Telecommunications investment in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Telecommunications investment was 4.47 billion current LCU in 2011. ◆ Volatile
Telecommunications investment in Ethiopia, 1982–2011
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Measured in current LCU.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 4.47 billion current LCU for telecommunications investment in 2011. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2,203.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, telecommunications investment in Ethiopia peaked at 4.47 billion current LCU in 2011 and was at its lowest, 10.00 million current LCU, in 1985.
That places Ethiopia 29th out of 48 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 33.31 million current LCU | 10.00 million current LCU | 74.30 million current LCU | 8 |
| 1990s | 87.17 million current LCU | 32.90 million current LCU | 237.00 million current LCU | 9 |
| 2000s | 749.68 million current LCU | 194.00 million current LCU | 1.89 billion current LCU | 7 |
| 2010s | 4.47 billion current LCU | 4.47 billion current LCU | 4.47 billion current LCU | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More infrastructure data for Ethiopia
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.5798 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 765,634 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 65.08 per 100 people (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 85.95 million (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 15.27 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 4,015 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 147,319 (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 122 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 973.01 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 21.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is telecommunications investment in Ethiopia?
- Telecommunications investment in Ethiopia was 4.47 billion current LCU in 2011, according to International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.
- What is the highest telecommunications investment recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.47 billion current LCU in 2011.
- What is the lowest telecommunications investment recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.00 million current LCU in 1985.
- How does Ethiopia rank for telecommunications investment?
- Ethiopia ranks 29th out of 48 countries with data for 2011.
- Is telecommunications investment rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2,203.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates, published as part of Telecommunications investment (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.