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

Maldives
43.15 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.2092 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives rank
44th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
45th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre over time

  • Maldives
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
050100150196119922023

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 43.15 units per square kilometre against 0.2092 units per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 42.94 units per square kilometre.

That makes Maldives's figure about 206.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 52 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.

Maldives ranks 44th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 45th of 212 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 1.47 units per square kilometre 0.0819 units per square kilometre 1.38 units per square kilometre Maldives
1980s 9.26 units per square kilometre 0.1812 units per square kilometre 9.08 units per square kilometre Maldives
1990s 44.5 units per square kilometre 0.314 units per square kilometre 44.18 units per square kilometre Maldives
2000s 105.61 units per square kilometre 0.5215 units per square kilometre 105.09 units per square kilometre Maldives
2010s 73.18 units per square kilometre 0.4578 units per square kilometre 72.73 units per square kilometre Maldives
2020s 45.7 units per square kilometre 0.251 units per square kilometre 45.45 units per square kilometre Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre, Maldives or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Maldives, at 43.15 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 Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
42.94 units per square kilometre, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
52 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Maldives and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre?
Maldives ranks 44th 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.