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)
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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About this data
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.