El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre

El Salvador
42.45 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.2092 units per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
45th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
45th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0204060196119922023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 42.45 units per square kilometre against 0.2092 units per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 42.24 units per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 202.9 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 58 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 45th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 45th of 212 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 0.5851 units per square kilometre 0.0535 units per square kilometre 0.5317 units per square kilometre El Salvador
1970s 2.12 units per square kilometre 0.0822 units per square kilometre 2.03 units per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 4.31 units per square kilometre 0.1749 units per square kilometre 4.14 units per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 12.94 units per square kilometre 0.314 units per square kilometre 12.63 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 42.7 units per square kilometre 0.5215 units per square kilometre 42.18 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 46.5 units per square kilometre 0.4578 units per square kilometre 46.04 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 42.14 units per square kilometre 0.251 units per square kilometre 41.89 units per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 42.45 units per square kilometre against 0.2092 units per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
42.24 units per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
58 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 45th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 45th 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.