Eritrea vs Zimbabwe: Telephone faults

Eritrea
33.1 per 100 mainlines
in 2011
Zimbabwe
40 per 100 mainlines
in 2011
Eritrea rank
18th
Zimbabwe rank
16th

Telephone faults over time

  • Eritrea
  • Zimbabwe
0100200300199020002011

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 40 per 100 mainlines against 33.1 per 100 mainlines in Eritrea, a difference of 6.9 per 100 mainlines.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.2 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Eritrea ranks 18th and Zimbabwe ranks 16th of 44 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1990s 85.58 per 100 mainlines 225.2 per 100 mainlines 139.62 per 100 mainlines Zimbabwe
2000s 57.45 per 100 mainlines 66.38 per 100 mainlines 8.93 per 100 mainlines Zimbabwe
2010s 47.05 per 100 mainlines 38 per 100 mainlines 9.05 per 100 mainlines Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher telephone faults, Eritrea or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 40 per 100 mainlines against 33.1 per 100 mainlines in Eritrea as of 2011.
What is the difference in telephone faults between Eritrea and Zimbabwe?
6.9 per 100 mainlines, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Zimbabwe?
16 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
How do Eritrea and Zimbabwe rank globally for telephone faults?
Eritrea ranks 18th and Zimbabwe ranks 16th of 44 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates, published as Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines)
Unit
per 100 mainlines
Source
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
50 places, 623 data points, 1982–2011
Last refreshed

Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.