OECD members vs Portugal: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita

OECD members
0.3113 units per person
in 2022
Portugal
0.5167 units per person
in 2024
OECD members rank
4th
Portugal rank
6th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita over time

  • OECD members
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.5167 units per person against 0.3113 units per person in OECD members, a difference of 0.2054 units per person.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.7 times OECD members's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was OECD members ahead.

OECD members ranks 4th and Portugal ranks 6th of 47 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, OECD members averaged higher in 5 and Portugal in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade OECD members Portugal Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1118 units per person 0.0284 units per person 0.0834 units per person OECD members
1970s 0.1918 units per person 0.0769 units per person 0.1149 units per person OECD members
1980s 0.309 units per person 0.1441 units per person 0.1649 units per person OECD members
1990s 0.4291 units per person 0.3445 units per person 0.0846 units per person OECD members
2000s 0.4648 units per person 0.4083 units per person 0.0565 units per person OECD members
2010s 0.3822 units per person 0.4535 units per person 0.0713 units per person Portugal
2020s 0.3205 units per person 0.5136 units per person 0.1931 units per person Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita, OECD members or Portugal?
Portugal, at 0.5167 units per person against 0.3113 units per person in OECD members as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita between OECD members and Portugal?
0.2054 units per person, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for OECD members and Portugal?
63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do OECD members and Portugal rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita?
OECD members ranks 4th and Portugal ranks 6th 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.