Gambia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Telephone faults
Gambia
76 per 100 mainlines
in 1996
Sub-Saharan Africa
48.2 per 100 mainlines
in 2002
Gambia rank
4th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
4th
Telephone faults over time
- Gambia
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 76 per 100 mainlines against 48.2 per 100 mainlines in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 27.8 per 100 mainlines.
That makes Gambia's figure about 1.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th of 44 countries.
Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher telephone faults, Gambia or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Gambia, at 76 per 100 mainlines against 48.2 per 100 mainlines in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 1996.
- What is the difference in telephone faults between Gambia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 27.8 per 100 mainlines, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 1996.
- How do Gambia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for telephone faults?
- Gambia ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th 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
Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.