Number of fixed lines rose 3.36% to 0.068 mil in Eritrea in 2022, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Eritrea reached an all time high of 0.068 mil in 2022 and an all time low of 0.013 mil in 1992. When compared to Eritrea's main peers, number of fixed lines in Djibouti amounted to 0.028 mil, 0.091 mil in Somalia, 0.156 mil in Sudan and 0.728 mil in Yemen in 2022.
Eritrea has been ranked 141st within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 11 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Fixed Lines | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Chad | mil | 0.009 | 0.009 | 0.007 | 0.005 | 0.005 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | mil | 0.037 | 0.037 | 0.037 | 0.039 | 0.027 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | mil | 6.60 | 7.87 | 8.76 | 9.86 | 11.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | mil | 0.066 | 0.066 | 0.066 | 0.066 | 0.066 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | mil | 1.18 | 1.14 | 1.25 | 1.00 | 0.885 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Kenya | mil | 0.070 | 0.066 | 0.070 | 0.067 | 0.061 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | mil | 0.510 | 0.560 | 0.592 | 0.595 | 0.572 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 4.66 | 5.39 | 5.38 | 5.75 | 6.59 | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | mil | < 0.001 | 0.075 | 0.091 | 0.091 | 0.091 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Sudan | mil | 0.143 | 0.137 | 0.138 | 0.129 | 0.131 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Yemen | mil | 1.19 | 1.19 | 1.24 | 1.24 | 0.729 | ... |
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