Fixed line penetration as a percentage of population fell 3.56% to 18.2% in Panama in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Panama reached an all time high of 18.8% in 2020 and an all time low of 5.93% in 1978. When compared to Panama's main peers, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Colombia amounted to 14.7%, 10.7% in Costa Rica, 4.53% in Honduras and 3.03% in Nicaragua in 2021.
Panama has been ranked 46th within the group of 140 countries we follow in terms of fixed line penetration as a percentage of population, 42 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 |
| Belize | % | 6.56% | 6.10% | 5.63% | 5.46% | 4.75% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Brazil | % | 21.3% | 20.3% | 19.4% | 18.2% | 15.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | % | 15.1% | 14.9% | 14.5% | 14.2% | 14.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | 17.6% | 17.0% | 16.3% | 15.2% | 12.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | % | 15.2% | 15.1% | 14.8% | 14.7% | 14.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | 10.7% | 15.1% | 14.8% | 14.5% | 11.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 5.35% | 4.68% | 5.10% | 5.43% | 4.92% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 16.8% | 17.1% | 16.9% | 17.5% | 18.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | 5.62% | 5.74% | 5.80% | 4.96% | 3.43% | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | % | 15.7% | 16.2% | 16.2% | 17.5% | 15.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | % | 9.48% | 9.88% | 9.75% | 8.97% | 7.97% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 38.5% | 37.1% | 35.3% | 33.2% | 31.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | % | 25.5% | 24.9% | 19.4% | 18.6% | 18.5% |
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