Based on a comparison of 111 countries in 2017, Bahrain ranked the highest in fixed lines per household with 184% followed by Hong Kong and Malta. On the other end of the scale was Nigeria with 0.350%, Rwanda with 0.443% and Kenya with 0.627%.
Data for more countries are available at Fixed Lines Per Household indicator page.
| 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 |
| Bahrain | % | 194% | 207% | 199% | 192% | 186% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cayman Islands | % | 166% | 164% | 158% | 140% | 140% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| France | % | 141% | 138% | 136% | 134% | 134% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 131% | 124% | 122% | 120% | 118% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | % | 183% | 183% | 184% | 182% | 174% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 156% | 159% | 160% | 155% | 157% | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | % | 159% | 161% | 150% | 149% | 146% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 123% | 121% | 120% | 118% | 117% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 134% | 126% | 125% | 125% | 126% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | % | 165% | 163% | 163% | 162% | 161% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritius | % | 108% | 99.7% | 103% | 105% | 107% | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | % | 112% | 112% | 111% | 112% | 114% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 176% | 170% | 165% | 165% | 163% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | 168% | 169% | 168% | 161% | 155% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 125% | 124% | 123% | 122% | 120% |
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