Fixed telephone subscriptions in Nauru
Nauru: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 0 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Fixed telephone subscriptions in Nauru, 1975–2022
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
Nauru recorded 0 for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Nauru peaked at 1,900 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2010.
Nauru ranks 208th of 214 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Fixed telephone subscriptions in Nauru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,200 | — |
| 1976 | 1,500 | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 1,500 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,600 | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 1,600 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,200 | -25.0% |
| 1982 | 1,200 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,200 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,200 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,200 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,200 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,200 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,180 | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 1,200 | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 1,200 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,200 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,200 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,400 | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 1,500 | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 1,550 | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 1,600 | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 1,650 | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 1,700 | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 1,750 | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 1,800 | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 1,850 | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 1,800 | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 1,800 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,800 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,800 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,800 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,800 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,800 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,900 | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2011 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | — |
Nauru compared with similar countries
- Nauru's 0 is below the median for high income countries, which is 445,236. (82 countries reporting)
- Nauru's 0 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 81,260. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fixed telephone subscriptions in Nauru 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | -100.0% | 1,900 | 0 |
| 1976 | +25.0% | 1,200 | 1,500 |
| 1981 | -25.0% | 1,600 | 1,200 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,480 | 1,200 | 1,600 | 5 |
| 1980s | 1,198 | 1,180 | 1,200 | 9 |
| 1990s | 1,475 | 1,200 | 1,750 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,815 | 1,800 | 1,900 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Nauru
- 205 Benin 1,350 compare
- 206 Sierra Leone 269 compare
- 207 Kiribati 14 compare
- 208 Bhutan 0 compare
- 208 Chad 0 compare
- 208 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 compare
- 208 Guinea 0 compare
- 208 Guinea-Bissau 0 compare
- 208 South Sudan 0 compare
More infrastructure data for Nauru
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 10,287 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 87.17 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2010)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 0 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.8717 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled 10,287 (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Nauru?
- Fixed telephone subscriptions in Nauru was 0 in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 1,900 in 2009.
- What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2010.
- How does Nauru rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- Nauru ranks 208th out of 214 countries with data for 2022.
- Where does this Nauru data come from?
- The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.