Fixed line penetration as a percentage of population rose 6.90% to 19.0% in Mexico in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Mexico reached an all time high of 19.0% in 2020 and an all time low of 0.896% in 1964. When compared to Mexico's main peers, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Belize amounted to 4.78%, 12.7% in Guatemala, 5.37% in Honduras and 30.7% in USA in 2020.
Mexico has been ranked 50th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of fixed line penetration as a percentage of population, 26 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% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Canada | % | 43.7% | 42.0% | 39.6% | 37.4% | 36.2% | ||||||||||||||||
China | % | 16.6% | 14.7% | 13.7% | 13.6% | 13.4% | ||||||||||||||||
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% | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | % | 50.1% | 50.5% | 50.5% | 50.2% | 49.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | % | 16.8% | 17.1% | 16.9% | 17.5% | 18.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Nicaragua | % | 5.62% | 5.74% | 5.80% | 4.96% | 3.43% | ||||||||||||||||
USA | % | 38.5% | 37.1% | 35.3% | 33.2% | 31.8% |