Equatorial Guinea: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Equatorial Guinea's fixed telephone subscriptions rose 0.6% on 2021 (from 11,320 to 11,389).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was +9.2% and a typical year strayed about 21.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 93.5% in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 25% in 2015. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 355.18 a year. A straight line explains 44% 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 2022, Equatorial Guinea had the 28th 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.

Closest to Equatorial Guinea in the 2022 ranking

• San Marino — 25th of 45: 16,000
• St. Kitts and Nevis — 26th of 45: 15,602
• Faroe Islands — 27th of 45: 14,940
• American Samoa — 29th of 45: 9,693
• Solomon Islands — 30th of 45: 6,978
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 31st of 45: 6,476

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 42 values

Fixed telephone subscriptions in nearby economies

• Angola — 80,267 (2024)
• Benin — 1,350 (2024)
• Botswana — 83,182 (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 81,718 (2024)
• Burundi — 14,363 (2023)
• Cabo Verde — 61,294 (2024)
• Cameroon — 67,507 (2024)
• Central African Republic — 2,088 (2022)
• Chad — 0 (2024)
• Comoros — 8,823 (2023)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 0 (2024)

More infrastructure data for Equatorial Guinea

• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 893,441 (2022)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 49.54 (2022)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 3,063 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 118,427 (2023)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.63 (2022)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 0.8 (2023)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 63.3% (2024)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 3.44 (2023)
• Fixed broadband subscriptions — 1,816 (2022)

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Questions people ask

What is Equatorial Guinea's fixed telephone subscriptions?

11,389 in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1981?

It is up 2,178% from 500 in 1981 (7.92% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 15,110 in 2014 and the lowest 500 in 1981.

How does Equatorial Guinea rank?

28th highest of 45 economies with data for 2022.

Is the latest change in fixed telephone subscriptions unusual for Equatorial Guinea?

In 2022, Equatorial Guinea's fixed telephone subscriptions rose 0.6% on 2021 (from 11,320 to 11,389). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was +9.2% and a typical year strayed about 21.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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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