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

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
4.21 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Switzerland
72.75 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
27th
Switzerland rank
29th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Switzerland
050100150196119922023

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 72.75 units per square kilometre against 4.21 units per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 68.54 units per square kilometre.

That makes Switzerland's figure about 17.3 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 27th and Switzerland ranks 29th of 45 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Switzerland Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1507 units per square kilometre 32.87 units per square kilometre 32.72 units per square kilometre Switzerland
1970s 0.3569 units per square kilometre 57.55 units per square kilometre 57.19 units per square kilometre Switzerland
1980s 0.8897 units per square kilometre 82.54 units per square kilometre 81.65 units per square kilometre Switzerland
1990s 1.97 units per square kilometre 112.38 units per square kilometre 110.41 units per square kilometre Switzerland
2000s 4.48 units per square kilometre 130.68 units per square kilometre 126.2 units per square kilometre Switzerland
2010s 4.95 units per square kilometre 104.96 units per square kilometre 100.01 units per square kilometre Switzerland
2020s 4.27 units per square kilometre 75.6 units per square kilometre 71.33 units per square kilometre Switzerland

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 Switzerland?
Switzerland, at 72.75 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 Switzerland?
68.54 units per square kilometre, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Switzerland?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Switzerland rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 27th and Switzerland ranks 29th 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.