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IT.MLT.MAIN.P2

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Cyprus, Lithuania. 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.

Latest value, United Kingdom: 34.382024
Period covered: 1960 - 202465 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 38.05Spain, 2024
Lowest of the compared countries: 7.05Lithuania, 2024

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

Spain38.052024
United Kingdom34.382024
Italy34.212024
Cyprus25.42024
United States23.612024
Netherlands21.812024
China11.732024
Lithuania7.052024

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Cyprus	Lithuania
2024	34.38	34.21	38.05	21.81	23.61	11.73	25.4	7.05
2023	39.13	33.79	38.4	23.56	24.7	12.61	27.93	7.83
2022	44.07	33.32	39.07	25.52	26.63	12.59	31.33	8.88
2021	47.13	33.48	39.93	28.34	28.58	12.67	32.76	10.4
2020	48.6	32.73	40.81	27.99	29.99	12.76	34.06	11.52
2019	48.8	32.46	41.4	31.7	31.51	13.42	35.89	13.17
2018	47.21	33.84	41.97	33.87	32.93	13.54	35	15.24
2017	47.88	34.28	41.79	37.83	35.01	13.72	36.11	17.21
2016	49.52	33.51	41.7	39.37	36.86	14.72	36.85	18.5
2015	50.8	33.36	41.5	40.63	38.28	16.55	37.47	19.34
2014	51.24	33.93	41.17	40.79	39.77	17.97	38.09	20
2013	51.85	34.78	41.37	42	41.62	19.36	40.59	21.16
2012	51.9	35.93	41.63	42.46	43.7	20.31	43.25	22.6
2011	52.36	36.62	42.32	42.33	45.63	20.96	46.99	23.51
2010	53.02	37.46	43.09	43.12	48.11	21.78	49.2	24.32
2009	53.6	37.8	43.41	43.49	49.63	23.37	50.61	23.63
2008	55.12	37	44.5	44.09	53.37	25.52	51.87	24.54
2007	54.38	37.93	44.36	44.79	52.48	27.58	52.71	24.74
2006	55.44	45.77	44.45	45.17	56.06	27.9	53.88	24.23
2005	56.22	42.8	44.27	46.16	59.23	26.75	56.46	24.11
2004	57.46	44.62	41.48	47.86	60.69	23.94	57.08	24.29
2003	57.76	46.06	41.78	47.94	63.1	20.3	58.67	24.13
2002	58.34	47.27	42.25	49.28	65.92	16.65	59.89	27.17
2001	58.32	47.73	42.5	50.41	67.39	14.11	61.66	33.16
2000	59.65	47.41	41.7	61.58	68.39	11.41	63.1	33.93
1999	57.8	46.3	40.4	60.3	68	8.63	61.4	32.7
1998	56	45.4	40.1	59	65.1	6.99	59.3	31.4
1997	54.5	44.9	39.2	56.3	63.6	5.66	57.2	29.5
1996	52.6	44.2	38.3	53.9	61.5	4.46	55	27.6
1995	50.6	43.3	37.7	52.2	59.5	3.34	52.9	25.9
1994	48.9	42.7	36.8	50.8	57.8	2.26	51.7	24.6
1993	47.2	42.3	35.9	49.6	56.4	1.45	49.7	23.3
1992	45.9	41.5	35	48.4	55.2	0.97	47.6	22.5
1991	45	40.4	33.8	47.3	54.4	0.72	45.2	22
1990	44.2	39.2	32.2	46.2	53.7	0.59	42.4	21.1
1989	43.45	37.5	30.37	45.05	53.69	0.5	39.32	19.46
1988	41.68	35.45	28.29	43.8	52.45	0.42	36.16	18.13
1987	39.88	33.73	26.45	42.48	51.19	0.36	32.54	16.95
1986	38.3	32.23	25.36	41.32	49.8	0.33	28.48	16.02
1985	37.38	30.72	24.28	40.12	49.32	0.29	25.14	14.81
1984	36.32	29.18	23.17	39.07	48.35	0.27	22.34	13.98
1983	35.17	27.56	22.15	38.01	48.01	0.24	18.95	13.19
1982	34.08	25.97	21.11	37.01	47.16	0.23	16.36	12.5
1981	33.33	24.52	20.27	35.89	46.78	0.22	14.99	11.84
1980	32.24	23.11	19.28	34.62	42.25	0.22	13.12	11.19
1979	30.79	21.71	18.01	32.8	41.4	0.21	12.02	10.45
1978	29.09	20.5	16.78	30.68	40.59	0.2	10.68	9.75
1977	26.79	19.37	15.55	28.38	39.65	0.19	8.71	9.07
1976	24.81	18.35	14.16	26.25	38.82	0.19	9.58	8.35
1975	23.51	17.53	13.14	24.41	38.11	0.18	8.53	7.61
1974	16.58	12.07	8.4	16.94	32.95		5.44	4.57
1973	16.58	12.07	8.4	16.94	32.95		5.44	4.57
1972	16.58	12.07	8.4	16.94	32.95		5.44	4.57
1971	16.58	12.07	8.4	16.94	32.95		5.44	4.57
1970	16.56	12.12	8.42	16.89	34.46		5.44	4.46
1969	12.05	8.79	5.52	12.28	29.18		3.54	2.42
1968	12.05	8.79	5.52	12.28	29.18		3.54	2.42
1967	12.05	8.79	5.52	12.28	29.18		3.54	2.42
1966	12.05	8.79	5.52	12.28	29.18		3.54	2.42
1965	12.05	8.82	5.53	12.25	30.73		3.54	2.35
1964	9.62	6.15	4.29	9.12	26.39		1.86	1.46
1963	9.62	6.15	4.29	9.12	26.39		1.86	1.46
1962	9.62	6.15	4.29	9.12	26.39		1.86	1.46
1961	9.62	6.15	4.29	9.12	26.39		1.86	1.46
1960	9.59	6.17	4.28	9.08	27.96		1.86	1.4

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.

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