Number of fixed lines rose 19.9% to 0.302 mil in Ghana in 2017, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Ghana reached an all time high of 0.377 mil in 2007 and an all time low of 0.017 mil in 1965. When compared to Ghana's main peers, number of fixed lines in Benin amounted to 0.057 mil, 0.306 mil in Ivory Coast and 0.036 mil in Togo in 2017.
Ghana has been ranked 109th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 6 places below 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 |
Benin | mil | 0.195 | 0.125 | 0.057 | 0.049 | 0.036 | ||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | mil | 0.075 | 0.076 | 0.076 | 0.077 | 0.075 | ||||||||||||||||
Ghana | mil | 0.276 | 0.251 | 0.302 | 0.278 | 0.289 | ||||||||||||||||
Guinea | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
Ivory Coast | mil | 0.277 | 0.289 | 0.306 | 0.302 | 0.272 | ||||||||||||||||
Liberia | mil | 0.009 | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.006 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Mali | mil | 0.169 | 0.201 | 0.215 | 0.228 | 0.242 | ||||||||||||||||
Niger | mil | 0.110 | 0.161 | 0.114 | 0.114 | 0.058 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Nigeria | mil | 0.187 | 0.155 | 0.139 | 0.140 | 0.107 | ||||||||||||||||
Togo | mil | 0.053 | 0.034 | 0.036 | 0.038 | 0.044 | ... |