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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.
Media Statistics > Households with television > % (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Faroe Islands :
112.04 %
2000
Media in Faroe Islands
# 2
Norway :
99.97 %
2002
Media in Norway
# 3
Switzerland :
99.83 %
2002
Media in Switzerland
# 4
Greece :
99.5 %
2004
Media in Greece
# 5
Spain :
99.48 %
2005
Media in Spain
# 6
Netherlands :
99.42 %
2002
Media in Netherlands
# 7
Portugal :
99.4 %
2004
Media in Portugal
# 8
Cyprus :
99.3 %
2005
Media in Cyprus
= 9
Japan :
99 %
2004
Media in Japan
= 9
Slovakia :
99 %
2005
Media in Slovakia
= 9
Canada :
99 %
2003
Media in Canada
= 9
Hong Kong :
99 %
2004
Media in Hong Kong
# 13
Saudi Arabia :
98.68 %
2002
Media in Saudi Arabia
# 14
Singapore :
98.6 %
2002
Media in Singapore
# 15
Luxembourg :
98.4 %
2004
Media in Luxembourg
# 16
Brunei :
98.33 %
2001
Media in Brunei
# 17
New Zealand :
98.1 %
2003
Media in New Zealand
# 18
Liechtenstein :
98.07 %
2002
Media in Liechtenstein
# 19
Russia :
98.03 %
2002
Media in Russia
# 20
Korea, South :
98.01 %
1995
Media in Korea, South
= 21
Latvia :
98 %
2005
Media in Latvia
= 21
Belgium :
98 %
2005
Media in Belgium
# 23
United States :
97.84 %
2002
Media in United States
# 24
Lithuania :
97.8 %
2005
Media in Lithuania
# 25
United Kingdom :
97.5 %
2001
Media in United Kingdom
# 26
Czech Republic :
97.41 %
2001
Media in Czech Republic
# 27
Ukraine :
97.34 %
2002
Media in Ukraine
# 28
Bulgaria :
97.3 %
2004
Media in Bulgaria
# 29
Belarus :
97.1 %
2005
Media in Belarus
# 30
Puerto Rico :
97.03 %
2002
Media in Puerto Rico
= 31
Denmark :
97 %
2005
Media in Denmark
= 31
Iceland :
97 %
2004
Media in Iceland
# 33
Argentina :
96.97 %
2001
Media in Argentina
# 34
Samoa :
96.73 %
2003
Media in Samoa
# 35
Jordan :
96.3 %
2002
Media in Jordan
# 36
Australia :
96.28 %
2003
Media in Australia
# 37
Hungary :
96.2 %
2003
Media in Hungary
# 38
Slovenia :
96 %
2005
Media in Slovenia
# 39
Italy :
95.5 %
2004
Media in Italy
# 40
Kuwait :
95.44 %
2002
Media in Kuwait
# 41
Bahrain :
95.42 %
2002
Media in Bahrain
# 42
Ireland :
95.3 %
2004
Media in Ireland
# 43
Libya :
95.06 %
2000
Media in Libya
= 44
Macedonia, Republic of :
95 %
2004
Media in Macedonia, Republic of
= 44
Germany :
95 %
2004
Media in Germany
= 44
France :
95 %
2004
Media in France
# 47
Austria :
94.9 %
2005
Media in Austria
# 48
Finland :
94.1 %
2005
Media in Finland
# 49
Macau :
94 %
2003
Media in Macau
# 50
Sweden :
93.91 %
2002
Media in Sweden
# 51
Grenada :
93.75 %
2000
Media in Grenada
= 52
Croatia :
93.7 %
2004
Media in Croatia
= 52
Romania :
93.7 %
2004
Media in Romania
= 54
Estonia :
93.2 %
2003
Media in Estonia
= 54
Turkmenistan :
93.2 %
2000
Media in Turkmenistan
# 56
Malta :
93.18 %
2002
Media in Malta
= 57
Uruguay :
92.9 %
2002
Media in Uruguay
= 57
Lebanon :
92.9 %
2002
Media in Lebanon
= 59
Mauritius :
92.8 %
2002
Media in Mauritius
= 59
Costa Rica :
92.8 %
2005
Media in Costa Rica
# 61
Barbados :
92.78 %
2002
Media in Barbados
# 62
Mexico :
92.7 %
2005
Media in Mexico
# 63
Israel :
92.6 %
2004
Media in Israel
# 64
Turkey :
92.19 %
2004
Media in Turkey
# 65
French Polynesia :
92.06 %
2003
Media in French Polynesia
# 66
Colombia :
92.02 %
2002
Media in Colombia
# 67
Maldives :
92 %
2003
Media in Maldives
# 68
Thailand :
91.93 %
2002
Media in Thailand
# 69
Serbia and Montenegro :
91.81 %
2002
Media in Serbia and Montenegro
# 70
Kazakhstan :
91.8 %
1999
Media in Kazakhstan
# 71
Tunisia :
91.68 %
2002
Media in Tunisia
# 72
Brazil :
90.9 %
2004
Media in Brazil
# 73
Poland :
90.73 %
2002
Media in Poland
# 74
Armenia :
90.61 %
2002
Media in Armenia
# 75
Uzbekistan :
90.5 %
1999
Media in Uzbekistan
# 76
San Marino :
90.04 %
1988
Media in San Marino
# 77
Qatar :
89.95 %
2002
Media in Qatar
# 78
Albania :
89.9 %
2002
Media in Albania
# 79
China :
89.17 %
2002
Media in China
# 80
Georgia :
89 %
2004
Media in Georgia
# 81
Malaysia :
88.91 %
2002
Media in Malaysia
# 82
Seychelles :
88.85 %
2002
Media in Seychelles
# 83
Ecuador :
88.8 %
2002
Media in Ecuador
# 84
Guam :
88.67 %
2002
Media in Guam
= 85
Egypt :
88.6 %
2002
Media in Egypt
= 85
Antigua and Barbuda :
88.6 %
2001
Media in Antigua and Barbuda
# 87
Algeria :
88.06 %
2002
Media in Algeria
# 88
Trinidad and Tobago :
87.52 %
2002
Media in Trinidad and Tobago
# 89
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
87.16 %
2002
Media in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 90
Chile :
87 %
2002
Media in Chile
# 91
United Arab Emirates :
85.91 %
2002
Media in United Arab Emirates
# 92
El Salvador :
84.53 %
2001
Media in El Salvador
# 93
Kyrgyzstan :
83.93 %
1999
Media in Kyrgyzstan
# 94
Venezuela :
82.92 %
2002
Media in Venezuela
# 95
Vietnam :
82.78 %
2002
Media in Vietnam
# 96
Syria :
80.1 %
2002
Media in Syria
# 97
Tajikistan :
79.46 %
2001
Media in Tajikistan
# 98
Oman :
79.16 %
2002
Media in Oman
# 99
Saint Lucia :
79 %
2001
Media in Saint Lucia
# 100
New Caledonia :
77.97 %
2003
Media in New Caledonia
# 101
Panama :
77.35 %
2002
Media in Panama
# 102
Iran :
76.58 %
2002
Media in Iran
# 103
Paraguay :
76.1 %
2004
Media in Paraguay
# 104
Morocco :
76.07 %
2002
Media in Morocco
# 105
Dominica :
76.01 %
2001
Media in Dominica
# 106
Dominican Republic :
75.8 %
2005
Media in Dominican Republic
# 107
Virgin Islands :
73.71 %
1998
Media in Virgin Islands
# 108
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
70.78 %
2001
Media in Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 109
Belize :
70.2 %
2000
Media in Belize
# 110
Jamaica :
70.04 %
2002
Media in Jamaica
# 111
Peru :
68.7 %
2003
Media in Peru
# 112
Moldova :
67 %
1995
Media in Moldova
# 113
Suriname :
65.93 %
2002
Media in Suriname
# 114
Indonesia :
65.38 %
2004
Media in Indonesia
# 115
Philippines :
63.1 %
2003
Media in Philippines
# 116
Mayotte :
61.3 %
2002
Media in Mayotte
# 117
South Africa :
59.2 %
2004
Media in South Africa
# 118
Nicaragua :
59.1 %
2001
Media in Nicaragua
# 119
Fiji :
57.97 %
2003
Media in Fiji
# 120
Bhutan :
57.72 %
2003
Media in Bhutan
# 121
Honduras :
57.6 %
2004
Media in Honduras
# 122
Gabon :
53.85 %
2002
Media in Gabon
# 123
Togo :
51.23 %
2002
Media in Togo
# 124
Sudan :
49.5 %
2002
Media in Sudan
# 125
Pakistan :
46.52 %
2003
Media in Pakistan
# 126
Bolivia :
46.14 %
2000
Media in Bolivia
# 127
Cambodia :
42.79 %
2003
Media in Cambodia
# 128
Yemen :
42.61 %
2002
Media in Yemen
# 129
Djibouti :
40.82 %
2002
Media in Djibouti
# 130
Guatemala :
40.38 %
2001
Media in Guatemala
# 131
Cape Verde :
40 %
2002
Media in Cape Verde
# 132
Namibia :
39.22 %
2002
Media in Namibia
# 133
São Tomé and Príncipe :
35.71 %
2002
Media in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 134
Côte d'Ivoire :
34.53 %
2002
Media in Côte d'Ivoire
# 135
India :
32 %
2002
Media in India
# 136
Sri Lanka :
31.64 %
2002
Media in Sri Lanka
# 137
Laos :
30.3 %
2002
Media in Laos
# 138
Mongolia :
30 %
2003
Media in Mongolia
# 139
Senegal :
28.52 %
2002
Media in Senegal
# 140
Haiti :
26.52 %
2003
Media in Haiti
# 141
Zimbabwe :
26.5 %
2002
Media in Zimbabwe
# 142
Kiribati :
26.32 %
2003
Media in Kiribati
# 143
Ghana :
26 %
2003
Media in Ghana
# 144
Zambia :
25.99 %
2002
Media in Zambia
# 145
Guinea-Bissau :
25.74 %
2002
Media in Guinea-Bissau
# 146
Nigeria :
25.6 %
2002
Media in Nigeria
# 147
Bangladesh :
22.9 %
2004
Media in Bangladesh
# 148
Mauritania :
20.53 %
2002
Media in Mauritania
# 149
Benin :
19.66 %
2002
Media in Benin
# 150
Swaziland :
18.29 %
2002
Media in Swaziland
# 151
Cameroon :
17.71 %
2002
Media in Cameroon
# 152
Kenya :
17.08 %
2002
Media in Kenya
# 153
Micronesia, Federated States of :
15.12 %
2003
Media in Micronesia, Federated States of
# 154
Mali :
14.8 %
2002
Media in Mali
# 155
Eritrea :
14.37 %
2003
Media in Eritrea
# 156
Burundi :
13.6 %
2002
Media in Burundi
# 157
Nepal :
13.18 %
2001
Media in Nepal
# 158
Gambia, The :
12.37 %
2002
Media in Gambia, The
# 159
Lesotho :
11.5 %
2002
Media in Lesotho
# 160
Comoros :
11.18 %
2002
Media in Comoros
# 161
Botswana :
9.8 %
2001
Media in Botswana
# 162
Guinea :
9.47 %
2002
Media in Guinea
# 163
Papua New Guinea :
9.36 %
2003
Media in Papua New Guinea
# 164
Angola :
8.97 %
2002
Media in Angola
# 165
Somalia :
8.45 %
2002
Media in Somalia
# 166
Madagascar :
7.86 %
2002
Media in Madagascar
# 167
Burkina Faso :
6.82 %
2002
Media in Burkina Faso
# 168
Sierra Leone :
6.69 %
2002
Media in Sierra Leone
# 169
Afghanistan :
6.29 %
2001
Media in Afghanistan
# 170
Mozambique :
6.21 %
2002
Media in Mozambique
# 171
Tanzania :
6.1 %
2004
Media in Tanzania
# 172
Congo, Republic of the :
6.02 %
2002
Media in Congo, Republic of the
# 173
Vanuatu :
5.77 %
2003
Media in Vanuatu
# 174
Niger :
5.45 %
2002
Media in Niger
# 175
Guyana :
4.68 %
1987
Media in Guyana
# 176
Uganda :
4.51 %
2002
Media in Uganda
# 177
Solomon Islands :
4.06 %
2003
Media in Solomon Islands
# 178
Burma :
3.02 %
2003
Media in Burma
# 179
Malawi :
3 %
2002
Media in Malawi
# 180
Rwanda :
2.48 %
2002
Media in Rwanda
# 181
Ethiopia :
2.41 %
2002
Media in Ethiopia
# 182
Chad :
2.29 %
2002
Media in Chad
# 183
Central African Republic :
1.81 %
2002
Media in Central African Republic
# 184
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
1.69 %
2002
Media in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Weighted average:
65.3 %
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.
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"Households with television > % by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/med_hou_wit_tel-media-households-with-television
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