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Television viewing by country. Definition, graph and map.
 

Media Statistics > Television viewing (most recent) by country


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   United Kingdom  9.8%
   United States  9.8%
   Italy  9.4%
   Ireland  8%
   France  8%
   Germany  8%
   Australia  7.7%
   Denmark  7%
   Netherlands  7%
   Belgium  6.6%
   Finland  6.3%
   Norway  6.3%
   Sweden  6.3%


Rank   Countries  Amount 
= 1   United Kingdom: 28 hours per person per wee 
= 1   United States: 28 hours per person per wee 
# 3   Italy: 27 hours per person per wee 
= 4   Ireland: 23 hours per person per wee 
= 4   France: 23 hours per person per wee 
= 4   Germany: 23 hours per person per wee 
# 7   Australia: 22 hours per person per wee 
= 8   Denmark: 20 hours per person per wee 
= 8   Netherlands: 20 hours per person per wee 
# 10   Belgium: 19 hours per person per wee 
= 11   Finland: 18 hours per person per wee 
= 11   Norway: 18 hours per person per wee 
= 11   Sweden: 18 hours per person per wee 
Total: 287 hours per person per wee  
Weighted average: 22.1 hours per person per wee  



DEFINITION: Mean hours of television watched by each person per week.

SOURCE: Figures for European countries are from Andries van den Broek, 'Leisure across Europe. Comparing 14 populations, conveying 1 pattern' (Paper to International Association for Time Use Research, Annual Conference, Lisbon, 2002). The American figure is from Sanchez-Tabernero, Media Concentration in Europe. The Australian figure is from Australian Commercial Television 1986-1995 (Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics, AGPS, Canberra, 1996) via NationMaster

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