Haiti's fixed telephone subscriptions was 1,357 in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 97.29% from 50,000 in 2012 (30.28% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1,357 | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 5,922 | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 50,000 | 2012 |
| Highest | 150,000 | 2006 |
| Lowest | 1,357 | 2022 |
| Average since 2013 | 12,454 | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 20,000 | 1981 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Haiti's fixed telephone subscriptions fell 77.4% on 2021 (from 6,000 to 1,357).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was −1.4% and a typical year strayed about 23.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 62.5% in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 86.1% 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 3,633 a year. A straight line explains 53% 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, Haiti had the 41st 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 1,357 | 2022 |
| World | 815 million | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 80 million | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 94 million | 2025 |
Closest to Haiti in the 2022 ranking
- Tuvalu — 38th of 45: 2,113
- Central African Republic — 39th of 45: 2,088
- Marshall Islands — 40th of 45: 1,947
- Sierra Leone — 42nd of 45: 269
- Guinea — 43rd of 45: 0
- Guinea-Bissau — 44th 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 42 values
| Year | Fixed telephone subscriptions |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,357 |
| 2021 | 6,000 |
| 2020 | 6,000 |
| 2019 | 5,952 |
| 2018 | 5,922 |
| 2017 | 5,922 |
| 2016 | 5,692 |
| 2015 | 5,692 |
| 2014 | 41,000 |
| 2013 | 41,000 |
| 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)
- Cayman Islands — 35,773 (2022)
- Chile — 1.74 million (2024)
More infrastructure data for Haiti
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 7.5 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 65.19 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.01 (2022)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 21% (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 47.86% (2024)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$2 million (2024)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 2.07% (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 37.83 (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 1,530 (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Haiti's fixed telephone subscriptions?
- 1,357 in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1981?
- It is down 93.22% from 20,000 in 1981 (6.35% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 150,000 in 2006 and the lowest 1,357 in 2022.
- How does Haiti rank?
- 41st highest of 45 economies with data for 2022.
- Is the latest change in fixed telephone subscriptions unusual for Haiti?
- In 2022, Haiti's fixed telephone subscriptions fell 77.4% on 2021 (from 6,000 to 1,357). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was −1.4% and a typical year strayed about 23.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
- 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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