The bar chart illustrates the trend of landline telephone ownership, measured per 1,000 people, across nine Southeast Asian countries over a five-year period from 2000 to 2004. A brief look at the graph indicates that by 2004, nearly all countries on the list experienced a decrease in the number of telephones owned per person. Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, and the Philippines ranked as the top three countries in landline telephone ownership, followed by Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia. Lao PDR and Myanmar occupied the bottom two positions.
According to the graph, Singapore had a landline telephone ownership rate of just over 450 telephones per 1,000 people from 2000 to 2002, although it experienced a slight decrease by 2004. Brunei Darussalam and the Philippines recorded ownership levels of around 250 and 100 telephones per 1,000 people, respectively. In contrast, the other four countries—Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar—had ownership figures ranging from 0 to no more than 50 telephones per 1,000 people. Notably, both Lao PDR and Myanmar did not surpass the ownership rates of the other countries.
Additionally, Thailand had ownership levels of just over 50 telephones per 1,000 people from 2000 to 2003, but this number dropped to zero in 2004. Meanwhile, Vietnam showed a slight improvement in ownership in 2004 compared to the years 2000 to 2003.