Average cost of local call
0.07
0.04
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 76th. 75% more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 102nd.
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences
12,155
390
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 2nd in 1996. 30 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 38th in 1996.
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature
11,924
483
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 5th in 1996. 24 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 37th in 1996.
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology
1,078
28
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 10th in 1996. 38 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 54th in 1996.
DVD region
2
5
SOURCE:
Amazon.com
Ranked 118th.
Ranked 5th. 150% more than Japan
Fax machines
93.31 per 1,000 people
0.55 per 1,000 people
SOURCE:
The Information for Development Program
Ranked 1st. 169 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 77th.
Households with television > %
99.3 %
31.64 %
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 6th in 2002. 2 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 99th in 2002.
Mobile phone subscribers
94,745,000
3,361,775
DEFINITION:
Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 4th in 2005. 27 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 66th in 2005.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily
71,896,000
536,000
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 2nd in 2000. 133 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 39th in 2000.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily
110
12
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 13th in 2000. 8 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 47th in 2000.
Number of PCs
69,200
530
DEFINITION:
The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE:
ITU
Ranked 1st. 130 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 64th.
Personal computers (per capita)
541.6
per 1,000 people
27.2
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 17th in 2004. 19 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 107th in 2004.
Phone subscribers
1,184.84
79.91
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 19th. 14 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 127th.
Radios
120,500,000
3,850,000
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Ranked 3rd. 30 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 66th.
Radio receivers
120,500,000
3,850,000
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 3rd in 1997. 30 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 65th in 1997.
Televisions
86,500,000
1,530,000
DEFINITION:
The total number of televisions
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Ranked 3rd. 56 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 70th.
Television receivers
86,500,000
1,530,000
SOURCE:
Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Ranked 3rd in 1997. 56 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 69th in 1997.
Website defacements
169
5
SOURCE:
attrition.org
Ranked 9th. 33 times more than Sri Lanka
Ranked 83rd.
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