Infrastructure · Comoros
Yearly data from 1960 to 2023, from the World Bank.
Comoros's fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) was 1.04 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 68.59% from 3.3 in 2013 (10.94% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.04 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 1.34 | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.3 | 2013 |
| Highest | 4.8 | 2009 |
| Lowest | 0 | 1960 |
| Average since 2014 | 1.57 | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 0 | 1960 |
Over five years it is down 22.43% from 1.34 in 2018 (4.95% a year on average, compounded).
In 2023, Comoros' fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) rose 0.15 on 2022 (from 0.88 to 1.04).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0.00185 and a typical year strayed about 0.51 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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 1.07 in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.56 in 2010. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.22 a year. A straight line explains 74% 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.
In 2023, Comoros had the 17th highest value of the 21 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Comoros | 1.04 | 2023 |
| World | 9.9 | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.4 | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 3 | 2025 |
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.
| Year | Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.04 |
| 2022 | 0.8835 |
| 2021 | 0.9053 |
| 2020 | 0.9441 |
| 2019 | 1.28 |
| 2018 | 1.34 |
| 2017 | 2.27 |
| 2016 | 1.76 |
| 2015 | 2.01 |
| 2014 | 3.3 |
| 2013 | 3.3 |
| 2012 | 3.52 |
| 2011 | 3.46 |
| 2010 | 3.24 |
| 2009 | 4.8 |
| 2008 | 4.58 |
| 2007 | 4.22 |
| 2006 | 3.15 |
| 2005 | 2.86 |
| 2004 | 2.6 |
| 2003 | 2.32 |
| 2002 | 1.84 |
| 2001 | 1.62 |
| 2000 | 1.26 |
| 1999 | 1.24 |
| 1998 | 1.21 |
| 1997 | 1.08 |
| 1996 | 0.998 |
| 1995 | 0.892 |
| 1994 | 0.886 |
| 1993 | 0.847 |
| 1992 | 0.828 |
| 1991 | 0.799 |
| 1990 | 0.734 |
| 1989 | 0.6885 |
| 1988 | 0.5671 |
| 1987 | 0.5072 |
| 1986 | 0.459 |
| 1985 | 0.4243 |
| 1984 | 0.3829 |
| 1983 | 0.3369 |
| 1982 | 0.317 |
| 1981 | 0.2959 |
| 1980 | 0.2741 |
| 1979 | 0.2515 |
| 1978 | 0.2273 |
| 1977 | 0.2012 |
| 1976 | 0.1731 |
| 1975 | 0.1607 |
| 1974 | 0.1304 |
| 1973 | 0.1304 |
| 1972 | 0.1304 |
| 1971 | 0.1304 |
| 1970 | 0.1238 |
| 1969 | 0.0482 |
| 1968 | 0.0482 |
| 1967 | 0.0482 |
| 1966 | 0.0482 |
| 1965 | 0.0465 |
| 1964 | 0 |
| 1963 | 0 |
| 1962 | 0 |
| 1961 | 0 |
| 1960 | 0 |
Every indicator for Comoros is on the Comoros data page.
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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