15-47 Level of Postal and Telecommunications Services

 

Item

1980

1985

1990

1996

1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

National level

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Average Number of Letters Mailed per Capita

4.5

4.8

6.61

6.62

5.56

Annual Average Number of Newspaper and Magazine Subscribed per 100 Persons

28.7

17.4

17.96

17.6

17.69

Number of Telephone Sets Owned per 100 Persons

0.6

1.11

4.66

6.33

8.11

Rural Level

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of Townships with Post and Telecommunications Offices

64.8

69.0

78.1

78.2

78.7

Percentage of Townships with Telephone Communication

94.8

97.6

96.5

95.7

89.2

Percentage of Townships with Connected Auto exchange Net of Long Distance Call

 

 

55.1

71.2

81.7