The bar chart illustrates the landline telephone ownerhips per 1000 people across nine different countries in 2000, 2002, and 2004.
Overall, there were noticeable gaps in the number of wired telephones used in all countries, where Singapore recorded a much higher number of landline telephone ownerships, compared to the rest of the countries. Most countries experienced a downward trend, except for Cambodia and Vietnam, which showed a gradual increase throughout the year.
Singapore exhibited the highest figures in all three years, despite experiencing a rather significant fall, from around 470 telephones for 1000 people in 2000 to only 430 in 2004. Brunei Darussalam, came second with 1000 people owning 230 telephones in 2004, after staying relatively constant in 2000 and 2002, at around 250 phones.
Conversely, Myanmar and Lao DPR were the countries with the lowest wired telephone users overall, with the number of wired telephones being much less than 50 phones for 1000 people. Vietnam and Cambodia are among the countries with low figures. However, the usage of landslide telephones rose steadily and managed to exceed 50. Meanwhile, Indonesia and Thailand recorded zero usage of wired telephones in 2004, despite experiencing an increase in the previous years.
