Korea vs Upper middle income: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre

Korea
227 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Upper middle income
7.83 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Korea rank
12th
Upper middle income rank
13th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre over time

  • Korea
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Korea currently reports 227 units per square kilometre against 7.83 units per square kilometre in Upper middle income, a difference of 219.17 units per square kilometre.

That makes Korea's figure about 29.0 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.

Korea ranks 12th and Upper middle income ranks 13th of 212 countries.

Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Korea Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 16.67 units per square kilometre 0.5017 units per square kilometre 16.16 units per square kilometre Korea
1980s 67.61 units per square kilometre 0.9631 units per square kilometre 66.64 units per square kilometre Korea
1990s 188.79 units per square kilometre 2.95 units per square kilometre 185.84 units per square kilometre Korea
2010s 275.66 units per square kilometre 8.87 units per square kilometre 266.78 units per square kilometre Korea
2020s 235.75 units per square kilometre 7.93 units per square kilometre 227.82 units per square kilometre Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre, Korea or Upper middle income?
Korea, at 227 units per square kilometre against 7.83 units per square kilometre in Upper middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre between Korea and Upper middle income?
219.17 units per square kilometre, with Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Upper middle income?
34 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2023.
How do Korea and Upper middle income rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre?
Korea ranks 12th and Upper middle income ranks 13th 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.