High income vs Japan: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita

High income
0.2795 units per person
in 2025
Japan
0.4765 units per person
in 2023
High income rank
5th
Japan rank
8th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita over time

  • High income
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.4765 units per person against 0.2795 units per person in High income, a difference of 0.197 units per person.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.7 times High income's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1960 it was High income ahead.

High income ranks 5th and Japan ranks 8th of 47 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, High income averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade High income Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1 units per person 0.0561 units per person 0.0438 units per person High income
1970s 0.1799 units per person 0.2334 units per person 0.0535 units per person Japan
1980s 0.3046 units per person 0.3753 units per person 0.0708 units per person Japan
1990s 0.4287 units per person 0.4826 units per person 0.0539 units per person Japan
2010s 0.3712 units per person 0.501 units per person 0.1298 units per person Japan
2020s 0.3218 units per person 0.4849 units per person 0.1631 units per person Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita, High income or Japan?
Japan, at 0.4765 units per person against 0.2795 units per person in High income as of 2023.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita between High income and Japan?
0.197 units per person, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Japan?
49 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do High income and Japan rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita?
High income ranks 5th and Japan ranks 8th of 47 groups.
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.