Average cost of local call
0.13
0.09
DEFINITION:
Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes). Cost of local call is the cost of a three-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's equipment (that is, not from a public phone).
Ranked 21st. 44% more than Germany
Ranked 58th.
Cable TV subscribers
373
247
DEFINITION:
Cable TV subscribers per 1000 population .
SOURCE:
OECD Communications Outlook 2005
Ranked 2nd. 51% more than Germany
Ranked 7th.
Cinema attendance
21,869,000
148,996,000
SOURCE:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003
Ranked 21st.
Ranked 5th. 6 times more than Belgium
Fax machines
16 per 1,000 people
45.55 per 1,000 people
SOURCE:
The Information for Development Program
Ranked 26th.
Ranked 3rd. 185% more than Belgium
Films produced
23
121
DEFINITION:
Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB
SOURCE:
Internet Movie Database 2003
Ranked 29th.
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Belgium
Households with television > %
98 %
95 %
DEFINITION:
Households with television are the share of households with a television set. Some countries report only the number of households with a color television set, and therefore the true number may be higher than reported.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 9th in 2004. 3% more than Germany
Ranked 19th in 2004.
Mobile phones
78.63 per 100 people
71.67 per 100 people
DEFINITION:
Mobile cellular per 100 population (2002).
SOURCE:
International Telecommunication Union
Ranked 18th. 10% more than Germany
Ranked 21st.
Mobile phone subscribers
9,460,000
79,200,000
DEFINITION:
Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 39th in 2005.
Ranked 7th in 2005. 7 times more than Belgium
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily
1,568,000
23,946,000
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 24th in 2000.
Ranked 4th in 2000. 14 times more than Belgium
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily
29
382
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 36th in 2000.
Ranked 6th in 2000. 12 times more than Belgium
Number of PCs
3,627
40,000
DEFINITION:
The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE:
ITU
Ranked 30th.
Ranked 3rd. 10 times more than Belgium
Personal computers (per capita)
348.0
per 1,000 people
545.3
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 26th in 2004.
Ranked 15th in 2004. 57% more than Belgium
Phone subscribers
1,243.79
1,316.52
DEFINITION:
Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
Ranked 15th.
Ranked 10th. 6% more than Belgium
Radios
8,075,000
77,800,000
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Ranked 40th.
Ranked 6th. 9 times more than Belgium
Radio receivers
8,075,000
77,800,000
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 39th in 1997.
Ranked 6th in 1997. 9 times more than Belgium
Televisions
4,720,000
51,400,000
DEFINITION:
The total number of televisions
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Ranked 32nd.
Ranked 6th. 10 times more than Belgium
Television receivers
4,720,000
46,500,000
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 31st in 1997.
Ranked 6th in 1997. 9 times more than Belgium
Television viewing
19 hours per person per wee
23 hours per person per wee
DEFINITION:
Mean hours of television watched by each person per week.
SOURCE:
Figures for European countries are from Andries van den Broek, 'Leisure across Europe. Comparing 14 populations, conveying 1 pattern' (Paper to International Association for Time Use Research, Annual Conference, Lisbon, 2002). The American figure is from Sanchez-Tabernero, Media Concentration in Europe. The Australian figure is from Australian Commercial Television 1986-1995 (Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics, AGPS, Canberra, 1996)
Ranked 10th.
Ranked 5th. 21% more than Belgium
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