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Central America and the Caribbean > Costa Rica > Media

COSTA RICAN MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average cost of local call 0.03 [119th of 151]
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Miss International 2 [11th of 25]
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Total Grand Slam wins 2 [28th of 53]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences 253 Time series [33rd of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences (per capita) 67.504 per million people Time series [26th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation 40 Time series [40th of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities 60 Time series [37th of 70]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities (per capita) 16.009 per million people Time series [30th of 70]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history 76 Time series [39th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history (per capita) 20.278 per million people Time series [28th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature 221 Time series [39th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature (per capita) 58.966 per million people Time series [33rd of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology 20 Time series [41st of 70]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology (per capita) 5.336 per million people Time series [34th of 69]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology 23 Time series [38th of 68]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology (per capita) 6.137 per million people Time series [34th of 67]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences 66 Time series [39th of 72]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences (per capita) 17.61 per million people Time series [30th of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology 49 Time series [37th of 73]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology (per capita) 13.074 per million people Time series [35th of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences 656 Time series [33rd of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences (per capita) 175.031 per million people Time series [20th of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total 1,464 Time series [38th of 80]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total (per capita) 390.618 per million people Time series [27th of 79]
Cinema attendance 1,700,000 [56th of 78]
    Cinema attendance (per capita) 423.307 per 1,000 people [52nd of 78]
Cinemas 39 Time series [43rd of 61]
    Cinemas (per capita) 11.223 per million people Time series [44th of 60]
Cinemas > Annual attendance 1,700,000 Time series [46th of 65]
    Cinemas > Annual attendance (per capita) 0.489 per capita Time series [43rd of 64]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 24.11 % Time series [60th of 153]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 20.27 % Time series [93rd of 155]
Daily newspapers > per 1,000 people 70 per 1,000 people Time series [40th of 89]
DVD region 4 [100th of 171]
E-Government rating 40.7 [93rd of 182]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 575.32 per 1,000 people Time series [71st of 193]
HAM radio prefixes TIA - TIZ
Households with television > % 92.8 % Time series [12th of 160]
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ 1,617,400,000 $ Time series [58th of 74]
    Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per $ GDP) 0.077 $ per $1 of GDP Time series [18th of 74]
    Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per capita) 358.359 $ per capita Time series [39th of 74]
International dialling code 506
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 348,000,000 min. Time series [40th of 164]
    International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita) 81.824 min. per capita Time series [28th of 185]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ 3,000,000 $ Time series [8th of 101]
    Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per $ GDP) 0.437 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [120th of 130]
    Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per capita) 1 $ per capita Time series [97th of 132]
Mobile phone subscribers 1,101,035 Time series [96th of 198]
    Mobile phone subscribers (per capita) 254.443 per 1 million people Time series [97th of 201]
Newspapers 8 [41st of 67]
    Newspapers (per capita) 1.99203 per 1 million people [43rd of 67]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily 275,000 Time series [42nd of 90]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily (per capita) 69.996 per 1,000 people Time series [39th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 6 Time series [56th of 106]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily (per capita) 1.527 per million people Time series [52nd of 104]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily 27 Time series [42nd of 69]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily (per capita) 6.872 per million people Time series [36th of 68]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Periodicals 306 Time series [15th of 40]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Periodicals (per capita) 77.886 per million people Time series [11th of 40]
Nothing in This World > Chart performance > Peak > position 1 [8th of 11]
Number of PCs 930 [54th of 169]
    Number of PCs (per $ GDP) 0.245 per $10 million of GDP [11th of 144]
    Number of PCs (per capita) 2.316 per 10,000 people [37th of 169]
Personal computers 930,000 Time series [53rd of 164]
    Personal computers (per capita) 218.667 per 1 million people Time series [34th of 171]
Phone subscribers 305.44 [81st of 178]
Population covered by mobile telephony > % 80 % Time series [38th of 108]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 1.85 $/month Time series [182nd of 185]
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 6.04 $/month Time series [119th of 151]
Radio broadcast stations
AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19
Radio receivers 980,000 Time series [109th of 188]
    Radio receivers (per capita) 0.268 per capita Time series [106th of 182]
Radios 980,000 [111st of 221]
    Radios (per capita) 244.024 per 1,000 people [128th of 212]
Royalties and fees $0.30 [48th of 85]
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 36.2 % Time series [11th of 165]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU 74054000000 Time series
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 2.52 % GDP Time series [107th of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU 204588000000 Time series
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.93 $ Time series [99th of 142]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP) 121.031 $ per $1 trillion of GD Time series [96th of 174]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per capita) 491.245 $ per 1 million people Time series [73rd of 178]
Telephone employees, total 5,840 Time series [53rd of 194]
    Telephone employees, total (per capita) 1.373 per 1,000 people Time series [47th of 202]
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines 4 per 100 mainlines Time series [45th of 134]
Telephone mainlines 1,388,503 Time series [53rd of 202]
    Telephone mainlines (per capita) 320.876 per 1,000 people Time series [36th of 203]
Telephone subscribers 2,489,538 Time series [74th of 199]
    Telephone subscribers (per capita) 0.62 per 1,000 people Time series [69th of 201]
Telephone subscribers per employee 388.06 Time series [55th of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic
point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available
Telephone system > General assessment
good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service; state-run monopoly provider is struggling with the demand for new lines, resulting in long waiting times
Telephone system > International
country code - 506; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable and the MAYA-1 submarine cable that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Telephone system > Regulation 1996
Telephones > Main lines in use 1,437,000 Time series [55th of 174]
    Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita) 347.615 per 1,000 people Time series [33rd of 173]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 1,503,000 Time series [105th of 186]
    Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita) 363.581 per 1,000 people Time series [110th of 185]
Television broadcast stations 20 Time series [2nd of 89]
    Television broadcast stations (per capita) 4.882 per million people Time series [8th of 67]
Television receivers 525,000 Time series [94th of 185]
    Television receivers (per capita) 143.639 per 1,000 people Time series [88th of 179]
Television standard > UHF NTSC M
Television standard > VHF NTSC M
Televisions 525,000 [99th of 215]
    Televisions (per capita) 130.727 per 1,000 people [115th of 209]
Website defacements 18 [54th of 129]
    Website defacements (per capita) 4.48207 per 1 million people [44th of 124]

SOURCES: ; Wikipedia: Big Four pageants ; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; World Development Indicators database; Amazon.com; 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); hamcity.com; Wikipedia: Nothing in This World ; ITU; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; aggregates calculated for the Human Development Report Office by the World Bank; ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database; Tenlab May 2002; attrition.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica, Republica de Costa Rica

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