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Product market, S1 - Telecommunications ownership by country

The SRD contains data on a wide range of structural policies across different countries. These policies are things that affect how markets function, like labor laws, regulations on businesses, and trade policies.

Countries reporting
89
Highest
1
Malaysia
Lowest
0.1429
Ethiopia
Median
0.8571
Years covered
42
1973–2014
Data points
3,632

What the numbers show

Product market, S1 - Telecommunications ownership is currently reported for 89 countries. The highest value is 1 in Malaysia; the lowest is 0.1429 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8571, and the mean is 0.7994.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Kenya (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 20.0%).

Product market, S1 - Telecommunications ownership: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malaysia 1 2014 up 40.0% volatile
1 New Zealand 1 2014 up 16.7% volatile
1 Norway 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Netherlands 1 2014 up 40.0% volatile
1 Nicaragua 1 2014 up 75.0% volatile
1 Spain 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Estonia 1 2014 up 75.0% volatile
1 Finland 1 2014 up 16.7% volatile
1 France 1 2014 up 16.7% volatile
1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Georgia 1 2014 up 40.0% volatile
1 Albania 1 2014 up 75.0% volatile
1 Greece 1 2014 up 40.0% volatile
1 Guatemala 1 2014 up 40.0% volatile
1 Mexico 1 2014 up 16.7% volatile
1 Hungary 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Latvia 1 2014 up 16.7% volatile
1 Ireland 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Lithuania 1 2014 up 16.7% volatile
1 Italy 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Jamaica 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Sri Lanka 1 2014 up 16.7% volatile
1 Germany 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 South Africa 1 2014 up 16.7% volatile
1 Austria 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 United States of America 1 2014 unchanged rising
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 1 2014 up 75.0% volatile
1 Sweden 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 El Salvador 1 2014 up 40.0% volatile
1 Brazil 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Canada 1 2014 unchanged rising
1 Senegal 1 2014 up 40.0% volatile
1 Chile 1 2014 unchanged rising
1 Romania 1 2014 up 16.7% volatile
1 Portugal 1 2014 up 16.7% volatile
1 Poland 1 2014 up 75.0% volatile
1 Colombia 1 2014 up 40.0% volatile
1 Peru 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Denmark 1 2014 unchanged volatile
40 Singapore 0.8571 2014 unchanged volatile
40 Nigeria 0.8571 2014 up 50.0% volatile
40 Morocco 0.8571 2014 up 50.0% volatile
40 Türkiye 0.8571 2014 up 50.0% volatile
40 Pakistan 0.8571 2014 unchanged volatile
40 Argentina 0.8571 2014 up 20.0% volatile
40 Republic of Korea 0.8571 2014 up 20.0% volatile
40 Kenya 0.8571 2014 up 200.0% volatile
40 Japan 0.8571 2014 unchanged volatile
40 Jordan 0.8571 2014 up 100.0% volatile
40 Australia 0.8571 2014 up 50.0% volatile
40 Switzerland 0.8571 2014 unchanged volatile
40 Hong Kong, China 0.8571 2014 up 20.0% rising
40 Czechia 0.8571 2014 up 20.0% volatile
40 Belgium 0.8571 2014 unchanged volatile
55 Kazakhstan 0.7143 2014 up 25.0% volatile
55 Bulgaria 0.7143 2014 up 25.0% volatile
55 Thailand 0.7143 2014 up 66.7% volatile
55 Paraguay 0.7143 2014 unchanged volatile
55 Côte d'Ivoire 0.7143 2014 up 25.0% volatile
55 Tunisia 0.7143 2014 up 150.0% volatile
55 Philippines 0.7143 2014 up 25.0% volatile
55 Burkina Faso 0.7143 2014 unchanged volatile
55 Dominican Republic 0.7143 2014 unchanged rising
55 Ghana 0.7143 2014 unchanged volatile
55 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7143 2014 down 16.7% volatile
55 Madagascar 0.7143 2014 up 25.0% volatile
55 Indonesia 0.7143 2014 up 25.0% volatile
55 India 0.7143 2014 unchanged volatile
69 Uganda 0.5714 2014 down 20.0% volatile
69 Ukraine 0.5714 2014 — volatile
69 Uruguay 0.5714 2014 unchanged volatile
69 Uzbekistan 0.5714 2014 unchanged volatile
69 Bangladesh 0.5714 2014 unchanged volatile
69 Zimbabwe 0.5714 2014 up 33.3% volatile
69 Russian Federation 0.5714 2014 unchanged volatile
69 Nepal 0.5714 2014 up 33.3% volatile
69 Egypt 0.5714 2014 up 100.0% volatile
69 Israel 0.5714 2014 up 100.0% volatile
69 Kyrgyzstan 0.5714 2014 unchanged volatile
80 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4286 2014 unchanged volatile
80 Costa Rica 0.4286 2014 unchanged volatile
80 Ecuador 0.4286 2014 unchanged volatile
80 Viet Nam 0.4286 2014 up 50.0% volatile
84 Cameroon 0.2857 2014 unchanged volatile
84 Algeria 0.2857 2014 unchanged volatile
84 Mozambique 0.2857 2014 unchanged volatile
87 China 0.1429 2014 unchanged volatile
87 Azerbaijan 0.1429 2014 — volatile
87 Ethiopia 0.1429 2014 unchanged volatile

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Indicator
Product market, S1 - Telecommunications ownership
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
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Coverage
90 places, 3,632 data points, 1973–2014
Last refreshed

The SRD contains data on a wide range of structural policies across different countries. These policies are things that affect how markets function, like labor laws, regulations on businesses, and trade policies.