Table 4.
Technological preparedness in selected countries of Latin America and the Caribbean*
| Country | Number of Fixed Telephone Lines x 100 persons(2001) | Change in Number of Fixed Telephone Lines x 100 persons (1995-2001) | Faults per 100 Fixed Lines per Year (2000) | Percentage Households with Telephone (2000) | Subscription as % of Per Capita Income (1999) | Telecom Investment Per Capita in US$ (2000) | Telecom Investment as % of Revenue (2000) | Numbers of Personal Computers Per 100 Persons (2001) | Internet Users x 1,000 (2001) | Internet Users Per 100 Persons (2001) |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 47.35 | 3.4 | 59 | 1.5 | 5 | 6.52 | ||||
| Argentina | 21.63 | 5 | 17.3 | 2.1 | 51.4 | 19 | 5.34 | 3000 | 8 | |
| Bahamas | 40.03 | 4.9 | 16.9 | 5.49 | ||||||
| Barbados | 46.29 | 6 | 2 | 100.6 | 15.8 | 9.33 | 10 | 3.74 | ||
| Belize | 14.44 | 1.3 | 65.6 | 53 | 1.6 | 31.5 | 15.1 | 13.52 | 18 | 7.38 |
| Bermuda | 87.15 | 2.8 | 443.6 | 33 | 49.54 | 25 | 39.01 | |||
| Bolivia | 6.04 | 10.4 | 2 | 13.8 | 30.7 | 2 | 120 | 1.44 | ||
| Brazil | 21.69 | 16.9 | 2.8 | 37.6 | 2.3 | 52 | 34.8 | 6.26 | 8000 | 4.64 |
| Chile | 23.9 | 11.1 | 25 | 52.6 | 2.9 | 71.9 | 43.1 | 8.39 | 3102.2 | 20.02 |
| Colombia | 17.05 | 9.2 | 59.9 | 2 | 27.8 | 40.7 | 4.21 | 1154 | 2.7 | |
| Costa Rica | 22.97 | 8.1 | 65.1 | 54.3 | 3.8 | 34.7 | 58 | 17.02 | 384 | 9.34 |
| Cuba | 5.1 | 8 | 10 | 10.1 | 5.3 | 9.6 | 15.3 | 1.96 | 120 | 1.07 |
| Dominica | 29.06 | 3.1 | 7.5 | 6 | 7.78 | |||||
| Dominican Rep. | 10.84 | 6.4 | 186 | 2.15 | ||||||
| Ecuador | 10.37 | 9.3 | 48 | 8.9 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 9.8 | 2.33 | 327.7 | 2.54 |
| El Salvador | 9.34 | 10.9 | 14.5 | 4.3 | 139.5 | 156 | 2.19 | 50 | 0.8 | |
| Grenada | 32.75 | 3.9 | 9 | 90 | 4.6 | 13 | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| Guadeloupe | 44.93 | 2.9 | 48.2 | 15.7 | 21.74 | 8 | 1.75 | |||
| Guatemala | 6.47 | 14.5 | - | 1.28 | 200 | 1.71 | ||||
| Guyana | 9.19 | 9.4 | 87 | 0.3 | 78.1 | 70.2 | 2.64 | 95 | 10.92 | |
| Haiti | 0.97 | 2.5 | 30 | 0.36 | ||||||
| Honduras | 4.71 | 9.7 | 24 | 16.4 | 3 | 16.8 | 54.5 | 1.22 | 40 | 0.62 |
| Jamaica | 19.73 | 9.2 | 48 | 53 | 29.4 | 5 | 100 | 3.85 | ||
| Mexico | 13.48 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 36.2 | 3.5 | 51.4 | 38.7 | 6.87 | 3500 | 3.49 |
| Nicaragua | 3.12 | 7.1 | 79.3 | 19.6 | 0.3 | 0.96 | 50 | 0.99 | ||
| Panama | 14.83 | 4.2 | 48 | 1.1 | 3.79 | 90 | 3.17 | |||
| Paraguay | 5.12 | 6.8 | 18.4 | 4 | 15.4 | 24.9 | 1.42 | 60 | 1.06 | |
| Peru | 7.75 | 8.6 | 17.1 | 23.8 | 7.4 | 17 | 31.1 | 4.79 | 3000 | 11.5 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 56.88 | 9.4 | 0.2 | - | 19.05 | 2 | 5.16 | |||
| St. Vincent & Grenadines | 21.96 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 90 | 3.1 | 38.6 | 15.2 | 11.61 | 3.5 | 3.09 |
| Suriname | 17.58 | 4.9 | 30.9 | 0.5 | 43.3 | 40.9 | 14.5 | 3.3 | ||
| Trinidad & Tobago | 23.99 | 6.1 | 75 | 1.2 | 73.7 | 39.5 | 6.92 | 120 | 9.23 | |
| Uruguay | 28.29 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 75 | 1.6 | 31.4 | 13.5 | 11.01 | 400 | 11.9 |
| Venezuela | 11.2 | -0.3 | 2 | 2.6 | 12.1 | 8.1 | 5.28 | 1300 | 5.28 | |
| WORLD | 17.19 | 5.8 | 24.8 | 5.7 | 35.7 | 22.1 | 7.74 | 498665.7 | 8.21 | |
| Africa | 2.62 | 6.7 | 35.7 | 12.7 | 6.2 | 25.2 | 1.06 | 6867.7 | 0.85 | |
| Americas | 35.14 | 3.4 | 13.8 | 3.1 | 68.3 | 14.2 | 26.57 | 182514.1 | 21.64 | |
| Asia | 10.68 | 12 | 60.3 | 5.5 | 25.1 | 38.4 | 2.18 | 156508.5 | 4.34 | |
| Europe | 40.54 | 3.3 | 19.8 | 1.1 | 66.6 | 19.2 | 17.94 | 144413.1 | 18.05 | |
| Oceania | 40.04 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 137.7 | 23.5 | 39.91 | 8504.3 | 27.72 |
* From World Bank. World development report 2000/2001 - attacking poverty. Oxford University Press; 2001. And from World Telecommunication Indicator Database [CD-ROM]. 6th ed. Geneva: International Telecommunication Union; 2002.