Hong Kong vs Upper middle income: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita

Hong Kong
0.4393 units per person
in 2024
Upper middle income
0.1017 units per person
in 2025
Hong Kong rank
15th
Upper middle income rank
17th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita over time

  • Hong Kong
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Hong Kong currently reports 0.4393 units per person against 0.1017 units per person in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.3376 units per person.

That makes Hong Kong's figure about 4.3 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Hong Kong has been ahead every year.

Hong Kong ranks 15th and Upper middle income ranks 17th of 213 countries.

Hong Kong has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hong Kong Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 0.2151 units per person 0.0113 units per person 0.2039 units per person Hong Kong
1980s 0.323 units per person 0.0188 units per person 0.3042 units per person Hong Kong
1990s 0.5194 units per person 0.0533 units per person 0.4661 units per person Hong Kong
2010s 0.5714 units per person 0.133 units per person 0.4384 units per person Hong Kong
2020s 0.4873 units per person 0.1139 units per person 0.3734 units per person Hong Kong

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita, Hong Kong or Upper middle income?
Hong Kong, at 0.4393 units per person against 0.1017 units per person in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita between Hong Kong and Upper middle income?
0.3376 units per person, with Hong Kong ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Upper middle income?
35 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Hong Kong and Upper middle income rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita?
Hong Kong ranks 15th and Upper middle income ranks 17th 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.