Marshall Islands: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Key figures

Since 1983 it is up 456.29% from 350 in 1983 (4.5% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 22 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 170.6% in 1993. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those 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, Marshall Islands had the 40th 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 Marshall Islands in the 2022 ranking

• Tonga — 37th of 45: 3,280
• Tuvalu — 38th of 45: 2,113
• Central African Republic — 39th of 45: 2,088
• Haiti — 41st of 45: 1,357
• Sierra Leone — 42nd of 45: 269
• Guinea — 43rd 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 18 values

Fixed telephone subscriptions in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 9,693 (2022)
• Australia — 5.95 million (2024)
• Brunei Darussalam — 128,276 (2024)
• Cambodia — 29,080 (2024)
• China — 166.51 million (2024)
• Fiji — 77,765 (2024)
• French Polynesia — 65,969 (2023)
• Guam — 71,308 (2022)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 3.31 million (2024)
• Indonesia — 4.65 million (2024)
• Japan — 59.33 million (2023)

More infrastructure data for Marshall Islands

• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 15,913 (2022)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 39.71 (2022)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 65.92% (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 1,693 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 29,502 (2023)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 0.92 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 0.41 (2023)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 4.86 (2022)
• Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100)

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Questions people ask

What is Marshall Islands's fixed telephone subscriptions?

1,947 in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1983?

It is up 456.29% from 350 in 1983 (4.5% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 5,510 in 2004 and the lowest 350 in 1983.

How does Marshall Islands rank?

40th highest of 45 economies with data for 2022.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

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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