Fixed line penetration as a percentage of population fell 1.28% to 50.3% in Malta in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Malta reached an all time high of 59.4% in 2009 and an all time low of 2.75% in 1960. When compared to Malta's main peers, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Greece amounted to 46.2%, 33.0% in Italy, 12.6% in Tunisia and 14.8% in Turkey in 2020.
Malta has been ranked 6th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of fixed line penetration as a percentage of population, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| 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 |
| Albania | % | 7.87% | 8.63% | 8.57% | 8.64% | 8.45% | ||||||||||||||||
| Algeria | % | 8.26% | 8.44% | 9.97% | 10.0% | 10.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Austria | % | 41.8% | 40.8% | 42.2% | 42.3% | 41.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | % | 22.6% | 20.4% | 18.0% | 15.7% | 13.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 61.0% | 61.0% | 60.4% | 59.3% | 58.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 48.7% | 48.4% | 48.4% | 48.1% | 45.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 37.2% | 37.1% | 36.8% | 35.6% | 33.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 5.29% | 5.25% | 8.17% | 6.66% | 6.88% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 33.6% | 33.7% | 34.5% | 34.1% | 32.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 17.2% | 21.9% | 24.7% | 23.9% | 24.0% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | % | 17.6% | 17.5% | 17.4% | 18.1% | 18.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | % | 50.4% | 50.1% | 50.1% | 52.0% | 51.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | 36.2% | 34.9% | 35.2% | 34.3% | 33.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 50.0% | 45.1% | 42.1% | 39.1% | 37.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 8.16% | 8.34% | 9.42% | 10.9% | 12.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | % | 14.4% | 13.7% | 13.8% | 14.0% | 13.8% |
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