Yearbook of Statistics
Chronological Time Series 1997-2006

34th edition, price: 71 Swiss Francs

The Yearbook of Statistics (previously the "Yearbook of Common Carrier Telecommunication Statistics" or "ITU Statistical Yearbook") will be the 34th edition. The statistical data have been collected and processed by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) from replies received to ITU questionnaires sent to telecommunication ministries, regulators and operating companies. As such, the ITU statistical yearbook provides the most authoritative source of data about the evolution of the public telecommunications sector available anywhere.

The main features of this edition are:

• Presentation of data in economy tables allowing readers to view the evolution of telecommunication services in an economy. Statistics are provided for the ten-year period 1997-2006. The list of statistics contained in the Yearbook and the economies for which there is a table is shown below.

• Inclusion of selected television broadcasting and information technology time series to provide a wider picture of an economy's communication sector.

• The Yearbook is available in electronic form in Adobe Acrobat (PDF). The data shown in the Yearbook are also contained in the ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database available in the WIN*STARS v5.0 (Socio-economic Time series Access and Retrieval System) data retrieval format, which permits easy selection of the required data and conversion to spreadsheets or ASCII text (requires use of IBM-PC compatible computer).

Edition in English (paper and on-line) - ISBN: 92-61-12401-1  pp:200

List of Statistics
Demography, Economy Population Households Gross domestic product (GDP) Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) Average annual exchange rate per USD Consumer price index (1995 = 100) Telecom equipment exports Telecom equipment imports Telephone Network Main telephone lines in operation Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants % households with a telephone Residential main lines per 100 households % digital main lines % residential main lines Public payphones Waiting list for main lines Mobile Services Cellular mobile telephone subscribers Prepaid cellular subscribers Digital cellular subscribers Cellular subscribers p. 100 inhabitants	Other Services ISDN subscribers ISDN B channel equivalents Traffic National telephone traffic Local telephone traffic International outgoing telephone traffic International incoming telephone traffic Staff Full-time telecommunication staff Female telecommunication staff Quality of Service Faults per 100 main lines per year Tariffs Connection fee for telephone service Monthly subscription for telephone service Cost of a 3 minute local call (peak) Cost of a 3 minute local call (off-peak) Cellular connection charge Cellular monthly subscription Cellular cost of 3 minute local call (peak) Cellular cost of 3 minute local call (off-peak)	Revenue Total revenue from all telecom services Telephone service revenue Mobile communication revenue Capital Expenditure Annual investment in telecom Broadcasting Television receivers Television  households Cable TV subscribers Home satellite antennas Information Technology Personal computers Internet subscribers Estimated internet users Broadband subscribers

Note: Availability and coverage varies by economy. Therefore not all statistics shown may be available for all economies and for all years.

List of Economies
Albania Algeria Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Rep. Chad Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic	Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faroe Islands Fji Finland France French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Honduras Hong Kong, China Hungary	Iceland India Indonesia Iran (I.R.) Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (Rep.) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao P.D.R. Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg	Macao, China Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman	Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda S. Tomé & Principe Samoa Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria	Taiwan, China Tajikistan Tanzania TFYR Macedonia Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Note: Population, main telephone lines, main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants, cellular mobile telephone subscribers, cellular subscribers per 100 inhabitants, estimated Internet users and Internet users per 100 inhabitants are also available for economies not shown above.