Number of fixed lines fell 20.3% to 7.74 mil in Argentina in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Argentina reached an all time high of 10.2 mil in 2016 and an all time low of 0.915 mil in 1960. When compared to Argentina's main peers, number of fixed lines in Bolivia amounted to 0.712 mil, 2.75 mil in Chile, 0.303 mil in Paraguay and 1.17 mil in Uruguay in 2019.
Argentina has been ranked 20th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Number of Fixed Lines | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Argentina | mil | 10.1 | 10.2 | 9.74 | 9.76 | 7.76 | ||||||||||||||||
Bolivia | mil | 0.881 | 0.867 | 0.851 | 0.712 | 0.652 | ||||||||||||||||
Brazil | mil | 43.7 | 42.0 | 40.4 | 38.3 | 33.7 | ||||||||||||||||
Chile | mil | 3.45 | 3.38 | 3.20 | 3.00 | 2.75 | ||||||||||||||||
Paraguay | mil | 0.345 | 0.350 | 0.294 | 0.303 | 0.273 | ||||||||||||||||
Peru | mil | 2.91 | 3.07 | 3.08 | 2.89 | 2.62 | ||||||||||||||||
Uruguay | mil | 1.11 | 1.11 | 1.14 | 1.15 | 1.17 |