What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita between IDA & IBRD total and United Kingdom?

0.2798 units per person, with United Kingdom ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for IDA & IBRD total and United Kingdom?

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.

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.

IDA & IBRD total vs United Kingdom: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita

IDA & IBRD total

0.0633 units per person

in 2025

United Kingdom

0.3431 units per person

in 2024

IDA & IBRD total rank

30th

United Kingdom rank

29th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita over time

IDA & IBRD total
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 0.3431 units per person against 0.0633 units per person in IDA & IBRD total, a difference of 0.2798 units per person.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 5.4 times IDA & IBRD total's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

IDA & IBRD total ranks 30th and United Kingdom ranks 29th of 47 groups.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA & IBRD total	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.0109 units per person	0.2702 units per person	0.2593 units per person	United Kingdom
1980s	0.018 units per person	0.3723 units per person	0.3543 units per person	United Kingdom
1990s	0.0423 units per person	0.5041 units per person	0.4618 units per person	United Kingdom
2000s	0.1132 units per person	0.5681 units per person	0.4549 units per person	United Kingdom
2010s	0.0947 units per person	0.507 units per person	0.4123 units per person	United Kingdom
2020s	0.0682 units per person	0.4292 units per person	0.3611 units per person	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita, IDA & IBRD total or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, at 0.3431 units per person against 0.0633 units per person in IDA & IBRD total as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita between IDA & IBRD total and United Kingdom?: 0.2798 units per person, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA & IBRD total and United Kingdom?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do IDA & IBRD total and United Kingdom rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita?: IDA & IBRD total ranks 30th and United Kingdom ranks 29th 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: 18 August 2026

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.