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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 ...