Fixed line penetration as a percentage of population rose 39.2% to 0.003% in Sierra Leone in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 0.524% in 2009 and an all time low of 0.002% in 2020.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 140th within the group of 140 countries we follow in terms of fixed line penetration as a percentage of population, 32 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% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 0.382% | 0.376% | 0.359% | 0.349% | 0.370% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 1.00% | 0.909% | 0.923% | 0.965% | 0.970% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 1.14% | 1.10% | 0.964% | 0.912% | 0.895% | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | 0.174% | 0.174% | 0.119% | 0.117% | 0.114% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 1.08% | 1.12% | 1.15% | 1.30% | 1.34% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 1.36% | 1.38% | 1.38% | 1.35% | 1.23% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 0.533% | 0.529% | 0.253% | 0.245% | 0.237% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 1.88% | 1.90% | 1.27% | 1.36% | 1.52% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | 0.230% | 0.058% | 0.006% | 0.002% | 0.003% | ... |