17.2% | 21.9% | 24.7% | 23.9% | 24.0% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 0.933% | 1.07% | 1.11% | 1.14% | 1.18% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 1.30% | 1.31% | 1.37% | 1.40% | 1.41% | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | 6.41% | 5.89% | 5.75% | 6.10% | 5.63% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.546% | 0.769% | 0.526% | 0.529% | 0.247% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 2.09% | 1.94% | 1.92% | 1.94% | 1.30% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 41.7% | 41.9% | 42.0% | 42.2% | 41.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 8.16% | 8.34% | 9.42% | 10.9% | 12.1% |
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