Low & middle income vs Uruguay: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Low & middle income
6.81 per 100 people
in 2022
Uruguay
35.62 per 100 people
in 2024
Low & middle income rank
29th
Uruguay rank
27th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Low & middle income
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 35.62 per 100 people against 6.81 per 100 people in Low & middle income, a difference of 28.81 per 100 people.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 5.2 times Low & middle income's.

Across all 48 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.

Low & middle income ranks 29th and Uruguay ranks 27th of 46 groups.

Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Low & middle income Uruguay Difference Ahead
1970s 0.8495 per 100 people 6.86 per 100 people 6.01 per 100 people Uruguay
1980s 1.32 per 100 people 9.3 per 100 people 7.97 per 100 people Uruguay
1990s 3.51 per 100 people 19.57 per 100 people 16.06 per 100 people Uruguay
2000s 10.66 per 100 people 29.31 per 100 people 18.65 per 100 people Uruguay
2010s 8.87 per 100 people 31.96 per 100 people 23.09 per 100 people Uruguay
2020s 6.73 per 100 people 36.31 per 100 people 29.58 per 100 people Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Low & middle income or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 35.62 per 100 people against 6.81 per 100 people in Low & middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Low & middle income and Uruguay?
28.81 per 100 people, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low & middle income and Uruguay?
48 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2022.
How do Low & middle income and Uruguay rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Low & middle income ranks 29th and Uruguay ranks 27th of 46 groups.
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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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.