China has the highest Fibre optic cables (2023) of any country, at 8.3 US$ billion. It is followed by United States of America (5.5) and Hong Kong (3.3).
| 1 | China | 8.3 |
| 2 | United States of America | 5.5 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3.3 |
| 4 | Canada | 3.1 |
| 5 | Japan | 2.9 |
| 6 | Germany | 2.7 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 2.3 |
| 8 | Vietnam | 2.0 |
| 9 | Australia | 1.8 |
| 10 | South Korea | 1.8 |
| 11 | France | 1.7 |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 1.4 |
| 13 | Mexico | 1.3 |
| 14 | Singapore | 1.0 |
| 15 | Thailand | 1.0 |
| 16 | Italy | 0.9 |
| 17 | India | 0.5 |
| 18 | Poland | 0.5 |
| 19 | Spain | 0.5 |
| 20 | Czechia | 0.4 |
| 21 | Israel | 0.4 |
| 22 | Malaysia | 0.4 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 0.4 |
| 24 | Austria | 0.3 |
| 25 | Belgium | 0.3 |
| 26 | Brazil | 0.3 |
| 27 | Hungary | 0.3 |
| 28 | Indonesia | 0.3 |
| 29 | Philippines | 0.3 |
| 30 | Russia | 0.3 |
| 31 | Turkey | 0.3 |
| 32 | Denmark | 0.2 |
| 33 | Ireland | 0.2 |
| 34 | Norway | 0.2 |
| 35 | Portugal | 0.2 |
| 36 | Romania | 0.2 |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2 |
| 38 | Sweden | 0.2 |
| 39 | Bangladesh | 0.1 |
| 40 | Chile | 0.1 |
| 41 | Colombia | 0.1 |
| 42 | Ecuador | 0.1 |
| 43 | Egypt | 0.1 |
| 44 | Finland | 0.1 |
| 45 | Greece | 0.1 |
| 46 | Lithuania | 0.1 |
| 47 | Morocco | 0.1 |
| 48 | Slovakia | 0.1 |
| 49 | Slovenia | 0.1 |
| 50 | Ukraine | 0.1 |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1 |
| 52 | Albania | 0.0 |
| 53 | Algeria | 0.0 |
| 54 | Angola | 0.0 |
| 55 | Armenia | 0.0 |
| 56 | Belarus | 0.0 |
| 57 | Bolivia | 0.0 |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herz. | 0.0 |
| 59 | Botswana | 0.0 |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 0.0 |
| 61 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0 |
| 62 | Croatia | 0.0 |
| 63 | Cyprus | 0.0 |
| 64 | Estonia | 0.0 |
| 65 | eSwatini | 0.0 |
| 66 | Fiji | 0.0 |
| 67 | Georgia | 0.0 |
| 68 | Ghana | 0.0 |
| 69 | Iceland | 0.0 |
| 70 | Iran | 0.0 |
| 71 | Iraq | 0.0 |
| 72 | Jordan | 0.0 |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 0.0 |
| 74 | Kenya | 0.0 |
| 75 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0 |
| 76 | Laos | 0.0 |
| 77 | Latvia | 0.0 |
| 78 | Lebanon | 0.0 |
| 79 | Luxembourg | 0.0 |
| 80 | Malawi | 0.0 |
| 81 | Malta | 0.0 |
| 82 | MUS | 0.0 |
| 83 | Mongolia | 0.0 |
| 84 | Montenegro | 0.0 |
| 85 | Myanmar | 0.0 |
| 86 | Namibia | 0.0 |
| 87 | Nepal | 0.0 |
| 88 | New Zealand | 0.0 |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 0.0 |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 0.0 |
| 91 | Oman | 0.0 |
| 92 | Pakistan | 0.0 |
| 93 | Panama | 0.0 |
| 94 | Paraguay | 0.0 |
| 95 | Peru | 0.0 |
| 96 | Qatar | 0.0 |
| 97 | Moldova | 0.0 |
| 98 | Rwanda | 0.0 |
| 99 | Senegal | 0.0 |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 0.0 |
| 101 | Tunisia | 0.0 |
| 102 | Tanzania | 0.0 |
| 103 | Uruguay | 0.0 |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 0.0 |
| 105 | Zambia | 0.0 |
| 106 | Zimbabwe | 0.0 |
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