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Macro Region
Africa Subscriptions 3 timeseries
Asia 54 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 51 timeseries
Europe Subscriptions 3 timeseries
Middle East 42 timeseries
North America 8 timeseries
Oceania 29 timeseries
South America 36 timeseries
Southeast Asia 35 timeseries
Country (%)
Afghanistan Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Albania 17.1 in 2018 ITU
Algeria 27.7 in 2018 ITU
Andorra Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Angola Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Antigua and Barbuda Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Argentina Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Armenia 62.1 in 2016 ITU
Australia Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Austria Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Azerbaijan 68.1 in 2018 ITU
Bahamas Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Bahrain 13.2 in 2017 ITU
Bangladesh 3.1 in 2013 ITU
Barbados Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Belarus 92.7 in 2018 ITU
Belgium Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Belize 7.2 in 2019 ITU
Benin Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Bhutan 4 in 2017 ITU
Bolivia 16.7 in 2014 ITU
Bosnia and Herzegovina Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Botswana 9.5 in 2014 ITU
Brazil 24.1 in 2018 ITU
Brunei Darussalam 32.6 in 2018 ITU
Bulgaria Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Burkina Faso Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Burundi Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Cabo Verde 18 in 2018 ITU
Cambodia 1.1 in 2017 ITU
Cameroon Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Canada 66.8 in 2016 ITU
Central African Republic Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Chad Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Chile 40.9 in 2013 ITU
China Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Colombia 29.2 in 2018 ITU
Comoros Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Congo Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Costa Rica 36.6 in 2017 ITU
Côte d'Ivoire Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Croatia Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Cuba 25.8 in 2015 ITU
Cyprus Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Czech Republic Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Democratic Republic of the Congo Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Denmark 18 in 2018 ITU
Djibouti Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Dominica Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Dominican Republic 24.2 in 2017 ITU
Ecuador 36.9 in 2017 ITU
Egypt 27.4 in 2018 ITU
El Salvador 18.6 in 2017 ITU
Equatorial Guinea Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Eritrea Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Estonia Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Eswatini Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Ethiopia Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Falkland Islands Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Fiji Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Finland Subscriptions 2 timeseries
France Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Gabon Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Gambia Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Georgia 30.7 in 2018 ITU
Germany Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Ghana Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Greece Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Grenada Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Guatemala 9.6 in 2014 ITU
Guinea 2.1 in 2014 ITU
Guinea Bissau Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Guyana Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Haiti Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Honduras Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Hong Kong Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Hungary Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Iceland Subscriptions 2 timeseries
India Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Indonesia 2.6 in 2018 ITU
Iran 78.3 in 2017 ITU
Iraq Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Ireland Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Israel 56 in 2018 ITU
Italy 54.5 in 2017 ITU
Jamaica 11.6 in 2017 ITU
Japan 44.9 in 2017 ITU
Jordan Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Kazakhstan 59.5 in 2018 ITU
Kenya Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Kiribati Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Kuwait 53 in 2018 ITU
Kyrgyzstan 25.4 in 2012 ITU
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Latvia Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Lebanon Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Lesotho 1.9 in 2016 ITU
Liberia Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Libya Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Liechtenstein Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Lithuania Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Luxembourg Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Macau Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Madagascar Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Malawi 1.5 in 2018 ITU
Malaysia 26.5 in 2018 ITU
Maldives Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Mali 1.3 in 2018 ITU
Malta Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Marshall Islands Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Mauritania Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Mauritius 70.5 in 2018 ITU
Mexico 37.5 in 2018 ITU
Micronesia (Federated States of) Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Monaco Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Mongolia 4.6 in 2015 ITU
Montenegro 55.4 in 2015 ITU
Morocco 21.8 in 2018 ITU
Mozambique Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Myanmar Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Namibia Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Nauru Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Nepal Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Netherlands Subscriptions 2 timeseries
New Zealand Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Nicaragua Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Niger 0.4 in 2018 ITU
Nigeria 0.9 in 2017 ITU
North Macedonia Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Norway Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Oman 24.6 in 2013 ITU
Pakistan 4.9 in 2016 ITU
Palau Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Palestine 33.2 in 2017 ITU
Panama 12.3 in 2015 ITU
Papua New Guinea Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Paraguay 9.3 in 2018 ITU
Peru 20.6 in 2018 ITU
Philippines 6.7 in 2016 ITU
Poland Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Portugal Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Puerto Rico Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Qatar 80.7 in 2019 ITU
Republic of Korea 34.4 in 2018 ITU
Republic of Moldova 85 in 2017 ITU
Romania Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Russian Federation Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Rwanda Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Saint Kitts and Nevis Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Saint Lucia 34.2 in 2014 ITU
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Samoa 6.4 in 2016 ITU
San Marino Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Sao Tome and Principe Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Saudi Arabia 19 in 2018 ITU
Senegal Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Serbia Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Seychelles Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Sierra Leone Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Singapore 82.6 in 2017 ITU
Slovakia Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Slovenia Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Solomon Islands Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Somalia Subscriptions 2 timeseries
South Africa 8.3 in 2017 ITU
South Sudan Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Spain 74.9 in 2019 ITU
Sri Lanka Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Sudan Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Suriname 46.3 in 2016 ITU
Sweden Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Switzerland Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Syrian Arab Republic Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Taiwan Province of China Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Tajikistan Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Thailand 7.2 in 2018 ITU
Timor-Leste Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Togo Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Tonga Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Trinidad and Tobago Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Tunisia 13.2 in 2014 ITU
Turkey 20.2 in 2017 ITU
Turkmenistan Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Tuvalu Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Uganda Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Ukraine 19.3 in 2018 ITU
United Arab Emirates 83 in 2018 ITU
United Kingdom Subscriptions 2 timeseries
United Republic of Tanzania Subscriptions 2 timeseries
United States of America Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Uruguay 62.8 in 2018 ITU
Uzbekistan 20.4 in 2018 ITU
Vanuatu Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 37 in 2012 ITU
Viet Nam Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Yemen Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Zambia Subscriptions 2 timeseries
Zimbabwe 3.4 in 2014 ITU
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