Puerto Rico vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita

Puerto Rico
0.2414 units per person
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.003 units per person
in 2025
Puerto Rico rank
48th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
45th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita over time

  • Puerto Rico
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 0.2414 units per person against 0.003 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.2384 units per person.

That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 79.7 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 50 years both countries report, Puerto Rico has been ahead every year.

Puerto Rico ranks 48th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 45th of 213 countries.

Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Puerto Rico Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0998 units per person 0.0054 units per person 0.0944 units per person Puerto Rico
1980s 0.1745 units per person 0.0078 units per person 0.1667 units per person Puerto Rico
1990s 0.3156 units per person 0.0111 units per person 0.3046 units per person Puerto Rico
2000s 0.2926 units per person 0.0144 units per person 0.2782 units per person Puerto Rico
2010s 0.2183 units per person 0.0107 units per person 0.2076 units per person Puerto Rico
2020s 0.2296 units per person 0.0047 units per person 0.2248 units per person Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita, Puerto Rico or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Puerto Rico, at 0.2414 units per person against 0.003 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita between Puerto Rico and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.2384 units per person, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Puerto Rico and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita?
Puerto Rico ranks 48th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 45th 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.