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IT.MLT.MAIN.P2

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, China, South Sudan, Switzerland. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

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7 of 8 countries compared, out of 142.

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Latest known value: 45.42 for Germany in 2024, over a series running from 1960 to 2024 and 7 countries compared, from the highest (Germany, 45.42) to the lowest (South Sudan, 0).

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Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	China	South Sudan	Switzerland
2024	45.42	34.21	38.05	21.81	11.73		30.59
2023	45.77	33.79	38.4	23.56	12.61	0	32.4
2022	45.88	33.32	39.07	25.52	12.59	0	34.17
2021	45.99	33.48	39.93	28.34	12.67		34.52
2020	45.89	32.73	40.81	27.99	12.76		35.46
2019	45.8	32.46	41.4	31.7	13.42		36.97
2018	50.98	33.84	41.97	33.87	13.54	0	39.12
2017	53.43	34.28	41.79	37.83	13.72	0	42.1
2016	54.74	33.51	41.7	39.37	14.72	0	45.05
2015	55.25	33.36	41.5	40.63	16.55	0	49.98
2014	57.78	33.93	41.17	40.79	17.97	0	53.41
2013	60.09	34.78	41.37	42	19.36	0	56.77
2012	61.92	35.93	41.63	42.46	20.31	0	59.03
2011	63.57	36.62	42.32	42.33	20.96	0.02	61.9
2010	65.45	37.46	43.09	43.12	21.78	0.02	62.71
2009	66.35	37.8	43.41	43.49	23.37		66.32
2008	62.01	37	44.5	44.09	25.52		63.18
2007	65.31	37.93	44.36	44.79	27.58		65.3
2006	66.58	45.77	44.45	45.17	27.9		67.15
2005	66.78	42.8	44.27	46.16	26.75		69.29
2004	66.42	44.62	41.48	47.86	23.94		71.14
2003	66.05	46.06	41.78	47.94	20.3		72.59
2002	65.4	47.27	42.25	49.28	16.65		74.02
2001	63.87	47.73	42.5	50.41	14.11		74.5
2000	61.4	47.41	41.7	61.58	11.41		72.88
1999	59	46.3	40.4	60.3	8.63		70.9
1998	56.7	45.4	40.1	59	6.99		68.7
1997	54.9	44.9	39.2	56.3	5.66		66.1
1996	53.6	44.2	38.3	53.9	4.46		64.6
1995	51.2	43.3	37.7	52.2	3.34		63.6
1994	47.4	42.7	36.8	50.8	2.26		60.9
1993	45.4	42.3	35.9	49.6	1.45		61.5
1992	43.8	41.5	35	48.4	0.97		60.9
1991	41.8	40.4	33.8	47.3	0.72		60
1990	40	39.2	32.2	46.2	0.59		58.7
1989	36.55	37.5	30.37	45.05	0.5		56.94
1988	35.45	35.45	28.29	43.8	0.42		55.1
1987	34.58	33.73	26.45	42.48	0.36		53.47
1986	33.66	32.23	25.36	41.32	0.33		51.99
1985	32.71	30.72	24.28	40.12	0.29		50.65
1984	31.48	29.18	23.17	39.07	0.27		49.44
1983	30.15	27.56	22.15	38.01	0.24		48.22
1982	29.08	25.97	21.11	37.01	0.23		47.1
1981	27.86	24.52	20.27	35.89	0.22		46.04
1980	26.27	23.11	19.28	34.62	0.22		44.93
1979	24.28	21.71	18.01	32.8	0.21		43.77
1978	22.17	20.5	16.78	30.68	0.2		42.62
1977	20.13	19.37	15.55	28.38	0.19		41.38
1976	18.14	18.35	14.16	26.25	0.19		40.03
1975	16.35	17.53	13.14	24.41	0.18		38.97
1974	10.93	12.07	8.4	16.94			31.62
1973	10.93	12.07	8.4	16.94			31.62
1972	10.93	12.07	8.4	16.94			31.62
1971	10.93	12.07	8.4	16.94			31.62
1970	10.97	12.12	8.42	16.89			31.47
1969	6.35	8.79	5.52	12.28			25.22
1968	6.35	8.79	5.52	12.28			25.22
1967	6.35	8.79	5.52	12.28			25.22
1966	6.35	8.79	5.52	12.28			25.22
1965	6.37	8.82	5.53	12.25			25.03
1964	4.39	6.15	4.29	9.12			20.66
1963	4.39	6.15	4.29	9.12			20.66
1962	4.39	6.15	4.29	9.12			20.66
1961	4.39	6.15	4.29	9.12			20.66
1960	4.41	6.17	4.28	9.08			20.48

World Bank definition

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.

Text published by the World Bank for indicator IT.MLT.MAIN.P2, reproduced unchanged.

The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

Latest known value for each country in the region, ranked from highest to lowest. Click a country to add it to your comparison.

The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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