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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	9		[42nd of 77]
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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	5		[42nd of 72]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	19		[40th of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	31		[32nd of 73]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
DVD region	2		[137th of 171]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Fax machines	20.55 per 1,000 people		[21st of 103]
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	1,139.88 per 1,000 people		[38th 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 > %	95.44 %		[27th 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	2,379,811		[74th 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
Number of PCs	450		[69th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Personal computers	600,000		[23rd of 164]
DEFINITION: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU
Phone subscribers	685.1		[45th 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: World Development Indicators database
Radio broadcast stations	AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radio receivers	1,175,000		[103rd of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	1,175,000		[105th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Television broadcast stations	13		[29th 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	875,000		[82nd of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Television standard > VHF	PAL B
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Televisions	875,000		[84th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Tenlab May 2002
Website defacements	8		[72nd of 129]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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