FACTOID # 5: Americans and Icelanders go to the cinema 5 times a year, on average. The average Japanese person goes only once.
 
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Middle East > Kuwait > Media

KUWAITI MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences 9 Time series [42nd of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences (per capita) 4.271 per million people Time series [36th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation 5 Time series [42nd of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities 36 Time series [33rd of 70]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities (per capita) 17.086 per million people Time series [23rd of 70]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history 26 Time series [38th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history (per capita) 12.34 per million people Time series [27th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature 19 Time series [40th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature (per capita) 9.018 per million people Time series [36th of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology 1 Time series [38th of 70]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology (per capita) 0.475 per million people Time series [34th of 69]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology 13 Time series [33rd of 68]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology (per capita) 6.17 per million people Time series [24th of 67]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences 8 Time series [38th of 72]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences (per capita) 3.797 per million people Time series [31st of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology 31 Time series [32nd of 73]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology (per capita) 14.713 per million people Time series [26th of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences 71 Time series [42nd of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences (per capita) 33.697 per million people Time series [31st of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total 219 Time series [42nd of 80]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total (per capita) 103.939 per million people Time series [33rd of 79]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 34.16 % Time series [42nd of 153]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 1.81 % Time series [134th of 155]
DVD region 2 [137th of 171]
E-Government rating 32 [159th of 182]
Fax machines 20.55 per 1,000 people [21st of 103]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 1,139.88 per 1,000 people Time series [38th of 193]
HAM radio prefixes 9KA - 9KZ
Households with television > % 95.44 % Time series [27th of 160]
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ 1,211,700,000 $ Time series [64th of 74]
    Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per $ GDP) 0.014 $ per $1 of GDP Time series [74th of 74]
    Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per capita) 437.438 $ per capita Time series [32nd of 74]
International dialling code 965
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 342,103,700 min. Time series [59th of 164]
    International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita) 162.365 min. per capita Time series [35th of 185]
Mobile phone subscribers 2,379,811 Time series [74th of 198]
    Mobile phone subscribers (per capita) 938.616 per 1 million people Time series [26th of 201]
Number of PCs 450 [69th of 169]
    Number of PCs (per $ GDP) 0.094 per $10 million of GDP [76th of 144]
    Number of PCs (per capita) 1.926 per 10,000 people [42nd of 169]
Personal computers 600,000 Time series [23rd of 164]
    Personal computers (per capita) 236.645 per 1 million people Time series [12th of 171]
Phone subscribers 685.1 [45th of 178]
Population covered by mobile telephony > % 100 % Time series [3rd of 108]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 75.18 $/month Time series [1st of 185]
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 10.46 $/month Time series [82nd of 151]
Radio broadcast stations AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 Time series
Radio receivers 1,175,000 Time series [103rd of 188]
    Radio receivers (per capita) 0.593 per capita Time series [48th of 182]
Radios 1,175,000 [105th of 221]
    Radios (per capita) 502.997 per 1,000 people [76th of 212]
Royalties and fees $0.00 [83rd of 85]
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 27.37 % Time series [19th of 165]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU 164199000 Time series
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 3.44 % GDP Time series [73rd of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU 600000000 Time series
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.51 $ Time series [70th of 142]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP) 31.569 $ per $1 trillion of GD Time series [78th of 174]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per capita) 630.107 $ per 1 million people Time series [39th of 178]
Telephone employees, total 7,386 Time series [49th of 194]
    Telephone employees, total (per capita) 3.003 per 1,000 people Time series [9th of 202]
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines 4 per 100 mainlines Time series [46th of 134]
Telephone mainlines 510,295 Time series [77th of 202]
    Telephone mainlines (per capita) 201.264 per 1,000 people Time series [64th of 203]
Telephone subscribers 2,890,106 Time series [68th of 199]
    Telephone subscribers (per capita) 1.237 per 1,000 people Time series [35th of 201]
Telephone subscribers per employee 338.07 Time series [62nd of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic
new telephone exchanges provide a large capacity for new subscribers; trunk traffic is carried by microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and open-wire and fiber-optic cable; a cellular telephone system operates throughout Kuwait, and the country is well supplied with pay telephones
Telephone system > General assessment
the quality of service is excellent
Telephone system > International
country code - 965; linked to international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); linked to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE via the Fiber-Optic Gulf (FOG) cable; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 6 (3 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean, 1 Inmarsat - Atlantic Ocean, and 2 Arabsat)
Telephones > Main lines in use 517,000 Time series [82nd of 174]
    Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita) 198.889 per 1,000 people Time series [68th of 173]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 2,774,000 Time series [85th of 186]
    Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita) 1,107.138 per 1,000 people Time series [32nd of 185]
Television broadcast stations 13 Time series [29th of 89]
    Television broadcast stations (per capita) 6.566 per million people Time series [18th of 67]
Television receivers 875,000 Time series [82nd of 185]
    Television receivers (per capita) 441.919 per 1,000 people Time series [28th of 179]
Television standard > VHF PAL B
Televisions 875,000 [84th of 215]
    Televisions (per capita) 374.572 per 1,000 people [46th of 209]
Website defacements 8 [72nd of 129]
    Website defacements (per capita) 3.42466 per 1 million people [50th of 124]

SOURCES: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; 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); The Information for Development Program; hamcity.com; ; 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; Tenlab May 2002; attrition.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Dawlat al Kuwayt, Al Kuwayt

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