Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Puerto Rico: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
4.21 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Puerto Rico
85.46 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
27th
Puerto Rico rank
28th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Puerto Rico
050100150196119922023

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 85.46 units per square kilometre against 4.21 units per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 81.25 units per square kilometre.

That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 20.3 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 49 years both countries report, Puerto Rico has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 27th and Puerto Rico ranks 28th of 45 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Puerto Rico Difference Ahead
1970s 0.4729 units per square kilometre 34.8 units per square kilometre 34.33 units per square kilometre Puerto Rico
1980s 0.8897 units per square kilometre 66.44 units per square kilometre 65.55 units per square kilometre Puerto Rico
1990s 1.97 units per square kilometre 130.78 units per square kilometre 128.81 units per square kilometre Puerto Rico
2000s 4.48 units per square kilometre 125.51 units per square kilometre 121.03 units per square kilometre Puerto Rico
2010s 4.95 units per square kilometre 86.9 units per square kilometre 81.95 units per square kilometre Puerto Rico
2020s 4.27 units per square kilometre 82.81 units per square kilometre 78.54 units per square kilometre Puerto Rico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico, at 85.46 units per square kilometre against 4.21 units per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Puerto Rico?
81.25 units per square kilometre, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Puerto Rico?
49 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2023.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Puerto Rico rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 27th and Puerto Rico ranks 28th of 45 groups.
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.