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Fixed telephone subscriptions in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 1.69 per 100 people in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
1.69 per 100 people
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
160th
of 214 countries
All-time high
1.73 per 100 people
in 2019
All-time low
0.1715 per 100 people
in 1966
Years of data
57
1965–2022

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Papua New Guinea, 1965–2022

00.511.5196519932022

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.

Analysis

In 2022, fixed telephone subscriptions in Papua New Guinea stood at 1.69 per 100 people.

That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Papua New Guinea peaked at 1.73 per 100 people in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1715 per 100 people, in 1966.

Papua New Guinea ranks 160th of 214 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Papua New Guinea, year by year

Year per 100 people Change
1965 0.1918 per 100 people —
1966 0.1715 per 100 people -10.6%
1967 0.1715 per 100 people +0.0%
1968 0.1715 per 100 people +0.0%
1969 0.1715 per 100 people +0.0%
1970 0.4218 per 100 people +145.9%
1971 0.3773 per 100 people -10.6%
1972 0.3773 per 100 people +0.0%
1973 0.3773 per 100 people +0.0%
1974 0.3773 per 100 people +0.0%
1975 0.6262 per 100 people +66.0%
1976 0.6233 per 100 people -0.5%
1977 0.6307 per 100 people +1.2%
1978 0.6947 per 100 people +10.2%
1979 0.7495 per 100 people +7.9%
1980 0.8188 per 100 people +9.2%
1981 0.8064 per 100 people -1.5%
1982 0.7799 per 100 people -3.3%
1983 0.8345 per 100 people +7.0%
1984 0.83 per 100 people -0.5%
1985 0.8702 per 100 people +4.8%
1986 0.8442 per 100 people -3.0%
1987 0.8451 per 100 people +0.1%
1988 0.8423 per 100 people -0.3%
1989 0.8233 per 100 people -2.3%
1990 0.775 per 100 people -5.9%
1991 0.842 per 100 people +8.6%
1992 0.875 per 100 people +3.9%
1993 0.91 per 100 people +4.0%
1994 0.893 per 100 people -1.9%
1995 0.94 per 100 people +5.3%
1996 0.972 per 100 people +3.4%
1997 1.08 per 100 people +11.1%
1998 1.1 per 100 people +1.9%
1999 1.12 per 100 people +1.8%
2000 1.17 per 100 people +4.5%
2001 1.08 per 100 people -8.1%
2002 1.05 per 100 people -2.6%
2003 1.03 per 100 people -2.0%
2004 1 per 100 people -2.3%
2005 0.9749 per 100 people -2.8%
2006 0.9114 per 100 people -6.5%
2007 0.8617 per 100 people -5.5%
2008 0.9306 per 100 people +8.0%
2009 1.23 per 100 people +32.2%
2010 1.59 per 100 people +29.0%
2011 1.65 per 100 people +4.2%
2012 1.72 per 100 people +4.0%
2013 1.69 per 100 people -2.0%
2014 1.7 per 100 people +1.0%
2015 1.72 per 100 people +0.8%
2016 1.72 per 100 people +0.2%
2017 1.72 per 100 people +0.2%
2019 1.73 per 100 people +0.4%
2020 1.69 per 100 people -2.1%
2021 1.66 per 100 people -2.0%
2022 1.69 per 100 people +2.1%

Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Papua New Guinea's 1.69 per 100 people is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.01 per 100 people, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Papua New Guinea's 1.69 per 100 people is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10.82 per 100 people, 16% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Fixed telephone subscriptions in Papua New Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1970 +145.9% 0.1715 per 100 people 0.4218 per 100 people
1975 +66.0% 0.3773 per 100 people 0.6262 per 100 people
2009 +32.2% 0.9306 per 100 people 1.23 per 100 people
2010 +29.0% 1.23 per 100 people 1.59 per 100 people

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.1756 per 100 people 0.1715 per 100 people 0.1918 per 100 people 5
1970s 0.5255 per 100 people 0.3773 per 100 people 0.7495 per 100 people 10
1980s 0.8295 per 100 people 0.7799 per 100 people 0.8702 per 100 people 10
1990s 0.9507 per 100 people 0.775 per 100 people 1.12 per 100 people 10
2000s 1.02 per 100 people 0.8617 per 100 people 1.23 per 100 people 10
2010s 1.69 per 100 people 1.59 per 100 people 1.73 per 100 people 9
2020s 1.68 per 100 people 1.66 per 100 people 1.69 per 100 people 3

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 157 Eritrea 2 per 100 people compare
  2. 158 Yemen 1.9 per 100 people compare
  3. 159 Zimbabwe 1.79 per 100 people compare
  4. 161 Indonesia 1.64 per 100 people compare
  5. 162 Senegal 1.61 per 100 people compare
  6. 163 Gambia 1.6 per 100 people compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Papua New Guinea?
Fixed telephone subscriptions in Papua New Guinea was 1.69 per 100 people in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 1.73 per 100 people in 2019.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1715 per 100 people in 1966.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Papua New Guinea ranks 160th out of 214 countries with data for 2022.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 14,535 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.