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Which Country Has the Highest Fixed Line Penetration?

Fixed Line Penetration (As % of Population) (%), 2021 or latest
Telcos & Hi-Tech | February 1, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 174 countries in 2021, Monaco ranked the highest in fixed line penetration as a percentage of population with 117% followed by France and Cayman Islands. On the other end of the scale was Sierra Leone with 0.003%, Chad with 0.032% and Central African Republic with 0.037%.

Average fixed line penetration as a percentage of population reached 11.4% in 2021 in the World according to World Bank. This is 1.52 % less than in the previous year and -49.5 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, average fixed line penetration as a percentage of population reached an all time high of 19.3% in 2005 and an all time low of 5.02% in 1969. The average annual growth amounted to 1.11 % since 1960.

Data for more countries are available at Fixed Line Penetration (As % of Population) indicator page.

Fixed Line Penetration (As % of Population) Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Austria % 41.8% 40.8% 42.2% 42.3% 41.9%
Belarus % 46.8% 46.5% 46.4% 46.3% 46.0%
Cayman Islands % 55.1% 54.8% 54.7% 54.9% 54.4% ...
France % 61.0% 61.0% 60.4% 59.3% 58.7% ...
Germany % 55.3% 55.0% 53.7% 51.3% 48.6%
Greece % 48.7% 48.4% 48.4% 48.1% 45.5%
Hong Kong % 58.5% 58.1% 57.0% 56.1% 53.8%
Japan % 50.1% 50.5% 50.5% 50.2% 49.9%
Luxembourg % 48.6% 47.4% 46.2% 45.0% 43.1% ...
Malta % 50.4% 50.1% 50.1% 52.0% 51.0%
Monaco % 134% 126% 127% 117% 119%
Portugal % 45.2% 46.3% 46.9% 49.3% 49.4%
South Korea % 56.6% 54.6% 52.1% 50.1% 47.7%
Spain % 41.7% 41.9% 42.0% 42.2% 41.7%
United Kingdom % 50.9% 49.7% 48.1% 47.4% 49.0%