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Revenue from fixed telephone service (current LCU) by country

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Revenue received from fixed telephone connection, subscription and calls. This indicator is expressed in local currency.

Countries reporting
47
Highest
398.81 billion current LCU
Uganda
Lowest
104.68 million current LCU
Lesotho
Median
6.25 billion current LCU
Years covered
32
1980–2011
Data points
920

What the numbers show

Revenue from fixed telephone service (current LCU) is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 398.81 billion current LCU in Uganda; the lowest is 104.68 million current LCU in Lesotho.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.25 billion current LCU, and the mean is 34.82 billion current LCU.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,810.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 68,373.0%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 100.0%).

Revenue from fixed telephone service: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uganda 398.81 billion current LCU 2010 up 1,301.6% volatile
2 Senegal 286.00 billion current LCU 2011 up 128.0% volatile
3 Cote d'Ivoire 150.19 billion current LCU 2011 up 6.2% rising
4 Tanzania 108.00 billion current LCU 2002 up 580.7% volatile
5 Madagascar 80.17 billion current LCU 2011 down 78.8% volatile
6 Cameroon 68.56 billion current LCU 2010 up 95.9% rising
7 Algeria 65.00 billion current LCU 2011 up 215.3% volatile
8 Togo 52.70 billion current LCU 2010 up 122.7% volatile
9 Burkina Faso 50.43 billion current LCU 2006 up 250.1% volatile
10 Kenya 50.00 billion current LCU 2009 up 166.7% volatile
11 Sao Tome and Principe 41.15 billion current LCU 2011 up 12.8% volatile
12 Sudan 40.47 billion current LCU 2005 up 12,046.0% volatile
13 Nigeria 31.39 billion current LCU 2011 — volatile
14 Benin 30.74 billion current LCU 2011 down 27.6% volatile
15 Mali 26.42 billion current LCU 2011 down 41.9% volatile
16 South Africa 23.08 billion current LCU 2005 up 86.3% volatile
17 Burundi 15.77 billion current LCU 2010 up 149.1% volatile
18 Gabon 15.15 billion current LCU 2009 down 64.9% volatile
19 Sierra Leone 14.13 billion current LCU 1996 up 32,698.8% volatile
20 Niger 13.89 billion current LCU 2011 up 18.4% rising
21 Guinea 9.53 billion current LCU 2001 down 56.5% rising
22 Angola 9.51 billion current LCU 2005 up 68,373.0% volatile
23 Morocco 7.98 billion current LCU 2011 down 19.1% volatile
24 Zambia 6.25 billion current LCU 2011 down 97.4% volatile
25 Mozambique 5.96 billion current LCU 2009 down 99.3% volatile
26 Cape Verde 5.92 billion current LCU 2011 up 63.6% rising
27 Malawi 5.74 billion current LCU 2008 up 862.9% volatile
28 Mauritania 5.58 billion current LCU 2011 down 13.7% volatile
29 Egypt 4.74 billion current LCU 2011 down 22.2% volatile
31 Chad 3.97 billion current LCU 2011 down 68.7% volatile
32 Ethiopia 2.53 billion current LCU 2010 up 319.3% volatile
33 Mauritius 1.36 billion current LCU 2010 down 52.6% volatile
34 Botswana 930.00 million current LCU 2008 up 181.7% volatile
35 Gambia 576.00 million current LCU 2002 up 330.0% volatile
36 Namibia 558.74 million current LCU 2011 down 26.9% rising
37 Central African Republic 505.00 million current LCU 2011 down 93.0% volatile
38 Rwanda 475.64 million current LCU 2011 down 93.9% volatile
39 Eritrea 410.46 million current LCU 2011 up 123.1% volatile
40 Eswatini 358.85 million current LCU 2011 up 85.4% volatile
41 Democratic Republic of Congo 347.86 million current LCU 2011 down 76.7% volatile
42 Tunisia 309.10 million current LCU 2009 up 8.8% volatile
43 Zimbabwe 149.44 million current LCU 2011 down 97.5% volatile
44 Seychelles 141.34 million current LCU 1996 up 232.2% rising
45 Ghana 131.09 million current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
46 Somalia 127.28 million current LCU 2003 up 1,172.8% volatile
47 Congo 120.00 million current LCU 2011 — volatile
48 Lesotho 104.68 million current LCU 2011 up 41.5% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Revenue from fixed telephone service (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
"International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. "
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
48 places, 920 data points, 1980–2011
Last refreshed

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Revenue received from fixed telephone connection, subscription and calls. This indicator is expressed in local currency.