DEFINITION
Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Media Statistics > Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Turkey :
7,192,000,000 $
2005 ...
#2
India :
6,200,800,000 $
2005 ...
#3
Brazil :
5,780,800,000 $
2005 ...
#4
Russia :
4,713,000,000 $
2005 ...
#5
Saudi Arabia :
4,457,000,000 $
2004 ...
#6
Czech Republic :
3,664,000,000 $
2005 ...
#7
Pakistan :
3,584,500,000 $
2005 ...
#8
Mexico :
3,331,200,000 $
2005 ...
#9
Nigeria :
2,312,000,000 $
2005 ...
#10
Egypt :
1,616,000,000 $
2005 ...
#11
Poland :
1,425,000,000 $
2005 ...
#12
Ukraine :
1,407,300,000 $
2005 ...
#13
Indonesia :
1,275,000,000 $
2005 ...
#14
Algeria :
1,272,000,000 $
2005 ...
#15
South Africa :
1,183,500,000 $
2005 ...
#16
China :
1,140,000,000 $
2004 ...
#17
Oman :
1,047,000,000 $
2005 ...
#18
Colombia :
855,400,000 $
2005 ...
#19
Bulgaria :
816,900,000 $
2005 ...
#20
Thailand :
812,600,000 $
2005 ...
#21
Argentina :
795,400,000 $
2005 ...
#22
Bangladesh :
716,000,000 $
2005 ...
#23
Venezuela :
697,500,000 $
2005 ...
#24
Hungary :
688,100,000 $
2005 ...
#25
Philippines :
648,700,000 $
2005 ...
#26
Chile :
579,900,000 $
2005 ...
#27
Morocco :
480,000,000 $
2005 ...
#28
Malaysia :
479,000,000 $
2005 ...
#29
Iraq :
475,000,000 $
2005 ...
#30
Romania :
453,000,000 $
2005 ...
#31
Kenya :
421,000,000 $
2005 ...
#32
Kazakhstan :
409,000,000 $
2005 ...
#33
Slovakia :
350,100,000 $
2005 ...
#34
Iran :
350,000,000 $
2005 ...
#35
Serbia and Montenegro :
300,000,000 $
2004 ...
#36
Peru :
289,600,000 $
2005 ...
#37
Belarus :
187,600,000 $
2005 ...
#38
Croatia :
183,500,000 $
2005 ...
#39
Syria :
170,300,000 $
2005 ...
#40
Ecuador :
160,800,000 $
2005 ...
#41
Sri Lanka :
155,600,000 $
2005 ...
#42
El Salvador :
153,100,000 $
2005 ...
#43
Sudan :
152,000,000 $
2005 ...
#44
Jordan :
141,000,000 $
2005 ...
#45
Armenia :
132,000,000 $
2005 ...
#46
Azerbaijan :
123,000,000 $
2005 ...
#47
Guatemala :
119,900,000 $
2005 ...
#48
Angola :
119,800,000 $
2004 ...
#49
Macedonia, Republic of :
114,000,000 $
2004 ...
#50
Tunisia :
106,000,000 $
2005 ...
#51
Latvia :
99,500,000 $
2005 ...
#52
Lithuania :
98,000,000 $
2005 ...
#53
Tanzania :
88,500,000 $
2005 ...
#54
Uzbekistan :
85,000,000 $
2005 ...
#55
Mali :
82,600,000 $
2002 ...
#56
Afghanistan :
80,100,000 $
2005 ...
#57
Uganda :
77,000,000 $
2005 ...
#58
Zambia :
74,000,000 $
2005 ...
#59
Trinidad and Tobago :
72,600,000 $
1999 ...
#60
Vietnam :
70,000,000 $
2004 ...
#61
Cambodia :
68,800,000 $
2005 ...
#62
Albania :
65,000,000 $
2004 ...
#63
Barbados :
63,400,000 $
2004 ...
#64
Cuba :
60,000,000 $
2002 ...
#65
Ghana :
51,600,000 $
2005 ...
#66
Zimbabwe :
51,000,000 $
2004 ...
#67
Dominican Republic :
50,200,000 $
2005 ...
#68
Panama :
49,100,000 $
2005 ...
#69
Bolivia :
49,000,000 $
2005 ...
#70
Niger :
47,200,000 $
2003 ...
#71
Mauritius :
45,700,000 $
2004 ...
#72
Estonia :
42,400,000 $
2005 ...
#73
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
42,000,000 $
2005 ...
#74
Honduras :
40,700,000 $
2005 ...
#75
Eritrea :
40,000,000 $
2001 ...
#76
Maldives :
40,000,000 $
2005 ...
#77
Nicaragua :
38,200,000 $
2005 ...
#78
Lebanon :
37,900,000 $
2002 ...
#79
Guyana :
37,000,000 $
2004 ...
#80
Paraguay :
37,000,000 $
2005 ...
#81
Moldova :
36,500,000 $
2005 ...
#82
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
35,000,000 $
2004 ...
#83
Nepal :
34,000,000 $
2005 ...
#84
Belize :
30,000,000 $
2005 ...
#85
Cameroon :
29,000,000 $
2005 ...
#86
Georgia :
26,000,000 $
2005 ...
#87
Fiji :
24,000,000 $
2005 ...
#88
Cape Verde :
20,000,000 $
1995 ...
#89
Côte d'Ivoire :
20,000,000 $
2005 ...
#90
Botswana :
19,000,000 $
2005 ...
#91
Yemen :
18,800,000 $
2005 ...
#92
Haiti :
18,000,000 $
2002 ...
#93
Saint Lucia :
15,000,000 $
2004 ...
#94
Seychelles :
14,900,000 $
2005 ...
#95
Mozambique :
14,000,000 $
2005 ...
#96
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
13,400,000 $
2004 ...
#97
Grenada :
13,400,000 $
2004 ...
#98
Jamaica :
13,400,000 $
2004 ...
#99
Rwanda :
13,000,000 $
2005 ...
#100
Senegal :
13,000,000 $
2004 ...
#101
Madagascar :
12,600,000 $
2004 ...
#102
Guinea :
12,000,000 $
2003 ...
#103
Laos :
10,100,000 $
2005 ...
#104
Samoa :
10,000,000 $
1997 ...
#105
Tonga :
10,000,000 $
2004 ...
#106
Solomon Islands :
10,000,000 $
1989 ...
#107
Gabon :
9,000,000 $
2002 ...
#108
Namibia :
8,800,000 $
2003 ...
#109
Tajikistan :
8,500,000 $
2001 ...
#110
Uruguay :
8,400,000 $
2005 ...
#111
Congo, Republic of the :
7,000,000 $
2002 ...
#112
Liberia :
6,800,000 $
2005 ...
#113
Gambia, The :
6,600,000 $
2001 ...
#114
Vanuatu :
6,000,000 $
2002 ...
#115
Burundi :
6,000,000 $
2004 ...
#116
Benin :
5,800,000 $
2005 ...
#117
Burkina Faso :
5,300,000 $
2003 ...
#118
Togo :
5,000,000 $
1999 ...
#119
Kyrgyzstan :
4,100,000 $
2003 ...
#120
Burma :
4,000,000 $
1995 ...
#121
Costa Rica :
3,000,000 $
1989 ...
#122
Swaziland :
3,000,000 $
2005 ...
#123
Lesotho :
3,000,000 $
2005 ...
#124
São Tomé and Príncipe :
2,400,000 $
2002 ...
#125
Mongolia :
2,000,000 $
2003 ...
#126
Mauritania :
1,600,000 $
2002 ...
#127
Chad :
1,400,000 $
2002 ...
#128
Somalia :
1,400,000 $
2005 ...
#129
Central African Republic