Palau's fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) was 45.1 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 9.59% from 41.15 in 2013 (0.92% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 45.1 | 2023 |
| Ten years earlier | 41.15 | 2013 |
| Highest | 45.1 | 2023 |
| Lowest | 34.65 | 2022 |
| Average since 2014 | 42.2 | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 35.52 | 2002 |
Since 2002 it is up 26.96% from 35.52 in 2002 (1.14% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 3 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2023, Palau's fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) rose 10.45 on 2022 (from 34.65 to 45.1).
Across the 16 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2022), the average change was −0.33 and a typical year strayed about 2.98 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.45 in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.33 in 2022. 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 2023, Palau had the 3rd 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Palau | 45.1 | 2023 |
| World | 9.9 | 2025 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 12 | 2025 |
| High income | 28 | 2025 |
Closest to Palau in the 2023 ranking
- France — 1st of 21: 56.11
- Japan — 2nd of 21: 47.7
- Israel — 4th of 21: 27.66
- Curaçao — 5th of 21: 24.79
- French Polynesia — 6th of 21: 23.47
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 weighted average.
All 19 values
| Year | Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 45.1 |
| 2022 | 34.65 |
| 2021 | 44.99 |
| 2020 | 44.96 |
| 2019 | 44.95 |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | 40.54 |
| 2014 | 40.22 |
| 2013 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in nearby economies
- American Samoa — 20.05 (2022)
- Australia — 22.28 (2024)
- Brunei Darussalam — 27.72 (2024)
- Cambodia — 0.16 (2024)
- China — 11.73 (2024)
- Fiji — 8.37 (2024)
- French Polynesia — 23.47 (2023)
- Guam — 43.17 (2022)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 44.57 (2024)
- Indonesia
More infrastructure data for Palau
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 5.04 (2023)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$164,000 (2023)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 0.26% (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 24,000 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 135.39 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 6,154 (2022)
- Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) — 2.46 (2021)
- Secure Internet servers — 26 (2024)
- Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) — 1,469 (2024)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Palau's fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)?
- 45.1 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2002?
- It is up 26.96% from 35.52 in 2002 (1.14% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 45.1 in 2023 and the lowest 34.65 in 2022.
- How does Palau rank?
- 3rd highest of 21 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) unusual for Palau?
- In 2023, Palau's fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) rose 10.45 on 2022 (from 34.65 to 45.1). Across the 16 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2022), the average change was −0.33 and a typical year strayed about 2.98 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
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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