Costa Rica vs Seychelles: Fixed telephone subscriptions
Costa Rica
11.9 per 100 people
in 2024
Seychelles
12.4 per 100 people
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
90th
Seychelles rank
88th
Fixed telephone subscriptions over time
- Costa Rica
- Seychelles
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 12.4 per 100 people against 11.9 per 100 people in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.5 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 90th and Seychelles ranks 88th of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Seychelles in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.25 per 100 people | 0.4932 per 100 people | 0.7609 per 100 people | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 3.47 per 100 people | 2.12 per 100 people | 1.35 per 100 people | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 7.64 per 100 people | 8.14 per 100 people | 0.4944 per 100 people | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 13.87 per 100 people | 17.37 per 100 people | 3.5 per 100 people | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 29.37 per 100 people | 24.68 per 100 people | 4.69 per 100 people | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 18.59 per 100 people | 20.57 per 100 people | 1.98 per 100 people | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 11 per 100 people | 14.59 per 100 people | 3.58 per 100 people | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Costa Rica or Seychelles?
- Seychelles, at 12.4 per 100 people against 11.9 per 100 people in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Costa Rica and Seychelles?
- 0.5 per 100 people, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Seychelles?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Seychelles rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- Costa Rica ranks 90th and Seychelles ranks 88th 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.
Individual pages
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.