Angola vs Somalia: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Angola
0.2119 per 100 people
in 2024
Somalia
0.2996 per 100 people
in 2023
Angola rank
188th
Somalia rank
185th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Angola
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.2996 per 100 people against 0.2119 per 100 people in Angola, a difference of 0.0877 per 100 people.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.4 times Angola's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Angola ahead.

Angola ranks 188th and Somalia ranks 185th of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 5 and Somalia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola Somalia Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1452 per 100 people 0.0451 per 100 people 0.1 per 100 people Angola
1970s 0.2207 per 100 people 0.0453 per 100 people 0.1754 per 100 people Angola
1980s 0.5158 per 100 people 0.1661 per 100 people 0.3497 per 100 people Angola
1990s 0.445 per 100 people 0.2263 per 100 people 0.2187 per 100 people Angola
2000s 0.5631 per 100 people 0.7439 per 100 people 0.1808 per 100 people Somalia
2010s 0.8402 per 100 people 0.532 per 100 people 0.3083 per 100 people Angola
2020s 0.3008 per 100 people 0.471 per 100 people 0.1703 per 100 people Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Angola or Somalia?
Somalia, at 0.2996 per 100 people against 0.2119 per 100 people in Angola as of 2023.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Angola and Somalia?
0.0877 per 100 people, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Somalia?
55 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Angola and Somalia rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Angola ranks 188th and Somalia ranks 185th of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,528 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.