Gambia vs Papua New Guinea: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita

Gambia
0.016 units per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.0169 units per person
in 2022
Gambia rank
162nd
Papua New Guinea rank
159th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita over time

  • Gambia
  • Papua New Guinea
00.010.020.03196519942024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0169 units per person against 0.016 units per person in Gambia, a difference of 0.0009 units per person.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Gambia ranks 162nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 159th of 213 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gambia Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0016 units per person 0.0018 units per person 0.0002 units per person Papua New Guinea
1970s 0.0022 units per person 0.0053 units per person 0.0031 units per person Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.0037 units per person 0.0082 units per person 0.0046 units per person Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.0145 units per person 0.0095 units per person 0.005 units per person Gambia
2000s 0.0258 units per person 0.0102 units per person 0.0156 units per person Gambia
2010s 0.0237 units per person 0.0169 units per person 0.0068 units per person Gambia
2020s 0.0237 units per person 0.0168 units per person 0.0069 units per person Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita, Gambia or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.0169 units per person against 0.016 units per person in Gambia as of 2022.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita between Gambia and Papua New Guinea?
0.0009 units per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Papua New Guinea?
57 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2022.
How do Gambia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita?
Gambia ranks 162nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 159th 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.

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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.