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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	10		[67th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences (per capita)	0.217 per million people		[76th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	1		[72nd of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history	2		[72nd of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history (per capita)	0.043 per million people		[77th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	12		[68th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature (per capita)	0.26 per million people		[75th of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences	1		[71st of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences (per capita)	0.022 per million people		[72nd of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	40		[49th of 73]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology (per capita)	0.867 per million people		[66th of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	46		[66th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences (per capita)	0.997 per million people		[75th of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	112		[70th of 80]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total (per capita)	2.428 per million people		[78th of 79]
Daily newspapers > per 1,000 people	2.76 per 1,000 people		[78th of 89]
DVD region	5		[41st of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	47.9 per 1,000 people		[131st of 193]
HAM radio prefixes	90A - 9TZ
Households with television > %	1.69 %		[142nd of 160]
International dialling code	242
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes	2,884,479 min.		[161st of 164]
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita)	0.064 min. per capita		[182nd of 185]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$	42,000,000 $		[59th of 101]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per $ GDP)	5.913 $ per $1,000 of GDP		[42nd of 130]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per capita)	0.73 $ per capita		[77th of 132]
Mobile phone subscribers	2,746,000		[70th of 198]
Mobile phone subscribers (per capita)	47.716 per 1 million people		[148th of 201]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	129,000		[59th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily (per capita)	2.687 per 1,000 people		[79th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	9		[59th of 106]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily (per capita)	0.187 per million people		[96th of 104]
Number of PCs	17		[152nd of 169]
Number of PCs (per $ GDP)	0.004 per $10 million of GDP		[144th of 144]
Number of PCs (per capita)	0.003 per 10,000 people		[169th of 169]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	10.98 $/month		[93rd of 185]
Radio broadcast stations	AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 2
Radio receivers	18,030,000		[22nd of 188]
Radio receivers (per capita)	0.383 per capita		[75th of 182]
Radios	18,030,000		[22nd of 221]
Radios (per capita)	296.722 per 1,000 people		[113rd of 212]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU	6859500000
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	6.56 % GDP		[11th of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU	220903000000
Telephone employees, total	3,900		[59th of 194]
Telephone employees, total (per capita)	0.07 per 1,000 people		[94th of 202]
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines	7 per 100 mainlines		[122nd of 134]
Telephone mainlines	10,579		[139th of 202]
Telephone mainlines (per capita)	0.184 per 1,000 people		[142nd of 203]
Telephone subscribers	2,756,579		[69th of 199]
Telephone subscribers (per capita)	0.046 per 1,000 people		[131st of 201]
Telephone subscribers per employee	513.14		[36th of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic barely adequate wire and microwave radio relay service in and between urban areas; domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations
Telephone system > General assessment inadequate; state-owned fixed-line operator has been unable to expand fixed-line connections and there are now fewer than 10,000 connections - less than 1 per 1000 persons; given the backdrop of a wholly inadequate fixed-line infrastructure, the use of cellular services has surged and subscribership in 2007 reached 6.6 million - 10 per 100 persons
Telephone system > International country code - 243; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Telephones > Main lines in use	9,700		[147th of 174]
Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita)	0.163 per 1,000 people		[149th of 173]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	6,592,000		[61st of 186]
Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita)	100.256 per 1,000 people		[146th of 185]
Television broadcast stations	4		[17th of 89]
Television broadcast stations (per capita)	0.078 per million people		[34th of 67]
Television receivers	6,478,000		[25th of 185]
Television receivers (per capita)	137.545 per 1,000 people		[89th of 179]
Television standard > VHF	SECAM K1
Televisions	6,478,000		[27th of 215]
Televisions (per capita)	106.609 per 1,000 people		[124th of 209]

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