Telecommunications investment (current LCU) by country
Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on...
What the numbers show
Telecommunications investment (current LCU) is currently reported for 48 countries. The highest value is 750.00 billion current LCU in Nigeria; the lowest is 40.00 million current LCU in Libya.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.46 billion current LCU, and the mean is 65.26 billion current LCU.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18,750.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 935,581.0%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 99.8%).
Telecommunications investment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 750.00 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 4,900.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Uganda | 516.00 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 439.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 370.22 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Sao Tome and Principe | 203.00 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 3,038.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Zambia | 202.98 billion current LCU | 2004 | up 1,523.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Madagascar | 167.65 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 155.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Cote d'Ivoire | 134.71 billion current LCU | 2010 | up 120.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Cameroon | 110.52 billion current LCU | 2006 | up 514.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Mali | 94.84 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 629.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Niger | 65.82 billion current LCU | 2010 | up 2,761.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Algeria | 60.85 billion current LCU | 2007 | up 969.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Senegal | 58.00 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Kenya | 51.70 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 123.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Congo | 51.12 billion current LCU | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 44.08 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 210.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Benin | 34.29 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 77.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Mauritius | 31.98 billion current LCU | 2008 | up 2,992.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Rwanda | 28.12 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 402.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Togo | 22.82 billion current LCU | 2010 | up 82.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Mauritania | 20.05 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Sudan | 18.71 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 13.41 billion current LCU | 2010 | up 18,268.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Egypt | 13.31 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 342.7% | volatile |
| 24 | South Africa | 13.31 billion current LCU | 2010 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Gabon | 9.61 billion current LCU | 2005 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Tanzania | 8.27 billion current LCU | 2001 | up 455.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 7.97 billion current LCU | 1996 | up 935,581.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Morocco | 6.01 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Ethiopia | 4.47 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 2,203.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Cape Verde | 4.07 billion current LCU | 2011 | up 184.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Botswana | 3.30 billion current LCU | 2008 | up 1,798.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Guinea | 1.60 billion current LCU | 2001 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Djibouti | 1.53 billion current LCU | 2009 | up 301.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Ghana | 1.37 billion current LCU | 2011 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Comoros | 1.37 billion current LCU | 2009 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 36 | Chad | 1.11 billion current LCU | 1997 | up 905.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Burundi | 1.05 billion current LCU | 1998 | up 1,650.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Mozambique | 855.23 million current LCU | 2009 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Tunisia | 582.48 million current LCU | 2010 | up 166.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Eritrea | 525.42 million current LCU | 2008 | up 304.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 410.00 million current LCU | 2010 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Namibia | 340.92 million current LCU | 2011 | up 68.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Lesotho | 95.62 million current LCU | 2011 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Eswatini | 88.61 million current LCU | 2011 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Malawi | 81.68 million current LCU | 1992 | up 957.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Gambia | 72.90 million current LCU | 2002 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Seychelles | 70.90 million current LCU | 2006 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 48 | Libya | 40.00 million current LCU | 1996 | up 30.0% | volatile |
About this data
Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.