Libya's fixed telephone subscriptions was 1.22 million in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 49.65% from 814,000 in 2012 (4.11% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.22 million | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 1.58 million | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 814,000 | 2012 |
| Highest | 1.58 million | 2017 |
| Lowest | 8,427 | 1960 |
| Average since 2013 | 1.3 million | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 8,427 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Libya's fixed telephone subscriptions fell 22.7% on 2021 (from 1.58 million to 1.22 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2021), the average change was +7.4% and a typical year strayed about 10.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 29.3% in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 22.7% in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is upward, about 69,212 a year. A straight line explains 50% of the movement over 9 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2022, Libya had the 1st highest value of the 45 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Libya | 1.22 million | 2022 |
| World | 815 million | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 313 million | 2025 |
Closest to Libya in the 2022 ranking
- Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 2nd of 45: 1.18 million
- Lebanon — 3rd of 45: 924,461
- Turkmenistan — 4th of 45: 735,547
What this measures
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.
Limitations: Operators have traditionally been the main source of telecommunications data, so information on subscriptions has been widely available for most countries. This gives a general idea of access, but a more precise measure is the penetration rate - the share of households with access to telecommunications. During the past few years more information on information and communication technology use has become available from household and business surveys. Also important are data on actual use of telecommunications services. Ideally, statistics on telecommunications (and other information and communications technologies) should be compiled for all three measures: subscriptions, access, and use.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 54 values
| Year | Fixed telephone subscriptions |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,218,180 |
| 2021 | 1,576,000 |
| 2020 | 1,576,000 |
| 2019 | 1,576,000 |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | 1,576,000 |
| 2016 | 1,374,408 |
| 2015 | 1,063,265 |
| 2014 | 914,491 |
| 2013 | 789,000 |
| 2012 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 181,963 (2023)
- Algeria — 6.93 million (2024)
- Bahrain — 256,054 (2024)
- Djibouti — 28,673 (2023)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 13.25 million (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 28.23 million (2024)
- Iraq — 5.28 million (2024)
- Israel — 2.56 million (2023)
- Jordan — 485,928 (2024)
- Kuwait — 572,621 (2023)
- Lebanon — 924,461 (2022)
More infrastructure data for Libya
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 11,246 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 60.05 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 1.09 million (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 16.86 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 13.94 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 192.97 (2022)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 6.34% (2021)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 443.08 (2023)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 81.95% (2024)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Libya's fixed telephone subscriptions?
- 1.22 million in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 14,356% from 8,427 in 1960 (8.35% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.58 million in 2017 and the lowest 8,427 in 1960.
- How does Libya rank?
- 1st highest of 45 economies with data for 2022.
- Is the latest change in fixed telephone subscriptions unusual for Libya?
- In 2022, Libya's fixed telephone subscriptions fell 22.7% on 2021 (from 1.58 million to 1.22 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2021), the average change was +7.4% and a typical year strayed about 10.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
- Where does this data come from?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IT.MLT.MAIN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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