China has the highest Fibre optic cables (2023) of any country, at 27.1 US$ billion. It is followed by United States of America (13.9) and Canada (3.8).
| 1 | China | 27.1 |
| 2 | United States of America | 13.9 |
| 3 | Canada | 3.8 |
| 4 | Australia | 3.2 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 2.4 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 2.0 |
| 7 | India | 1.9 |
| 8 | Philippines | 1.8 |
| 9 | France | 1.5 |
| 10 | Egypt | 1.3 |
| 11 | Italy | 1.3 |
| 12 | Norway | 1.3 |
| 13 | Colombia | 0.7 |
| 14 | Iran | 0.7 |
| 15 | Spain | 0.4 |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 0.4 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3 |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 0.2 |
| 19 | Morocco | 0.2 |
| 20 | Slovakia | 0.2 |
| 21 | Ecuador | 0.1 |
| 22 | Finland | 0.1 |
| 23 | Oman | 0.1 |
| 24 | Romania | 0.1 |
| 25 | Turkey | 0.1 |
| 26 | Bosnia and Herz. | 0.0 |
| 27 | Iceland | 0.0 |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 0.0 |
| 29 | Latvia | 0.0 |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 0.0 |
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