Guinea: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Guinea's fixed telephone subscriptions did not change 0 on 2021 (from 0 to 0).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2021), the average change was −333.33 and a typical year strayed about 4,201 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 5,851 in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 18,000 in 2012. 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 less than 1% of the movement over 8 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, Guinea had the 43rd 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 Guinea in the 2022 ranking

• Marshall Islands — 40th of 45: 1,947
• Haiti — 41st of 45: 1,357
• Sierra Leone — 42nd of 45: 269
• Guinea-Bissau — 44th of 45: 0
• Naoero — 45th of 45: 0

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 56 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 Guinea

• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0 (2022)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 14.1 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 97.88 (2023)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 33.3% (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$36.86 million (2024)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 51.77% (2024)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 54.9 (2023)
• Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) — 9.17 (2021)
• Secure Internet servers — 181 (2024)
• Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)

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Questions people ask

What is Guinea's fixed telephone subscriptions?

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

How has it changed since 1960?

It is down 100% from 2,054 in 1960. The highest value was 27,000 in 2008 and the lowest 0 in 2012.

How does Guinea rank?

43rd highest of 45 economies with data for 2022.

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

In 2022, Guinea's fixed telephone subscriptions did not change 0 on 2021 (from 0 to 0). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2021), the average change was −333.33 and a typical year strayed about 4,201 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

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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