Telephone faults in Cameroon
Cameroon: Telephone faults was 60 per 100 mainlines in 1998. ▼ Falling
Telephone faults in Cameroon, 1991–1998
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Measured in per 100 mainlines.
Analysis
In 1998, telephone faults in Cameroon stood at 60 per 100 mainlines. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.8% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Cameroon ranks 9th of 44 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 6 Sao Tome and Principe 69 per 100 mainlines compare
- 7 Equatorial Guinea 62 per 100 mainlines compare
- 8 Chad 60.75 per 100 mainlines compare
- 10 Burundi 58.8 per 100 mainlines compare
- 11 Mozambique 50 per 100 mainlines compare
- 12 South Africa 48.2 per 100 mainlines compare
More science & technology data for Cameroon
- Scientific and technical journal articles 1,547 (2023)
- Mobile phone subscriptions 31.52 million (2024)
- Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people 108.21 per 100 people (2024)
- Mobile and landline phone subscriptions per 100 people 108.21 per 100 people (2024)
- Share of the population using the Internet 46.3% (2024)
- Number of people using the Internet 10.47 million users (2021)
- Landline Internet subscriptions per 100 people 2.13 per 100 people (2022)
- Landline Internet subscriptions 588,198 (2022)
- Landline Internet subscriptions per 100 people, by download speed 2.13 per 100 population (2022)
- Net official development assistance to medical research and basic health sectors 113.69 million millions of constant united states dollars (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is telephone faults in Cameroon?
- Telephone faults in Cameroon was 60 per 100 mainlines in 1998, according to International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.
- What is the highest telephone faults recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 76 per 100 mainlines in 1991.
- What is the lowest telephone faults recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 per 100 mainlines in 1998.
- How does Cameroon rank for telephone faults?
- Cameroon ranks 9th out of 44 countries with data for 1998.
- Is telephone faults rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates, published as part of Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.