Cayman Islands's fixed telephone subscriptions was 35,773 in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 4.33% from 37,392 in 2012 (0.44% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 35,773 | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 34,768 | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 37,392 | 2012 |
| Highest | 38,000 | 2001 |
| Lowest | 1,400 | 1970 |
| Average since 2013 | 35,090 | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 1,400 | 1970 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Cayman Islands' fixed telephone subscriptions fell 0.6% on 2021 (from 36,000 to 35,773).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2021), the average change was +5.2% and a typical year strayed about 10.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 75% in 1975 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.4% in 2014. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 22% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2022, Cayman Islands had the 16th highest value of the 45 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Cayman Islands | 35,773 | 2022 |
| World | 815 million | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 80 million | 2025 |
| High income | 398 million | 2025 |
Closest to Cayman Islands in the 2022 ranking
- Guam — 13th of 45: 71,308
- Eritrea — 14th of 45: 68,216
- New Caledonia — 15th of 45: 46,570
- Aruba — 17th of 45: 34,549
- St. Lucia — 18th of 45: 30,640
- Antigua and Barbuda — 19th of 45: 27,320
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 sum.
All 51 values
| Year | Fixed telephone subscriptions |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 35,773 |
| 2021 | 36,000 |
| 2020 | 36,000 |
| 2019 | 36,000 |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | 34,768 |
| 2016 | 34,116 |
| 2015 | 33,534 |
| 2014 | 32,903 |
| 2013 | 36,717 |
| 2012 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 27,320 (2022)
- Argentina — 6.42 million (2024)
- Aruba — 34,549 (2022)
- Bahamas, The — 93,084 (2024)
- Barbados — 121,314 (2022)
- Belize — 17,806 (2022)
- Bolivia — 368,926 (2024)
- Brazil — 22.55 million (2024)
- British Virgin Islands — 24,443 (2024)
- Chile — 1.74 million (2024)
- Colombia — 6.32 million (2024)
More infrastructure data for Cayman Islands
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 99,737 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 49.97 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 139.32 (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 81.07% (2017)
- Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) — 2.04 (2021)
- Secure Internet servers — 1,986 (2024)
- Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) — 26,673 (2024)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions — 40,349 (2022)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) — 56.36 (2022)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Cayman Islands's fixed telephone subscriptions?
- 35,773 in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 2,455% from 1,400 in 1970 (6.43% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 38,000 in 2001 and the lowest 1,400 in 1970.
- How does Cayman Islands rank?
- 16th highest of 45 economies with data for 2022.
- Is the latest change in fixed telephone subscriptions unusual for Cayman Islands?
- In 2022, Cayman Islands' fixed telephone subscriptions fell 0.6% on 2021 (from 36,000 to 35,773). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2021), the average change was +5.2% and a typical year strayed about 10.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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, 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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