Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. 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. Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.
Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Botswana (2006)139.94
2Rwanda (1999)93.07
3Burkina Faso (2006)88.57
4Kenya (2006)86.93
5Sudan (2002)70.71
6Egypt (2006)65.47
7Sierra Leone (1996)56.2
8Malawi (1992)52.39
9Eritrea (2006)47.76
10Libya (1996)47.06
11Ghana (2002)46.42
12Togo (2006)43.84
13Liberia (1997)43.38
14Comoros (2002)42.15
15Ivory Coast (2006)40
16Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2002)37.65
17Djibouti (2004)37.6
18Cameroon (2006)37.4
19Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2002)36.84
20Sub-Saharan Africa (2002)36.02
21Africa (2002)33.48
22Madagascar (2006)32.77
23Somalia (1982)32.55
24Mali (2006)30.86
25Zambia (2004)29.34
26Angola (2005)25.3
27Mozambique (2006)24.63
28Algeria (2001)23.89
29Uganda (2005)23.43
30Tunisia (2006)23.25
31Senegal (2006)21.87
32North Africa (2005)21.71
33Chad (1997)21.26
34Lesotho (2005)20.94
35Burundi (1998)20.69
36Seychelles (2006)20.26
37Mauritania (2006)19.2
38Cape Verde (2006)19.12
39Nigeria (2002)18.06
40Ethiopia (2006)17.83
41Morocco (2005)16.5
42Guinea-Bissau (1997)15.9
43Swaziland (2003)13.16
44Mauritius (2005)12.85
45Niger (1995)12.74
46Gabon (2005)12.41
47Gambia (2002)12.26
48Sao Tome and Principe (2006)9.92
49South Africa (2003)9.77
50Namibia (2004)7.5
51Benin (2006)5.19
52Tanzania (2001)4.32
53Guinea (2001)2.88
54Central African Republic (2002)1.07
55Zimbabwe (2006)0.21
56Republic of the Congo (1994)0.03
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