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Average cost of local call	0.06		[91st of 151]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	8		[51st of 77]
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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	4		[55th of 72]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities	3		[55th of 70]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history	12		[51st of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	39		[50th of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology	1		[55th of 70]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	10		[47th of 73]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	15		[54th of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	92		[57th of 80]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports	3.58 %		[131st of 153]
DEFINITION: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.		View time series
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	6.4 %		[125th of 155]
DEFINITION: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
DVD region	2		[150th of 171]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
E-Government rating	52		[18th of 182]
DEFINITION: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Fax machines	9.71 per 1,000 people		[33rd of 103]
SOURCE: report presents the second annual update on global e-government, i.e., the delivery of public sector information and online services through the Internet. This report studies the features that are available online at national government websites. Using a detailed analysis of 1.197 government websites in 198 different nations, it measures the information and services that are online, chart the variations that exist across countries, and discuss how e-government sites vary by region of the world. In order to see how the 198 nations ranked overall, the E-Government Ranking 2002 created a 0 to 100 point index and applied it to each nation's websites based on the availability of contact information, publications, databases, portals, and number of online services. (2002)
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	1,300.85 per 1,000 people		[29th 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 > %	95.42 %		[28th 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
International dialling code	973
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes	408,164,000 min.		[48th of 164]
DEFINITION: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).		View time series
Mobile phone subscribers	748,703		[106th 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	121		[109th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Number of PCs (per $ GDP)	0.093 per $10 million of GDP		[77th of 144]
Personal computers	121,000		[103rd of 164]
DEFINITION: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU
Phone subscribers	671.55		[48th of 178]
DEFINITION: Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Population covered by mobile telephony > %	100 %		[6th of 108]
DEFINITION: Population covered by mobile telephony is the percentage of people within range of a mobile cellular signal regardless of whether they are subscribers.		View time series
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	6.59 $/month		[138th of 185]
DEFINITION: Price basket for mobile is calculated as the pre-paid price for 25 calls per month spread over the same mobile network, other mobile networks, and mobile to fixed calls and during peak, off-peak, and weekend times. It also includes 30 text messages per month.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	7.3 $/month		[93rd of 151]
DEFINITION: Price basket for residential fixed line is calculated as one-fifth of the installation charge, the monthly subscription charge, and the cost of local calls (15 peak and 15 off-peak calls of three minutes each).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Radio broadcast stations	AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Radio receivers	338,000		[145th of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	338,000		[144th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	13.02 %		[74th of 165]
DEFINITION: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telecommunications investment > current LCU	25000000
DEFINITION: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	4.92 % GDP		[35th of 167]
DEFINITION: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU	203764000
DEFINITION: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	1.74 $		[59th of 142]
DEFINITION: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP)	179.391 $ per $1 trillion of GD		[55th of 174]
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Telephone employees, total	1,923		[73rd of 194]
DEFINITION: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines	15 per 100 mainlines		[63rd of 134]
DEFINITION: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone mainlines	196,515		[98th of 202]
DEFINITION: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone subscribers	945,218		[99th of 199]
DEFINITION: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone subscribers per employee	437.5		[47th of 191]
DEFINITION: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone system > Regulation	1996
DEFINITION: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone systems > Privatisation	1981
DEFINITION: The year a nation privatised its telecommunications services. "n/a" indicates that the relevant firm was not privatized.
SOURCE: ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database
Television broadcast stations	4		[44th of 89]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database
Television receivers	275,000		[113rd of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Television standard > UHF	PAL G
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Television standard > VHF	PAL B
SOURCE: Tenlab May 2002
Televisions	275,000		[117th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Tenlab May 2002
Website defacements	1		[122nd of 129]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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