What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Guinea and Sierra Leone?

0.0033 per 100 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Sierra Leone?

48 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2022.

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.

Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Guinea

0 per 100 people

in 2022

Sierra Leone

0.0033 per 100 people

in 2022

Guinea rank

206th

Sierra Leone rank

205th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Guinea
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0033 per 100 people against 0 per 100 people in Guinea, a difference of 0.0033 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Guinea ranks 206th and Sierra Leone ranks 205th of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0588 per 100 people	0.1076 per 100 people	0.0489 per 100 people	Sierra Leone
1970s	0.1131 per 100 people	0.1076 per 100 people	0.0055 per 100 people	Guinea
1980s	0.2215 per 100 people	0.3449 per 100 people	0.1234 per 100 people	Sierra Leone
1990s	0.1839 per 100 people	0.3736 per 100 people	0.1897 per 100 people	Sierra Leone
2000s	0.2702 per 100 people	0.5004 per 100 people	0.2302 per 100 people	Sierra Leone
2010s	0.038 per 100 people	0.2216 per 100 people	0.1835 per 100 people	Sierra Leone
2020s	0 per 100 people	0.0033 per 100 people	0.0033 per 100 people	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Guinea or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 0.0033 per 100 people against 0 per 100 people in Guinea as of 2022.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Guinea and Sierra Leone?: 0.0033 per 100 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Sierra Leone?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2022.
How do Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Guinea ranks 206th and Sierra Leone ranks 205th 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: 06 August 2026

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.