Telephone faults in Guinea
Guinea: Telephone faults was 1.57 per 100 mainlines in 2002. ◆ Volatile
Telephone faults in Guinea, 1993–2002
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Measured in per 100 mainlines.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 1.57 per 100 mainlines for telephone faults in 2002. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of down 97.5% on the previous year and down 99.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, telephone faults in Guinea peaked at 1,500 per 100 mainlines in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1.57 per 100 mainlines, in 2002.
Guinea ranks 39th of 44 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Telephone faults in Guinea, year by year
| Year | per 100 mainlines | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1,500 per 100 mainlines | — |
| 1994 | 1,150 per 100 mainlines | -23.3% |
| 1995 | 1,172 per 100 mainlines | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 937.5 per 100 mainlines | -20.0% |
| 1997 | 180 per 100 mainlines | -80.8% |
| 1998 | 70.65 per 100 mainlines | -60.7% |
| 1999 | 62.6 per 100 mainlines | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 1.57 per 100 mainlines | -97.5% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 1.57 per 100 mainlines is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.11 per 100 mainlines, 8% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 1.57 per 100 mainlines is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 23 per 100 mainlines, 7% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 724.68 per 100 mainlines | 62.6 per 100 mainlines | 1,500 per 100 mainlines | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.57 per 100 mainlines | 1.57 per 100 mainlines | 1.57 per 100 mainlines | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More science & technology data for Guinea
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 97.88 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.9788 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 14.10 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 57.38 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 5.25 % change on previous year (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 54.9 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is telephone faults in Guinea?
- Telephone faults in Guinea was 1.57 per 100 mainlines in 2002, according to International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.
- What is the highest telephone faults recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,500 per 100 mainlines in 1993.
- What is the lowest telephone faults recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.57 per 100 mainlines in 2002.
- How does Guinea rank for telephone faults?
- Guinea ranks 39th out of 44 countries with data for 2002.
- Is telephone faults rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guinea 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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About this data
Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.