British Virgin Islands: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, British Virgin Islands' fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) fell 0.77 on 2023 (from 62.7 to 61.93).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.51 and a typical year strayed about 8.69 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 38.54 in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.11 in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 4.56 a year. A straight line explains 67% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, British Virgin Islands had the 4th highest value of the 146 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to British Virgin Islands in the 2024 ranking

• Monaco — 1st of 146: 95.48
• Andorra — 2nd of 146: 64.95
• Portugal — 4th of 146: 53
• Malta — 5th of 146: 47.35
• Greece — 6th of 146: 46.69

What this measures

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.

Limitations: Operators have traditionally been the main source of telecommunications data, so information on subscriptions has been widely available for most countries. This gives a general idea of access, but a more precise measure is the penetration rate - the share of households with access to telecommunications. During the past few years more information on information and communication technology use has become available from household and business surveys. Also important are data on actual use of telecommunications services. Ideally, statistics on telecommunications (and other information and communications technologies) should be compiled for all three measures: subscriptions, access, and use.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 52 values

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 29.43 (2022)
• Argentina — 14.05 (2024)
• Aruba — 32.05 (2022)
• Bahamas, The — 23.2 (2024)
• Barbados — 42.97 (2022)
• Belize — 4.42 (2022)
• Bolivia — 2.97 (2024)
• Brazil — 10.63 (2024)
• Cayman Islands — 49.97 (2022)
• Chile — 8.79 (2024)

More infrastructure data for British Virgin Islands

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 24,443 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 36,760 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 93.13 (2024)
• Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) — 3.01 (2021)
• Fixed broadband subscriptions — 9,833 (2024)
• Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) — 24.91 (2024)
• Secure Internet servers — 56,957 (2024)
• Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) — 1.44 million (2024)
• Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)

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Questions people ask

What is British Virgin Islands's fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)?

61.93 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 641.65% from 8.35 in 1970 (3.78% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 75.81 in 2004 and the lowest 8.14 in 1971.

How does British Virgin Islands rank?

4th highest of 146 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) unusual for British Virgin Islands?

In 2024, British Virgin Islands' fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) fell 0.77 on 2023 (from 62.7 to 61.93). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.51 and a typical year strayed about 8.69 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IT.MLT.MAIN.P2, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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