Burkina Faso vs Papua New Guinea: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre

Burkina Faso
0.3014 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.3813 units per square kilometre
in 2022
Burkina Faso rank
175th
Papua New Guinea rank
172nd

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Papua New Guinea
00.20.40.6196519942023

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.3813 units per square kilometre against 0.3014 units per square kilometre in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.0799 units per square kilometre.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.3 times Burkina Faso's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 175th and Papua New Guinea ranks 172nd of 212 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.009 units per square kilometre 0.0331 units per square kilometre 0.0241 units per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.0327 units per square kilometre 0.0627 units per square kilometre 0.03 units per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.1063 units per square kilometre 0.0974 units per square kilometre 0.0089 units per square kilometre Burkina Faso
2000s 0.3393 units per square kilometre 0.1453 units per square kilometre 0.194 units per square kilometre Burkina Faso
2010s 0.4024 units per square kilometre 0.3198 units per square kilometre 0.0827 units per square kilometre Burkina Faso
2020s 0.2791 units per square kilometre 0.3715 units per square kilometre 0.0924 units per square kilometre Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre, Burkina Faso or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.3813 units per square kilometre against 0.3014 units per square kilometre in Burkina Faso as of 2022.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre between Burkina Faso and Papua New Guinea?
0.0799 units per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Papua New Guinea?
52 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2022.
How do Burkina Faso and Papua New Guinea rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre?
Burkina Faso ranks 175th and Papua New Guinea ranks 172nd of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
259 places, 13,559 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Fixed telephone subscriptions divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.