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Average cost of local call	0.05		[98th of 151]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	1		[59th of 77]
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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	1		[58th of 72]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	1		[60th of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
DVD region	5		[57th of 171]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Fax machines	0.76 per 1,000 people		[72nd of 103]
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	192.13 per 1,000 people		[106th of 193]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: The Information for Development Program
Households with television > %	12.37 %		[120th of 160]
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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	247,478		[135th of 198]
DEFINITION: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	2,000		[89th of 90]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	1		[104th of 106]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Number of PCs	23		[147th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Phone subscribers	67.4		[129th of 178]
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.
SOURCE: ITU
Radio broadcast stations	AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radio receivers	196,000		[160th of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	196,000		[159th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Television broadcast stations	1		[69th of 89]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Television receivers	4,000		[177th of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Television standard > VHF	PAL I
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Televisions	5,000		[195th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Tenlab May 2002

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