Fixed lines per household fell 4.58% to 41.8% in Latvia in 2017, according to World Bank.
Historically, fixed lines per household in Latvia reached an all time high of 80.8% in 2005 and an all time low of 41.8% in 2017. When compared to Latvia's main peers, fixed lines per household in Belarus amounted to 113%, 63.8% in Estonia, 35.2% in Lithuania and 59.4% in Russia in 2017.
Latvia has been ranked 69th within the group of 103 countries we follow in terms of fixed lines per household, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Fixed Lines Per Household | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Belarus | % | 108% | 113% | 114% | 115% | 115% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 64.1% | 61.7% | 58.4% | 53.9% | 49.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | % | 81.1% | 77.4% | 73.9% | 70.9% | 67.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | % | 42.3% | 34.6% | 29.0% | 24.5% | 20.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 127% | 124% | 120% | 116% | 111% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 123% | 121% | 120% | 118% | 117% | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | % | 58.8% | 54.8% | 49.3% | 47.2% | 42.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | % | 50.3% | 47.9% | 44.6% | 41.9% | 40.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 50.6% | 43.8% | 60.7% | 71.4% | 66.3% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 84.1% | 80.3% | 77.1% | 72.7% | 67.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 121% | 114% | 109% | 104% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | 74.5% | 71.7% | 69.9% | 62.0% | 54.2% |
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