Number of fixed lines fell 6.98% to 2.20 mil in Ecuador in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Ecuador reached an all time high of 2.51 mil in 2015 and an all time low of 0.048 mil in 1965. When compared to Ecuador's main peers, number of fixed lines in Brazil amounted to 33.7 mil, 7.01 mil in Colombia, 0.741 mil in Panama and 3.08 mil in Peru in 2019.
Ecuador has been ranked 52nd within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 4 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 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | mil | 7.11 | 7.12 | 6.99 | 6.97 | 7.01 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | mil | 0.860 | 0.838 | 0.814 | 0.768 | 0.640 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ecuador | mil | 2.51 | 2.45 | 2.42 | 2.36 | 2.20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | mil | 0.497 | 0.443 | 0.491 | 0.532 | 0.490 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | mil | 0.354 | 0.367 | 0.376 | 0.326 | 0.229 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | mil | 0.620 | 0.653 | 0.663 | 0.728 | 0.649 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | mil | 2.91 | 3.07 | 3.08 | 2.89 | 2.62 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | mil | 7.78 | 7.66 | 5.93 | 5.55 | 5.35 |
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