Yearbook of Statistics
Chronological Time Series 1999-2008

35th edition, price: 74 Swiss Francs

The Yearbook of Statistics is the 35th edition. The data included in the Yearbook have been collected and processed by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) from replies received to ITU questionnaires sent to telecommunication ministries or regulators and national statistics offices. As such, the ITU Yearbook of Statistics provides the most authoritative source of data about the evolution of the telecommunication sector and the availability of ICTs in households and usage of ICTs by individuals.

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 1999-2008. The list of statistics contained in the Yearbook and the economies for which there is a table is shown below.

• Inclusion of latest telecommunication and ICT household statistics tables for some 190 economies worldwide.

• 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: 92-61-13101-8 pp:346

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 (2000 = 100) Telecom equipment exports Telecom equipment imports Telephone Network Main (fixed) telephone lines in operation Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants % residential main lines Public payphones Waiting list for main lines % main lines in urban areas Line capacity of local exchanges Mobile Services Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions Cellular prepaid subscriptions Digital cellular subscriptions Cellular subscriptions p. 100 inhabitants Mobile broadband subscriptions Coverage of population (%) Households with a mobile cellular telephone Mobile broadband sub. per 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 Mobile communication staff Quality of Service % telephone faults cleared by next working day Faults per 100 main lines per year Tariffs Connection fee for telephone service (residential, business) Monthly subscription for telephone service (residential, business) 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 and Expense Total telecommunication services revenue Fixed telephone service revenue Mobile communication revenue Capital Expenditure Annual telecommunication investment Annual investment in fixed telephone service Annual investment in mobile communication Broadcasting Television receivers Cable TV subscribers Home satellite antennas Internet and Computers Personal computers Internet subscribers Estimated Internet users % female Internet users Female users as % of female population Internet users per 100 inhabitants Fixed broadband subscribers Cable modem Internet subscribers DSL Internet subscribers Public Internet access facilities PWLAN locations International Internet Bandwidth (Mbps) Households with a computer Households with Internet access Individuals who used a computer Individuals who used a mobile cellular telephone

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
Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Ascension Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Rep. Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Congo (Dem. Rep.) Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic	D.P.R. Korea Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Rep. Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland (Malvinas) Is. Faroe Islands Fji Finland France French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong, China Hungary	Iceland India Indonesia Iran (I.R.) Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea (Rep.) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao P.D.R. Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg	Macao, China Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Neth. Antilles Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Northern Marianas Norway Oman	Pakistan Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda S. Tomé & Principe Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka St. Helena St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Pierre & Miquelon St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria	Taiwan, China Tajikistan Tanzania TFYR Macedonia Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (US) Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe