Ukraine's fixed telephone subscriptions was 1.43 million in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 87.88% from 11.83 million in 2013 (19.02% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.43 million | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 6.07 million | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 11.83 million | 2013 |
| Highest | 13.18 million | 2008 |
| Lowest | 1.2 million | 1960 |
| Average since 2014 | 5.42 million | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 1.2 million |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Ukraine's fixed telephone subscriptions fell 17.5% on 2022 (from 1.74 million to 1.43 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −4.1% and a typical year strayed about 11.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 33.3% in 1965 and the biggest yearly fall was 31.1% in 2019. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.07 million a year. A straight line explains 98% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about -2.67 million for 2026. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2021 to 2023 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 426,604, against 1.5 million for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2023, Ukraine had the 6th highest value of the 20 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 1.43 million | 2023 |
| World | 815 million | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 217 million | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 313 million | 2025 |
Closest to Ukraine in the 2023 ranking
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 64 values
| Year | Fixed telephone subscriptions |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,434,266 |
| 2022 | 1,739,319 |
| 2021 | 2,282,786 |
| 2020 | 3,314,263 |
| 2019 | 4,182,994 |
| 2018 | 6,074,255 |
| 2017 | 7,186,579 |
| 2016 | 8,451,229 |
| 2015 | 9,113,061 |
| 2014 | 10,461,083 |
| 2013 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions in nearby economies
- Albania — 165,380 (2024)
- Andorra — 53,215 (2024)
- Armenia — 297,328 (2024)
- Austria — 3.48 million (2024)
- Azerbaijan — 1.33 million (2024)
- Belarus — 4.14 million (2024)
- Belgium — 2.49 million (2024)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 583,045 (2024)
- Bulgaria — 551,943 (2024)
- Croatia — 1.1 million (2024)
- Cyprus — 245,464 (2024)
More infrastructure data for Ukraine
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 3.8 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 50.33 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 133.38 (2023)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 25.74% (2024)
- Patent applications, residents — 969 (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 82.47% (2024)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$6.81 billion (2025)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 42.82% (2025)
- Patent applications, nonresidents — 1,590 (2024)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Ukraine's fixed telephone subscriptions?
- 1.43 million in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 19.52% from 1.2 million in 1960 (0.28% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 13.18 million in 2008 and the lowest 1.2 million in 1960.
- How does Ukraine rank?
- 6th highest of 20 economies with data for 2023.
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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