Colombia vs Costa Rica: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita

Colombia
0.1194 units per person
in 2024
Costa Rica
0.119 units per person
in 2024
Colombia rank
90th
Costa Rica rank
91st

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita over time

  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
00.10.20.3196019922024

How they compare

Colombia currently reports 0.1194 units per person against 0.119 units per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0004 units per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 90th and Costa Rica ranks 91st of 213 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 2 and Costa Rica in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Costa Rica Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0185 units per person 0.0094 units per person 0.0091 units per person Colombia
1970s 0.0328 units per person 0.0344 units per person 0.0017 units per person Costa Rica
1980s 0.0546 units per person 0.0773 units per person 0.0226 units per person Costa Rica
1990s 0.1151 units per person 0.1387 units per person 0.0236 units per person Costa Rica
2000s 0.1836 units per person 0.2937 units per person 0.1101 units per person Costa Rica
2010s 0.1511 units per person 0.1859 units per person 0.0349 units per person Costa Rica
2020s 0.1391 units per person 0.11 units per person 0.029 units per person Colombia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita, Colombia or Costa Rica?
Colombia, at 0.1194 units per person against 0.119 units per person in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita between Colombia and Costa Rica?
0.0004 units per person, with Colombia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Costa Rica?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Colombia and Costa Rica rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita?
Colombia ranks 90th and Costa Rica ranks 91st of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Colombia vs Costa Rica: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/compare/fixed-telephone-subscriptions-per-capita/colombia/costa-rica/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/compare/fixed-telephone-subscriptions-per-capita/colombia/costa-rica/">Colombia vs Costa Rica: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
260 places, 14,482 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Fixed telephone subscriptions divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.