Unmet demand (% of waiting list to number main fixed telephone lines in operation) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Unmet demand is unmet applications for connection to the public switched telephone network that have had to be held over owing to a lack of technical facilities (equipment, lines, and the like) divided by the number of main telephone lines in operation. Source: World Bank.
Unmet demand (% of waiting list to number main fixed telephone lines in operation) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Mauritania (1999)289.14
2Sierra Leone (1998)143.62
3Benin (2006)70.17
4Rwanda (1999)63.24
5Mali (1989)58.27
6Burundi (2004)54.07
7Cameroon (1998)53.24
8Swaziland (2003)48.95
9Zimbabwe (2006)46.97
10Guinea-Bissau (2000)45.83
11Liberia (1999)36.36
12Equatorial Guinea (1998)34.05
13Comoros (2002)32.94
14Angola (1999)31.47
15Gambia (2002)27.67
16Malawi (2002)23.84
17Eritrea (2006)22.69
18Kenya (2006)21.07
19Democratic Republic of the Congo (1995)16.67
20Uganda (1999)16
21Libya (1999)14.55
22Central African Republic (2002)13.33
23Zambia (2004)12.53
24Togo (2006)11.3
25Seychelles (2006)10.65
26Niger (1995)10.49
27Botswana (2001)10
28Nigeria (1998)9.58
29Ethiopia (2006)7.73
30Chad (1999)6.19
31Guinea (2001)5.57
32Gabon (2006)4.7
33Lesotho (2005)4.61
34Mozambique (2006)4.25
35Republic of the Congo (1994)3.65
36Burkina Faso (2004)3.63
37Sao Tome and Principe (2006)3.6
38Namibia (2005)2.53
39Madagascar (2003)2.04
40Tunisia (2006)1.13
41South Africa (2000)1.01
42Mauritius (2005)0.83
43Tanzania (2006)0.68
44Ghana (2006)0.65
45Ivory Coast (2004)0.62
46Cape Verde (2006)0.57
47Somalia (2003)0.5
48Egypt (2006)0.44
49Djibouti (2003)0.3
50Senegal (2006)0.01
51Morocco (2005)0
52Algeria (2006)0
53Sudan (2006)0
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