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DEFINITION
Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
Media Statistics > Telecommunications investment > % of revenue (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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Date
#1 Andorra :
2,180.05 %
1997 ...
#2 Dominican Republic :
274.69 %
2003 ...
#3 Solomon Islands :
167.65 %
1999 ...
#4 Laos :
95.45 %
2003 ...
#5 Rwanda :
93.07 %
1999 ...
#6 Mauritania :
91.66 %
2003 ...
#7 Saint Lucia :
91.54 %
1988 ...
#8 Guam :
87.37 %
1992 ...
#9 Papua New Guinea :
82.64 %
2000 ...
#10 Iran :
73.68 %
2003 ...
#11 Tajikistan :
71.38 %
2003 ...
#12 Sudan :
70.71 %
2002 ...
#13 San Marino :
62.86 %
2004 ...
#14 Lebanon :
62.5 %
1992 ...
#15 Eritrea :
61.53 %
2004 ...
#16 Sierra Leone :
56.2 %
1996 ...
#17 Fiji :
53.55 %
2002 ...
#18 Malawi :
52.39 %
1992 ...
#19 Serbia and Montenegro :
52.28 %
2004 ...
#20 Yemen :
51.13 %
2002 ...
#21 Lesotho :
50.75 %
2002 ...
#22 Vietnam :
50.14 %
1999 ...
#23 Aruba :
49.65 %
1992 ...
#24 Togo :
48.6 %
2002 ...
#25 Norway :
48.01 %
2002 ...
#26 Libya :
47.06 %
1996 ...
#27 Ghana :
46.42 %
2002 ...
#28 India :
45.93 %
2001 ...
#29 Bhutan :
44.47 %
2004 ...
#30 Colombia :
44.13 %
2001 ...
#31 Burkina Faso :
43.62 %
2004 ...
#32 New Caledonia :
43.48 %
2000 ...
#33 Liberia :
43.38 %
1997 ...
#34 Oman :
43.31 %
2004 ...
#35 Kiribati :
43.27 %
1998 ...
#36 Comoros :
42.15 %
2002 ...
#37 Belarus :
41.27 %
2004 ...
#38 Afghanistan :
37.84 %
2005 ...
#39 Swaziland :
37.65 %
2002 ...
#40 Djibouti :
37.6 %
2004 ...
#41 Trinidad and Tobago :
36.84 %
2001 ...
#42 Bosnia and Herzegovina :
36.54 %
2004 ...
#43 Costa Rica :
36.2 %
2004 ...
#44 Israel :
36 %
2002 ...
#45 Moldova :
35.09 %
2004 ...
#46 China :
35.06 %
2005 ...
#47 Luxembourg :
35.05 %
2003 ...
#48 Armenia :
34.24 %
2004 ...
#49 Georgia :
33.75 %
2003 ...
#50 Benin :
33.39 %
2001 ...
#51 Somalia :
32.55 %
1982 ...
#52 Brazil :
31.94 %
2001 ...
#53 Mali :
29.96 %
2001 ...
#54 Honduras :
29.87 %
2004 ...
#55 Ukraine :
29.82 %
2003 ...
#56 Zambia :
29.34 %
2004 ...
#57 Ethiopia :
29.29 %
2003 ...
#58 Bermuda :
28.58 %
2002 ...
#59 Indonesia :
28.25 %
2004 ...
#60 Cayman Islands :
28.01 %
1995 ...
#61 Gabon :
27.6 %
2004 ...
#62 United Kingdom :
27.48 %
2002 ...
#63 Kuwait :
27.37 %
2004 ...
#64 Nepal :
26.66 %
2003 ...
#65 Paraguay :
26.42 %
2001 ...
#66 Philippines :
26.31 %
2004 ...
#67 Slovakia :
26.16 %
2004 ...
#68 Greenland :
25.67 %
1995 ...
#69 Guatemala :
25.23 %
1992 ...
#70 Malta :
24.67 %
2003 ...
#71 Uganda :
24.41 %
2003 ...
#72 Chile :
24.32 %
2002 ...
#73 Italy :
24.27 %
2003 ...
#74 Belgium :
23.99 %
2004 ...
#75 Nicaragua :
23.98 %
2003 ...
#76 Algeria :
23.89 %
2001 ...
#77 Jamaica :
23.76 %
2004 ...
#78 Puerto Rico :
23.65 %
1997 ...
#79 Liechtenstein :
23.63 %
1997 ...
#80 Bulgaria :
23.17 %
2004 ...
#81 Tonga :
23.08 %
1996 ...
#82 Malaysia :
22.55 %
2004 ...
#83 São Tomé and Príncipe :
22.37 %
2004 ...
#84 Belize :
22.31 %
2004 ...
#85 Qatar :
21.95 %
2004 ...
#86 Tunisia :
21.49 %
2005 ...
#87 Iceland :
21.47 %
2001 ...
#88 Egypt :
21.27 %
2004 ...
#89 Chad :
21.26 %
1997 ...
#90 Uzbekistan :
20.83 %
2001 ...
#91 Burundi :
20.69 %
1998 ...
#92 Slovenia :
20.19 %
2003 ...
#93 Guyana :
20.17 %
2000 ...
#94 Netherlands :
20.04 %
2001 ...
#95 Sweden :
19.98 %
2001 ...
#96 Austria :
19.63 %
2002 ...
#97 Mexico :
19.4 %
2004 ...
#98 Poland :
19.36 %
2000 ...
#99 Senegal :
19.31 %
2004 ...
#100 Macau :
19.18 %
2004 ...
#101 Sri Lanka :
19.15 %
2004 ...
#102 Mozambique :
19.06 %
2004 ...
#103 Albania :
19.02 %
2003 ...
#104 Cyprus :
18.91 %
2004 ...
#105 Panama :
18.78 %
1995 ...
#106 Brunei :
18.71 %
1991 ...
#107 Suriname :
18.66 %
2004 ...
#108 Nigeria :
18.06 %
2002 ...
#109 Romania :
17.47 %
2002 ...
#110 Virgin Islands :
17.46 %
1997 ...
#111 France :
17.18 %
2002 ...
#112 El Salvador :
16.97 %
2004 ...
#113 Cameroon :
16.81 %
2003 ...
#114 Finland :
16.75 %
2002 ...
#115 Jordan :
16.68 %
2004 ...
#116 Barbados :
16.36 %
2004 ...
#117 Korea, South :
16.23 %
2004 ...
#118 Venezuela :
16.08 %
2004 ...
#119 Guinea-Bissau :
15.9 %
1997 ...
#120 Hong Kong :
15.65 %
2004 ...
#121 Bangladesh :
15.41 %
2002 ...
#122 Mauritius :
15.25 %
2004 ...
#123 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
15.18 %
2000 ...
#124 Maldives :
15.15 %
2004 ...
#125 Croatia :
15.04 %
2004 ...
#126 Denmark :
15.03 %
2004 ...
#127 Kazakhstan :
14.53 %
2002 ...
#128 Côte d'Ivoire :
14.25 %
2004 ...
#129 Portugal :
13.89 %
2004 ...
#130 Cape Verde :
13.86 %
2004 ...
#131 Greece :
13.82 %
2004 ...
#132 Switzerland :
13.54 %
2004 ...
#133 Uruguay :
13.45 %
2000 ...
#134 Samoa :
13.33 %
1999 ...
#135 Canada :
13.26 %
2003 ...
#136 Mongolia :
13.12 %
2003 ...
#137 Bahrain :
13.02 %
2003 ...
#138 United Arab Emirates :
12.92 %
2004 ...
#139 Japan :
12.83 %
2004 ...
#140 Lithuania :
12.78 %
2004 ...
#141 Niger :
12.74 %
1995 ...
#142 Singapore :
12.64 %
2004 ...
#143 Saint Kitts and Nevis :
12.57 %
1996 ...
#144 Spain :
12.55 %
2004 ...
#145 Peru :
12.51 %
2001 ...
#146 Saudi Arabia :
12.3 %
2004 ...
#147 Madagascar :
12.28 %
2003 ...
#148 Gambia, The :
12.26 %
2002 ...
#149 Kenya :
12.17 %
2004 ...
#150 Bahamas, The :
12.16 %
1995 ...
#151 French Polynesia :
12.06 %
1997 ...
#152 Pakistan :
11.89 %
2003 ...
#153 Azerbaijan :
11.76 %
2003 ...
#154 Latvia :
11.45 %
2004 ...
#155 Macedonia, Republic of :
11.26 %
2004 ...
#156 Morocco :
10.86 %
2004 ...
#157 Czech Republic :
10.7 %
2004 ...
#158 Russia :
10.53 %
2001 ...
#159 Syria :
10.43 %
2004 ...
#160 Seychelles :
10.27 %
2000 ...
#161 Burma :
10.05 %
2004 ...
#162 Thailand :
9.97 %
2004 ...
#163 Ecuador :
9.85 %
1999 ...
#164 South Africa :
9.77 %
2003 ...
#165 Argentina :
9.77 %
2001 ...
#166 New Zealand :
9.52 %
2003 ...
#167 Hungary :
9.39 %
2004 ...
#168 Turkey :
9.31 %
2004 ...
#169 United States :
9.22 %
2003 ...
#170 Estonia :
8.74 %
2004 ...
#171 Germany :
8.53 %
2004 ...
#172 Botswana :
8.1 %
2003 ...
#173 Zimbabwe :
8.09 %
2005 ...
#174 Namibia :
7.5 %
2004 ...
#175 Ireland :
7.1 %
2003 ...
#176 Marshall Islands :
7.02 %
1996 ...
#177 Cuba :
6.45 %
2004 ...
#178 Vanuatu :
6.36 %
1978 ...
#179 Turkmenistan :
5.14 %
2001 ...
#180 Micronesia, Federated States of :
4.91 %
2000 ...
#181 Haiti :
4.75 %
1996 ...
#182 Tanzania :
4.32 %
2001 ...
#183 Bolivia :
3.81 %
2004 ...
#184 Faroe Islands :
3.7 %
2003 ...
#185 Kyrgyzstan :
3.01 %
2004 ...
#186 Guinea :
2.88 %
2001 ...
#187 Central African Republic :
1.07 %
2002 ...
#188 Australia :
0.53 %
2003 ...
#189 Congo, Republic of the :
0.03 %
1994 ...
#190 Mayotte :
0.03 %
1999 ...
Weighted average:
38.7 %
DEFINITION: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
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