West Bank and Gaza - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in West Bank and Gaza was 466,283 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 476,239 in 2017 and a minimum value of 73,000 in 1992.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

See also:

Year Value
1992 73,000
1993 75,000
1994 78,400
1995 80,000
1996 83,381
1997 110,893
1998 167,271
1999 222,198
2000 272,211
2001 255,218
2002 241,894
2003 243,494
2004 271,458
2005 337,025
2006 321,999
2007 348,788
2008 354,804
2009 368,216
2010 360,402
2011 382,700
2012 393,880
2013 403,025
2014 403,118
2015 406,500
2016 432,000
2017 476,239
2018 469,741
2019 467,189
2020 466,283

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in West Bank and Gaza was 9.14 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.03 in 2017 and a minimum value of 3.04 in 1996.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

See also:

Year Value
1992 3.19
1993 3.14
1994 3.13
1995 3.05
1996 3.04
1997 3.86
1998 5.57
1999 7.12
2000 8.44
2001 7.71
2002 7.16
2003 7.07
2004 7.74
2005 9.42
2006 8.79
2007 9.29
2008 9.20
2009 9.30
2010 8.89
2011 9.22
2012 9.29
2013 9.30
2014 9.10
2015 8.98
2016 9.32
2017 10.03
2018 9.66
2019 9.38
2020 9.14

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications