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13Technology: diffusion and creation
Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people)
| HDI Rank | Country | 1990 | 1 | 2005 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 39 | 1,024 | ||
| 2 | Norway | 46 | 1,028 | ||
| 3 | Australia | 11 | 906 | ||
| 4 | Canada | 21 | 514 | ||
| 5 | Ireland | 7 | 1,012 | ||
| 6 | Sweden | 54 | 935 | ||
| 7 | Switzerland | 19 | 921 | ||
| 8 | Japan | 7 | 742 | ||
| 9 | Netherlands | 5 | 970 | ||
| 10 | France | 5 | 789 | ||
| 11 | Finland | 52 | 997 | ||
| 12 | United States | 21 | 680 | ||
| 13 | Spain | 1 | 952 | ||
| 14 | Denmark | 29 | 1,010 | ||
| 15 | Austria | 10 | 991 | ||
| 16 | United Kingdom | 19 | 1,088 | ||
| 17 | Belgium | 4 | 903 | ||
| 18 | Luxembourg | 2 | 1,576 | ||
| 19 | New Zealand | 16 | 861 | ||
| 20 | Italy | 5 | 1,232 | ||
| 21 | Hong Kong, China (SAR) | 23 | 1,252 | ||
| 22 | Germany | 3 | 960 | ||
| 23 | Israel | 3 | 1,120 | ||
| 24 | Greece | 0 | 904 | ||
| 25 | Singapore | 17 | 1,010 | ||
| 26 | Korea (Republic of) | 2 | 794 | ||
| 27 | Slovenia | 0 | 879 | ||
| 28 | Cyprus | 5 | 949 | ||
| 29 | Portugal | 1 | 1,085 | ||
| 30 | Brunei Darussalam | 7 | 623 | ||
| 31 | Barbados | 0 | 765 | ||
| 32 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1,151 | ||
| 33 | Kuwait | 10 | 939 | ||
| 34 | Malta | 0 | 803 | ||
| 35 | Qatar | 8 | 882 | ||
| 36 | Hungary | (.) | 924 | ||
| 37 | Poland | 0 | 764 | ||
| 38 | Argentina | (.) | 570 | ||
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 19 | 1,000 | ||
| 40 | Chile | 1 | 649 | ||
| 41 | Bahrain | 10 | 1,030 | ||
| 42 | Slovakia | 0 | 843 | ||
| 43 | Lithuania | 0 | 1,275 | ||
| 44 | Estonia | 0 | 1,074 | ||
| 45 | Latvia | 0 | 814 | ||
| 46 | Uruguay | 0 | 333 | ||
| 47 | Croatia | (.) | 672 | ||
| 48 | Costa Rica | 0 | 254 | ||
| 49 | Bahamas | 8 | 584 | 2 | |
| 50 | Seychelles | 0 | 675 | ||
| 51 | Cuba | 0 | 12 | ||
| 52 | Mexico | 1 | 460 | ||
| 53 | Bulgaria | 0 | 807 | ||
| 54 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 213 | 2 | |
| 55 | Tonga | 0 | 161 | 2 | |
| 56 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0 | 41 | 2 | |
| 57 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 663 | 2 | |
| 58 | Oman | 1 | 519 | ||
| 59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 613 | ||
| 60 | Romania | 0 | 617 | ||
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 575 | ||
| 62 | Panama | 0 | 418 | ||
| 63 | Malaysia | 5 | 771 | ||
| 64 | Belarus | 0 | 419 | ||
| 65 | Mauritius | 2 | 574 | ||
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 408 | ||
| 67 | Russian Federation | 0 | 838 | ||
| 68 | Albania | 0 | 405 | 2 | |
| 69 | Macedonia (TFYR) | 0 | 620 | ||
| 70 | Brazil | (.) | 462 | ||
| 71 | Dominica | 0 | 585 | 2 | |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 573 | 2 | |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 327 | ||
| 74 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | (.) | 470 | ||
| 75 | Colombia | 0 | 479 | ||
| 76 | Ukraine | 0 | 366 | ||
| 77 | Samoa | 0 | 130 | ||
| 78 | Thailand | 1 | 430 | 2 | |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | (.) | 407 | ||
| 80 | Belize | 0 | 319 | ||
| 81 | China | (.) | 302 | ||
| 82 | Grenada | 2 | 410 | 2 | |
| 83 | Armenia | 0 | 106 | ||
| 84 | Turkey | 1 | 605 | ||
| 85 | Suriname | 0 | 518 | ||
| 86 | Jordan | (.) | 304 | 2 | |
| 87 | Peru | (.) | 200 | ||
| 88 | Lebanon | 0 | 277 | ||
| 89 | Ecuador | 0 | 472 | ||
| 90 | Philippines | 0 | 419 | ||
| 91 | Tunisia | (.) | 566 | ||
| 92 | Fiji | 0 | 229 | ||
| 93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 593 | ||
| 94 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0 | 106 | ||
| 95 | Paraguay | 0 | 320 | ||
| 96 | Georgia | 0 | 326 | ||
| 97 | Guyana | 0 | 375 | ||
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 267 | ||
| 99 | Sri Lanka | (.) | 171 | ||
| 100 | Maldives | 0 | 466 | ||
| 101 | Jamaica | 0 | 1,017 | ||
| 102 | Cape Verde | 0 | 161 | ||
| 103 | El Salvador | 0 | 350 | ||
| 104 | Algeria | (.) | 416 | ||
| 105 | Viet Nam | 0 | 115 | ||
| 106 | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 302 | ||
| 107 | Indonesia | (.) | 213 | ||
| 108 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 155 | ||
| 109 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 0 | 217 | ||
| 111 | Moldova | 0 | 259 | ||
| 112 | Egypt | (.) | 184 | ||
| 113 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 28 | ||
| 114 | Mongolia | 0 | 218 | ||
| 115 | Honduras | 0 | 178 | ||
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 105 | ||
| 117 | Bolivia | 0 | 264 | ||
| 118 | Guatemala | (.) | 358 | ||
| 119 | Gabon | 0 | 470 | ||
| 120 | Vanuatu | .. | 60 | ||
| 121 | South Africa | (.) | 724 | ||
| 122 | Tajikistan | 0 | 41 | ||
| 123 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 77 | ||
| 124 | Botswana | 0 | 466 | ||
| 125 | Namibia | 0 | 244 | ||
| 126 | Morocco | (.) | 411 | ||
| 127 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 192 | ||
| 128 | India | 0 | 82 | ||
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 13 | ||
| 130 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 | 108 | ||
| 131 | Cambodia | 0 | 75 | ||
| 132 | Myanmar | 0 | 4 | ||
| 133 | Bhutan | 0 | 59 | ||
| 134 | Comoros | 0 | 27 | ||
| 135 | Ghana | 0 | 129 | ||
| 136 | Pakistan | (.) | 82 | ||
| 137 | Mauritania | 0 | 243 | ||
| 138 | Lesotho | 0 | 137 | ||
| 139 | Congo | 0 | 123 | ||
| 140 | Bangladesh | 0 | 63 | ||
| 141 | Swaziland | 0 | 177 | ||
| 142 | Nepal | 0 | 9 | ||
| 143 | Madagascar | 0 | 27 | ||
| 144 | Cameroon | 0 | 138 | ||
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 4 | ||
| 146 | Haiti | 0 | 48 | 2 | |
| 147 | Sudan | 0 | 50 | ||
| 148 | Kenya | 0 | 135 | ||
| 149 | Djibouti | 0 | 56 | ||
| 150 | Timor-Leste | .. | .. | ||
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 54 | ||
| 152 | Togo | 0 | 72 | ||
| 153 | Yemen | 0 | 95 | ||
| 154 | Uganda | 0 | 53 | ||
| 155 | Gambia | 0 | 163 | ||
| 156 | Senegal | 0 | 148 | ||
| 157 | Eritrea | 0 | 9 | ||
| 158 | Nigeria | 0 | 141 | ||
| 159 | Tanzania (United Republic of) | 0 | 52 | 2 | |
| 160 | Guinea | 0 | 20 | ||
| 161 | Rwanda | 0 | 32 | ||
| 162 | Angola | 0 | 69 | ||
| 163 | Benin | 0 | 89 | ||
| 164 | Malawi | 0 | 33 | ||
| 165 | Zambia | 0 | 81 | ||
| 166 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 | 121 | ||
| 167 | Burundi | 0 | 20 | ||
| 168 | Congo (Democratic Republic of the) | 0 | 48 | ||
| 169 | Ethiopia | 0 | 6 | ||
| 170 | Chad | 0 | 22 | ||
| 171 | Central African Republic | 0 | 25 | ||
| 172 | Mozambique | 0 | 62 | ||
| 173 | Mali | 0 | 64 | ||
| 174 | Niger | 0 | 21 | ||
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 42 | ||
| 176 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 43 | ||
| 177 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 22 | 3 |
Notes :
| 1 - | Telephone mainlines and cellular subscribers combined form an indicator for MDG 8; see Index to Millennium Development Goal Indicators in the indicator tables. |
| 2 - | Data refer to 2004. |
| 3 - | Data refer to 2003. |
Source :
World Bank. 2007b. World Development Indicators 2007. CD-ROM. Washington, D.C.; aggregates calculated for HDRO by the World Bank.
