Based on a comparison of 13 countries in 2009, Philippines ranked the highest in minutes spent on the phone per fixed line user with 21,476 mins followed by Macedonia and Tajikistan. On the other end of the scale was Thailand with 70.8 mins, New Zealand with 444 mins and Peru with 654 mins.
Data for more countries are available at Minutes Spent on the Phone Per Fixed Line User indicator page.
| Minutes Spent on the Phone Per Fixed Line User | Unit | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Belarus | mins | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,738 | 2,485 | 2,161 | 1,902 | 1,546 | |||||||||
| Chile | mins | ... | ... | 5,643 | 4,754 | 4,167 | 3,443 | 3,332 | ||||||||||||||
| Finland | mins | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,744 | 1,773 | |||
| Kazakhstan | mins | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,193 | 1,904 | 1,725 | 1,363 | 1,091 | ||||
| Kyrgyzstan | mins | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,075 | 3,409 | 3,008 | 7,432 | 6,027 | |||||
| Latvia | mins | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,342 | 6,435 | 5,146 | 6,679 | 5,995 | ||||||
| Macedonia | mins | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35,101 | 31,148 | 26,115 | 23,423 | 20,592 | |||||||
| New Zealand | mins | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 625 | 556 | 562 | 521 | 544 | ||||||||||
| Peru | mins | ... | 5,637 | 3,508 | 1,941 | 1,228 | 801 | |||||||||||||||
| Philippines | mins | ... | ... | 26,807 | 25,062 | 25,789 | 24,921 | 21,646 | ||||||||||||||
| Singapore | mins | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,026 | 10,126 | 9,981 | 9,522 | 9,230 | |||||||||
| Tajikistan | mins | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25,185 | 21,463 | 22,666 | ... | 19,159 | |||||||||
| Thailand | mins | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 182 | 135 | 96.1 | 81.3 | 74.0 |
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