Papua New Guinea vs Yemen: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Papua New Guinea
1.69 per 100 people
in 2022
Yemen
1.9 per 100 people
in 2022
Papua New Guinea rank
159th
Yemen rank
157th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Yemen
01234196519932022

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 1.9 per 100 people against 1.69 per 100 people in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.21 per 100 people.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 159th and Yemen ranks 157th of 213 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Yemen Difference Ahead
1980s 0.8295 per 100 people 0.5232 per 100 people 0.3063 per 100 people Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.9507 per 100 people 1.12 per 100 people 0.1734 per 100 people Yemen
2000s 1.02 per 100 people 3.32 per 100 people 2.3 per 100 people Yemen
2010s 1.69 per 100 people 3.76 per 100 people 2.07 per 100 people Yemen
2020s 1.68 per 100 people 2.43 per 100 people 0.7527 per 100 people Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Papua New Guinea or Yemen?
Yemen, at 1.9 per 100 people against 1.69 per 100 people in Papua New Guinea as of 2022.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Papua New Guinea and Yemen?
0.21 per 100 people, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Yemen?
42 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
How do Papua New Guinea and Yemen rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Papua New Guinea ranks 159th and Yemen ranks 157th of 213 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

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.