Fixed lines per household fell 2.65% to 44.4% in Dominican Republic in 2017, according to World Bank.
Historically, fixed lines per household in Dominican Republic reached an all time high of 45.6% in 2016 and an all time low of 8.00% in 1980. When compared to Dominican Republic's main peers, fixed lines per household in Cuba amounted to 35.4%, 31.7% in Jamaica, 62.9% in Mexico and 94.8% in USA in 2017.
Dominican Republic has been ranked 65th within the group of 103 countries we follow in terms of fixed lines per household, 24 places above 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 |
| Belize | % | 35.0% | 29.9% | 27.4% | 25.0% | 25.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | 137% | 130% | 123% | 118% | 111% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cayman Islands | % | 166% | 164% | 158% | 140% | 140% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| China | % | 64.1% | 61.7% | 58.4% | 53.9% | 49.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cuba | % | 31.7% | 32.1% | 32.6% | 33.3% | 34.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | % | 40.5% | 40.9% | 41.7% | 42.9% | 45.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Haiti | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Honduras | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Jamaica | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.9% | 28.6% | 28.0% | 28.1% | 27.6% | ||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 123% | 121% | 120% | 118% | 117% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 69.4% | 69.8% | 61.7% | 60.3% | 64.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 121% | 114% | 109% | 104% | 100% |
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