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  • Households with television: 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.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users (per 100 people). Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
  • Internet > Internet users per thousand people: Internet users. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Internet > Users per 1000: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • News Agencies > List of news agencies: List of news agencies.
  • Personal computers > Per capita: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
  • Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Personal computers per 1000: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people: Daily newspapers refer to those published at least four times a week and calculated as average circulation (or copies printed) per 1,000 people."
  • Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > 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.
  • Internet > Users > Per capita: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Televisions: The total number of televisions
  • Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
  • Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
  • Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic.
  • Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Personal computers: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.
  • Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
  • International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
  • Radios per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
  • Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
  • Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
  • Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
  • Mobile phone subscribers per 1000: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
  • Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
  • Active military personnel: Active military.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > Hosts per 1000: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Number of PCs per million: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
  • Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes: 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.
  • Mobile phone subscribers: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
  • Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
  • Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
  • Internet > Hosts: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
  • Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
  • Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
  • Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
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  • Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
  • International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
  • Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$: Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$). Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets and small projects are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > Censorship > Political filtering:
    Indicates whether websites that express views in opposition to those of the current government (mainly on issues of human rights, freedom of expression, minority rights and religious movements) are censored or blocked. This is determined by accessing websites with provocative or objectionable content in English from within the country in question as well as from a place known to have no filtering regime. The retrieved content is then compared and scanned for discrepancies. Possible differences in blocking behavior across different ISPs is considered, as well as normal connectivity problems. 
     
    Values
     
    “per”, pervasive filtering: A large portion of the targeted content in several categories is blocked.
     
    “sub”, substantial filtering: Either a number of categories are subject to a medium level of filtering or a low level of filtering is carried out across many categories.
     
    “sel”, selective filtering: A small number of specific sites across a few categories are blocked, or filtering that targets a single category or issue is present.
     
    “sus”, suspected filtering: Connectivity abnormalities suggest the presence of filtering, but no conclusive proof of deliberate tampering could be found.
     
    “ne”, no evidence of filtering or blocking. 
     
     “nd”, no data.
     
     
  • Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month: Price basket for Internet is calculated based on the cheapest available tariff for accessing the Internet 20 hours a month (10 hours peak and 10 hours off-peak). The basket does not include the telephone line rental but does include telephone usage charges if applicable. Data are compiled in the national currency and converted to U.S. dollars using the annual average exchange rate.
  • International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included."
  • Internet > Broadband subscribers: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries.
  • Internet > Internet Service Providers per million: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
  • Television > Percentage of Government (public) television institutions: Percentage of Government (public) television institutions.
  • Telecommunications investment > Current LCU: 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.
  • Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
  • Number of PCs: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions: Mobile subscriptions Number.
  • Television broadcast stations per million: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Radio > Ratio of private to government (public) radio institutions: Number of private radio institutions to government radio institutions. For instance, for every one government radio institution Turkey has 1,265 that are private.
  • Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > TLD: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included."
  • Internet > Livejournal users: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Telecommunications > Country calling code:

    The calling code for each country. A calling code should not be confused with an area or city code. For instance, the calling code for the United States is 1, and the area code for Detroit is 313. In order to dial Detroit from overseas you must dial the 1, plus 313, then the actual phone number. It's also common to see a “+” in front of the calling code, e.g., +1 313 XXX-XXXX.

  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price: Price.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date: Implementation date yyyy.mm.dd.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration: Mobile subscriptions %.
  • E-Government rating: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
  • Population covered by mobile telephony: Population covered by mobile telephony is the percentage of people within range of a mobile cellular signal regardless of whether they are subscribers.
  • Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people: Total number of combined radio and television institutions. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Radio > Percentage of private radio institutions: Percentage of radio institutions that are private.
  • Radio > Percentage of government (public) radio institutions: Percentage of radio institutions that are financed by the government, also known as public radio institutions.
  • Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
  • Total number of combined radio and television institutions: Total number of radio and television institutions.
  • Television > Percentage of private television institutions: Percentage of private television institutions.
  • Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Television > Ratio of private to Government (public) television institutions: Number of private television institutions to government television institutions. For instance, for every one government television institution Turkey has 528 that are private.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code: Country Code.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita: Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$). Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets and small projects are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile subscriptions Number. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Telephone mainlines > Per capita: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > Hosts > Per capita: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Phone subscribers: 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.
  • Telephone lines: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
  • ICT goods imports > % total goods imports: Information and communication technology goods imports include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded."
  • ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports: Information and communication technology goods exports include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded."
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people). Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people). Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
  • Telephone system > Regulation: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
  • Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
  • Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines (per 100 people). Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$, % of GDP: Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$). Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets and small projects are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP: 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. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
  • Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Telecommunications investment > % of revenue: 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.
  • Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers per million: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per capita: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports: 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.
  • Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports: 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.
  • Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Number of PCs > Per $ GDP: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10 million $ gross domestic product.
  • ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$: Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
  • Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
  • Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Price basket for mobile > US$ per month: 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.
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Broadcast media state-owned TV station, 2 state-owned radio networks; several privately owned TV stations and a large number of privately owned radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are accessible; several cable and satellite TV subscription services are obtainable nearly 70 federal-government-controlled national and regional TV stations; all 36 states operate TV stations; several private TV stations operational; cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; network of federal-government-controlled national, regional, and state radio stations; roughly 40 state-government-owned radio stations typically carry their own programs except for news broadcasts; about 20 private radio stations also operate; transmissions of international broadcasters are available
Households with television 26%
Ranked 46th. 2% more than Nigeria 		25.6%
Ranked 107th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 2.54
Ranked 147th. 30 times more than Nigeria 		0.0846
Ranked 176th.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 17.11
Ranked 140th. 		32.88
Ranked 120th. 92% more than Ghana
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 167.36
Ranked 144th. 		320.5
Ranked 124th. 92% more than Ghana
Internet > Users per 1000 28.86
Ranked 127th. 		67.94
Ranked 113th. 2 times more than Ghana
Internet users 1.3 million
Ranked 91st. 		43.99 million
Ranked 9th. 34 times more than Ghana
News Agencies > List of news agencies <p>Ghana News Agency - state-run</p> </p>GhanaWeb - news/information portal</p> <p>News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) - government-owned</p>
Personal computers > Per capita 5.17 per 1,000 people
Ranked 138th. 		6.28 per 1,000 people
Ranked 135th. 22% more than Ghana
Radio > List of radio stations <p>Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) - state-run, operates Radio 1 in English and Ghanaian vernaculars, commercial service Radio 2 and local services including Accra&#039;s Uniiq FM</p> </p>Adom FM - private</p> </p>Peace FM - private</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13433793">Full Article</a> <p>Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) - state-run, operates 37 stations broadcasting in 15 languages</p> </p>Voice of Nigeria - FRCN&#039;s external service, via shortwave</p> </p>Ray Power - private, owned by DAAR Communications, runs music-based and speech-based FM stations</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13949549">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 100.28
Ranked 108th. 48% more than Nigeria 		67.68
Ranked 153th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 331.6 per 1,000 people
Ranked 116th. 11% more than Nigeria 		299.15 per 1,000 people
Ranked 120th.
Television > List of TV stations <p>Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) - state-run, operates Ghana TV (GTV) and digital networks, including news channel GBC 24</p> </p>Metro TV - jointly owned by government and private company</p> </p>TV3 - private</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13433793">Full Article</a> <p>Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) - state-run, operates scores of national and regional stations; national services broadcast in English</p> </p>AIT - private, owned by DAAR Communications, broadcasting in Lagos, Abuja and internationally via satellite</p> </p>Minaj TV - private, eastern Nigeria and via cable/satellite</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13949549">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita 93.08 per 1,000 people
Ranked 104th. 55% more than Nigeria 		59.9 per 1,000 people
Ranked 117th.
Televisions per 1000 93.59
Ranked 116th. 80% more than Nigeria 		52.06
Ranked 134th.
Personal computers per 1000 5.38
Ranked 137th. 		6.38
Ranked 134th. 19% more than Ghana
Radio broadcast stations AM 0, FM 86, shortwave 3 AM 83, FM 36, shortwave 11
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people 13.86
Ranked 65th. 		25.41
Ranked 54th. 83% more than Ghana
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 143.08 per 1,000 people
Ranked 110th. 		150.61 per 1,000 people
Ranked 109th. 5% more than Ghana
Internet > Users > Per capita 28.35 per 1,000 people
Ranked 129th. 		74.06 per 1,000 people
Ranked 113th. 3 times more than Ghana
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 11.23
Ranked 173th. 5 times more than Nigeria 		2.48
Ranked 195th.
Televisions 1.9 million
Ranked 63th. 		6.9 million
Ranked 26th. 4 times more than Ghana
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 16.42 per 1,000 people
Ranked 104th. 40% more than Nigeria 		11.7 per 1,000 people
Ranked 109th.
Internet users > Per 100 people 4.27
Ranked 147th. 		15.86
Ranked 103th. 4 times more than Ghana
Internet > Internet users 4.22 million
Ranked 69th. 		55.93 million
Ranked 8th. 13 times more than Ghana
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita 13.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 67th. 		23.32 per 1,000 people
Ranked 59th. 71% more than Ghana
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 168.2 Mbps
Ranked 47th. 29% more than Nigeria 		130 Mbps
Ranked 54th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 7.61 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 66th. 8 times more than Nigeria 		0.92 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 84th.
Personal computers 112,000
Ranked 109th. 		867,000
Ranked 54th. 8 times more than Ghana
Television broadcast stations 7
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Nigeria 		3
Ranked 7th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 309.36 million min.
Ranked 52nd. 4% more than Nigeria 		298.74 million min.
Ranked 61st.
Radios per 1000 615.71
Ranked 48th. 3 times more than Nigeria 		177.29
Ranked 142nd.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 637.74
Ranked 120th. 36% more than Nigeria 		470.45
Ranked 138th.
Internet > Percent using internet 17.11%
Ranked 139th. 		32.88%
Ranked 121st. 92% more than Ghana
Telephones > Mobile cellular 21.17 million
Ranked 43th. 		95.17 million
Ranked 12th. 4 times more than Ghana
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.237 per capita
Ranked 115th. 16% more than Nigeria 		0.204 per capita
Ranked 122nd.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 11.29
Ranked 164th. 24% more than Nigeria 		9.13
Ranked 171st.
Telephone mainlines per 1000 15.04
Ranked 118th. 72% more than Nigeria 		8.76
Ranked 126th.
Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>The Ghanaian Chronicle - private daily</p> </p>Daily Graphic - state-owned</p> </p>Daily Guide - private</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13433793">Full Article</a> <p>The Guardian - influential, Lagos-based privately-owned national daily</p> </p>The Champion - Lagos-based daily</p> </p>The Punch - privately-owned daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13949549">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment primarily microwave radio relay; wireless local loop has been installed; outdated and unreliable fixed-line infrastructure heavily concentrated in Accra further expansion and modernization of the fixed-line telephone network is needed; network quality remains a problem
Television receivers per 1000 98.47
Ranked 101st. 63% more than Nigeria 		60.54
Ranked 115th.
Internet > IP addresses per capita 13.17
Ranked 178th. 2 times more than Nigeria 		5.91
Ranked 193th.
Internet > Users 650,000
Ranked 85th. 		10 million
Ranked 26th. 15 times more than Ghana
Internet > Internet penetration 17.1%
Ranked 147th. 		32.9%
Ranked 127th. 92% more than Ghana
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 132.92
Ranked 115th. 		133.16
Ranked 114th. About the same as Ghana
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 1,009.93
Ranked 106th. 51% more than Nigeria 		667.98
Ranked 154th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines 284,981
Ranked 117th. 		418,166
Ranked 101st. 47% more than Ghana
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 25.62 million
Ranked 41st. 		112.78 million
Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Ghana
Internet > Internet Service Providers 12
Ranked 79th. 9% more than Nigeria 		11
Ranked 83th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 64,436
Ranked 109th. 5 times more than Nigeria 		14,279
Ranked 141st.
Telephones > Main lines in use 284,700
Ranked 117th. 		719,400
Ranked 89th. 3 times more than Ghana
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 1.12
Ranked 172nd. 5 times more than Nigeria 		0.248
Ranked 194th.
Active military personnel 15,500
Ranked 78th. 		80,000
Ranked 31st. 5 times more than Ghana
Radio receivers per 1000 250.45
Ranked 109th. 21% more than Nigeria 		206.18
Ranked 121st.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 128.54 per 1,000 people
Ranked 118th. 		131.49 per 1,000 people
Ranked 116th. 2% more than Ghana
Internet > Hosts per 1000 1.04
Ranked 122nd. 150 times more than Nigeria 		0.00693
Ranked 184th.
Number of PCs per million 5.38
Ranked 144th. 		6.38
Ranked 140th. 19% more than Ghana
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 25.62 million
Ranked 41st. 		112.78 million
Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Ghana
Radio receivers 4.4 million
Ranked 59th. 		23.5 million
Ranked 18th. 5 times more than Ghana
Television receivers 1.73 million
Ranked 64th. 		6.9 million
Ranked 24th. 4 times more than Ghana
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 0.305 per 1 million people
Ranked 14th. 13 times more than Nigeria 		0.023 per 1 million people
Ranked 21st.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 0.39$
Ranked 107th. 		1.49$
Ranked 56th. 4 times more than Ghana
Mobile phone subscribers 2.84 million
Ranked 69th. 		18.59 million
Ranked 22nd. 7 times more than Ghana
Telephone system > International country code - 233; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC, Main One, and GLO-1 fiber-optic submarine cables that provide connectivity to South Africa, Europe, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay link to Panaftel system connects Ghana to its neighbors country code - 234; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)
Internet > ISP 12
Ranked 59th. 9% more than Nigeria 		11
Ranked 61st.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 0.089
Ranked 98th. 25 times more than Nigeria 		0.00358
Ranked 113th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 284,981
Ranked 117th. 		418,166
Ranked 100th. 47% more than Ghana
Radios 12.5 million
Ranked 31st. 		23.5 million
Ranked 18th. 88% more than Ghana
Internet > Hosts 24,018
Ranked 87th. 23 times more than Nigeria 		1,048
Ranked 151st.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000 14.47
Ranked 65th. 		23.62
Ranked 58th. 63% more than Ghana
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 7.87 Mbps
Ranked 66th. 8 times more than Nigeria 		0.931 Mbps
Ranked 84th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 260,000
Ranked 39th. 		2.76 million
Ranked 14th. 11 times more than Ghana
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 4
Ranked 77th. 		38
Ranked 33th. 10 times more than Ghana
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily 260,000
Ranked 53th. 		2.76 million
Ranked 18th. 11 times more than Ghana
Internet > Top level domain .gh .ng
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 4.81$ per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 50th. 		23.36$ per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 7th. 5 times more than Ghana
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences 1
Ranked 53th. 		80
Ranked 40th. 80 times more than Ghana
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 14.47
Ranked 49th. 		23.62
Ranked 44th. 63% more than Ghana
Telephone system > Domestic competition among multiple mobile-cellular providers has spurred growth with a subscribership of more than 80 per 100 persons and rising the addition of a second fixed-line provider in 2002 resulted in faster growth but subscribership remains only about 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular services growing rapidly, in part responding to the shortcomings of the fixed-line network; multiple cellular providers operate nationally with subscribership base approaching 60 per 100 persons
Internet country code .gh .ng
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP 15.69 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 51st. 12 times more than Nigeria 		1.31 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 76th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 15.24 min.
Ranked 87th. 6 times more than Nigeria 		2.37 min.
Ranked 122nd.
Telephone mainlines 321,526
Ranked 88th. 		1.22 million
Ranked 59th. 4 times more than Ghana
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ $226.70 million
Ranked 35th. 		$2.13 billion
Ranked 6th. 9 times more than Ghana
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita 0.0
Ranked 62nd. 		0.012 per 1,000 people
Ranked 64th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita 0.086 per 1,000 people
Ranked 99th. 21 times more than Nigeria 		0.004 per 1,000 people
Ranked 114th.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month 23.56$/month
Ranked 82nd. 		50.42$/month
Ranked 28th. 2 times more than Ghana
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 14.58 min. per capita
Ranked 88th. 6 times more than Nigeria 		2.33 min. per capita
Ranked 121st.
Internet hosts None None
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology 2
Ranked 53th. 		91
Ranked 35th. 46 times more than Ghana
Mobile cellular subscriptions 11.57 million
Ranked 50th. 		62.99 million
Ranked 17th. 5 times more than Ghana
Internet > Broadband subscribers 1,904
Ranked 92nd. 4 times more than Nigeria 		500
Ranked 101st.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 0.591
Ranked 128th. 7 times more than Nigeria 		0.083
Ranked 178th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences 1
Ranked 56th. 		116
Ranked 49th. 116 times more than Ghana
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 4
Ranked 84th. 		25
Ranked 39th. 6 times more than Ghana
Internet > IP addresses 332,544
Ranked 104th. 		1.01 million
Ranked 77th. 3 times more than Ghana
Television > Percentage of Government (public) television institutions 7.14%
Ranked 39th. 		86.72%
Ranked 10th. 12 times more than Ghana
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 471186000000 50000000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 0.1
Ranked 133th. 3 times more than Nigeria 		0.04
Ranked 147th.
Number of PCs 112
Ranked 114th. 		867
Ranked 55th. 8 times more than Ghana
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 11.23
Ranked 177th. 5 times more than Nigeria 		2.48
Ranked 198th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total 7
Ranked 63th. 		1,314
Ranked 42nd. 188 times more than Ghana
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 8.21 million
Ranked 27th. 		17.34 million
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Ghana
Television broadcast stations per million 0.311
Ranked 12th. 13 times more than Nigeria 		0.0232
Ranked 19th.
Radio > Ratio of private to government (public) radio institutions 6.08
Ranked 42nd. 20 times more than Nigeria 		0.307
Ranked 60th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million 0.39
Ranked 64th. 		12.12
Ranked 63th. 31 times more than Ghana
Internet > TLD .gh .ng
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 49.55
Ranked 125th. 19% more than Nigeria 		41.66
Ranked 134th.
Internet > Livejournal users 27
Ranked 193th. 		41
Ranked 174th. 52% more than Ghana
Internet > Secure Internet servers 7
Ranked 125th. 		36
Ranked 87th. 5 times more than Ghana
Telecommunications > Country calling code 233 234
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price Free Free
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2011.07.07 2013.04.22
Telephone subscribers per 1000 147.96
Ranked 109th. 4% more than Nigeria 		141.92
Ranked 110th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 33.3%
Ranked 50th. 3 times more than Nigeria 		10.2%
Ranked 91st.
E-Government rating 32
Ranked 160th. The same as Nigeria 		32
Ranked 165th.
Population covered by mobile telephony 69%
Ranked 59th. 19% more than Nigeria 		58%
Ranked 62nd.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million 0.0557
Ranked 55th. 		0.738
Ranked 57th. 13 times more than Ghana
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million 0.223
Ranked 93th. 4% more than Nigeria 		0.214
Ranked 94th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 0.311 per 1 million people
Ranked 151st. 25% more than Nigeria 		0.249 per 1 million people
Ranked 152nd.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people 0.0468 Number
Ranked 43th. 2 times more than Nigeria 		0.0215 Number
Ranked 45th.
Radio > Percentage of private radio institutions 85.88%
Ranked 45th. 4 times more than Nigeria 		23.47%
Ranked 63th.
Radio > Percentage of government (public) radio institutions 14.12%
Ranked 24th. 		76.53%
Ranked 6th. 5 times more than Ghana
Internet > Livejournal users per million 1.3
Ranked 188th. 4 times more than Nigeria 		0.301
Ranked 197th.
Internet > ISP > Per capita 0.604 per 1 million people
Ranked 82nd. 7 times more than Nigeria 		0.088 per 1 million people
Ranked 115th.
Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.0
Ranked 152nd. 		0.0
Ranked 193th.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions 1 Number
Ranked 36th. 		3 Number
Ranked 24th. 3 times more than Ghana
Television > Percentage of private television institutions 92.86%
Ranked 30th. 7 times more than Nigeria 		13.28%
Ranked 58th.
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ 51.6 million$
Ranked 54th. 		2.31 billion$
Ranked 8th. 45 times more than Ghana
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 143.08 per 1,000 people
Ranked 109th. 2% more than Nigeria 		140.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 111th.
Television > Ratio of private to Government (public) television institutions 13
Ranked 26th. 85 times more than Nigeria 		0.153
Ranked 54th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code 233
Ranked 33th. 		234
Ranked 32nd. About the same as Ghana
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita $8.94
Ranked 49th. 		$12.61
Ranked 34th. 41% more than Ghana
Phone system > International dialling code +233 +234
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 325.79
Ranked 51st. 3 times more than Nigeria 		99.36
Ranked 93th.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita 14.54 per 1,000 people
Ranked 118th. 68% more than Nigeria 		8.65 per 1,000 people
Ranked 126th.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita 1.03 per 1,000 people
Ranked 143th. 147 times more than Nigeria 		0.007 per 1,000 people
Ranked 204th.
Phone subscribers 20.83
Ranked 132nd. 2 times more than Nigeria 		8.9
Ranked 150th.
Telephone lines 143,900
Ranked 121st. 		1.31 million
Ranked 65th. 9 times more than Ghana
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 22,980
Ranked 102nd. 		67,776
Ranked 85th. 3 times more than Ghana
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports 7.34%
Ranked 46th. 		10.19%
Ranked 22nd. 39% more than Ghana
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports 0.05%
Ranked 106th. 		0.0
Ranked 115th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 2.96
Ranked 152nd. 70% more than Nigeria 		1.74
Ranked 159th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 0.252
Ranked 147th. 29 times more than Nigeria 		0.00857
Ranked 176th.
Telephone system > Regulation 1997 1992
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 0.223
Ranked 87th. 		0.279
Ranked 133th. 26% more than Ghana
Telephone subscribers 3.16 million
Ranked 65th. 		19.81 million
Ranked 26th. 6 times more than Ghana
Telephone subscribers per employee 557.23
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Nigeria 		255.7
Ranked 76th.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 2.08% GDP
Ranked 112th. 		3.47% GDP
Ranked 45th. 67% more than Ghana
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million 0.167
Ranked 59th. 		4.89
Ranked 58th. 29 times more than Ghana
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 1.12
Ranked 173th. 4 times more than Nigeria 		0.251
Ranked 196th.
Television standard > UHF PAL G PAL G
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$, % of GDP 0.557%
Ranked 24th. 		0.811%
Ranked 17th. 46% more than Ghana
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita 0.018$ per 1 million people
Ranked 91st. 64% more than Nigeria 		0.011$ per 1 million people
Ranked 104th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP 43.96$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 60th. 2 times more than Nigeria 		20.68$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 69th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 0.257 per 1,000 people
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Nigeria 		0.117 per 1,000 people
Ranked 113th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million 0.111
Ranked 55th. 		0.839
Ranked 55th. 8 times more than Ghana
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 46.42%
Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Nigeria 		18.06%
Ranked 76th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million 0.0557
Ranked 59th. 		1.07
Ranked 61st. 19 times more than Ghana
Internet servers using encryption 17
Ranked 117th. 		125
Ranked 67th. 7 times more than Ghana
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 0.71
Ranked 142nd. 		0.81
Ranked 140th. 14% more than Ghana
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 1015000000000 450309000000
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,009.93
Ranked 104th. 51% more than Nigeria 		667.98
Ranked 153th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 0.319
Ranked 149th. 27% more than Nigeria 		0.251
Ranked 150th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita 0.053 per 1 million people
Ranked 58th. 		1.06 per 1 million people
Ranked 62nd. 20 times more than Ghana
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per capita 2.33$ per capita
Ranked 69th. 		16.36$ per capita
Ranked 36th. 7 times more than Ghana
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports 8.9%
Ranked 116th. 		81.83%
Ranked 3rd. 9 times more than Ghana
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 16.82%
Ranked 107th. 		64.2%
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Ghana
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita 0.158 per 1 million people
Ranked 57th. 		4.86 per 1 million people
Ranked 59th. 31 times more than Ghana
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences 3
Ranked 58th. 		530
Ranked 39th. 177 times more than Ghana
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita 0.21 per 1 million people
Ranked 94th. 		0.211 per 1 million people
Ranked 93th. About the same as Ghana
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP 0.023 per $10 million of GDP
Ranked 133th. 		0.069 per $10 million of GDP
Ranked 99th. 3 times more than Ghana
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$ 0.0
Ranked 84th. 		$36.59 million
Ranked 64th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita 0.053 per 1 million people
Ranked 53th. 		0.734 per 1 million people
Ranked 58th. 14 times more than Ghana
Television standard > VHF PAL B PAL B
Internet > ISP per million 0.637
Ranked 87th. 7 times more than Nigeria 		0.0895
Ranked 120th.
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita 2.41$
Ranked 69th. 		16.56$
Ranked 36th. 7 times more than Ghana
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 5.6 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 3rd. 		20.6 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 37th. 4 times more than Ghana
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita 0.105 per 1 million people
Ranked 54th. 		0.835 per 1 million people
Ranked 55th. 8 times more than Ghana
Telephone lines > Per 100 people 0.62
Ranked 176th. 		0.86
Ranked 168th. 39% more than Ghana
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 6.95$/month
Ranked 131st. 		10.6$/month
Ranked 95th. 53% more than Ghana

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Development Indicators database; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. 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Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; http://www.iana.org/numbers; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users ("Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012" , International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013); International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel (The list); ITU. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. 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