Fixed line penetration as a percentage of population fell 1.28% to 23.7% in Libya in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Libya reached an all time high of 24.7% in 2017 and an all time low of 0.582% in 1968. When compared to Libya's main peers, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Algeria amounted to 11.0%, 0.032% in Chad, 9.17% in Egypt and 12.6% in Tunisia in 2020.
Libya has been ranked 38th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of fixed line penetration as a percentage of population, 34 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Fixed Line Penetration (As % of Population) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Algeria | % | 9.84% | 9.88% | 10.7% | 10.9% | 11.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 3.67% | 3.64% | 3.36% | 3.68% | 3.22% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 0.056% | 0.056% | 0.039% | 0.031% | 0.030% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Egypt | % | 6.37% | 7.44% | 8.15% | 9.02% | 9.94% | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | % | 38.7% | 37.6% | 36.3% | 38.3% | 39.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 34.3% | 33.8% | 32.5% | 32.7% | 33.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 23.4% | 23.9% | 22.7% | 22.4% | 22.1% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Malta | % | 51.4% | 52.7% | 50.7% | 49.8% | 49.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | 5.77% | 6.14% | 5.67% | 6.44% | 6.80% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.533% | 0.529% | 0.253% | 0.245% | 0.237% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 0.070% | 0.069% | 0.051% | 0.050% | 0.049% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 15.1% | 17.7% | 17.6% | 18.6% | 21.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 41.8% | 42.0% | 41.4% | 40.8% | 39.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 0.335% | 0.310% | 0.303% | 0.277% | 0.274% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | 9.55% | 11.1% | 12.2% | 12.8% | 13.8% |
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