Barbados vs Upper middle income: Fixed telephone subscriptions
Barbados
42.97 per 100 people
in 2022
Upper middle income
11 per 100 people
in 2025
Barbados rank
19th
Upper middle income rank
19th
Fixed telephone subscriptions over time
- Barbados
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 42.97 per 100 people against 11 per 100 people in Upper middle income, a difference of 31.97 per 100 people.
That makes Barbados's figure about 3.9 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 48 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 19th and Upper middle income ranks 19th of 214 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.3 per 100 people | 1.23 per 100 people | 11.07 per 100 people | Barbados |
| 1980s | 18.52 per 100 people | 2.01 per 100 people | 16.5 per 100 people | Barbados |
| 1990s | 35.24 per 100 people | 5.72 per 100 people | 29.52 per 100 people | Barbados |
| 2000s | 49.64 per 100 people | 18.85 per 100 people | 30.79 per 100 people | Barbados |
| 2010s | 49.27 per 100 people | 16.62 per 100 people | 32.65 per 100 people | Barbados |
| 2020s | 43.76 per 100 people | 12.57 per 100 people | 31.2 per 100 people | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Barbados or Upper middle income?
- Barbados, at 42.97 per 100 people against 11 per 100 people in Upper middle income as of 2022.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Barbados and Upper middle income?
- 31.97 per 100 people, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Upper middle income?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2022.
- How do Barbados and Upper middle income rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- Barbados ranks 19th and Upper middle income ranks 19th of 214 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
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.