Barbados vs World: Fixed telephone subscriptions
Barbados
42.97 per 100 people
in 2022
World
9.9 per 100 people
in 2025
Barbados rank
19th
World rank
21st
Fixed telephone subscriptions over time
- Barbados
- World
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 42.97 per 100 people against 9.9 per 100 people in World, a difference of 33.07 per 100 people.
That makes Barbados's figure about 4.3 times World's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1966 it was World ahead.
Barbados ranks 19th and World ranks 21st of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 6 and World in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.59 per 100 people | 5.09 per 100 people | 0.5004 per 100 people | World |
| 1970s | 10.31 per 100 people | 6.31 per 100 people | 4 per 100 people | Barbados |
| 1980s | 18.52 per 100 people | 8.32 per 100 people | 10.19 per 100 people | Barbados |
| 1990s | 35.24 per 100 people | 11.97 per 100 people | 23.27 per 100 people | Barbados |
| 2000s | 49.64 per 100 people | 18.03 per 100 people | 31.6 per 100 people | Barbados |
| 2010s | 49.27 per 100 people | 14.76 per 100 people | 34.51 per 100 people | Barbados |
| 2020s | 43.76 per 100 people | 11.2 per 100 people | 32.56 per 100 people | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Barbados or World?
- Barbados, at 42.97 per 100 people against 9.9 per 100 people in World as of 2022.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Barbados and World?
- 33.07 per 100 people, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and World?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2022.
- How do Barbados and World rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- Barbados ranks 19th and World ranks 21st 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
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.