Media Stats: compare key data on Lebanon & United Kingdom

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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.
Cinema attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
Average cost of local call: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes). Cost of local call is the cost of a three-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's equipment (that is, not from a public phone).
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.
Cinemas > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
Cinema > Number of cinemas: Number of cinemas.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones: Number of mobile phones.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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.
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita 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 > 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.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced: Percentage of feature films that are co-productions with international companies.
Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people: Number of national feature films produced. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
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.
Arabsat -
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.
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.
Cinema > Number of cinemas per million people: Number of cinemas. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films: Percentage of feature films that are 100% funded by national companies.
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.
Cinemas per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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.
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.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people: Total number of film distribution companies. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies: Percentage of nationally based film distribution companies.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies: Total number of film distribution companies.
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
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.
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 > Literature > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists: Number of newspaper journalists by country.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines: Number of telephone lines.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Linux web servers: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
Website defacements per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people: Newspaper journalists (headcounts) per 1,000,000 inhabitants.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country.
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.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million 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.
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$: Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Price basket for mobile > US$ 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.
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.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month: Price basket for residential fixed line is calculated as one-fifth of the installation charge, the monthly subscription charge, and the cost of local calls (15 peak and 15 off-peak calls of three minutes each).
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million: . Figures expressed per million population 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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Linux web servers per million: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people: Number of non-daily newspaper titles per 1,000,000 literate inhabitants.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP: ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP). 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).
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.
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.
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."
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.

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STAT	Lebanon	United Kingdom
Broadcast media	7	public service broadcaster BBC is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world; BBC operates multiple TV networks with regional and local TV service; a mixed system of public and commercial TV broadcasters along with satellite and cable systems provide access to hundreds of TV stations throughout the world; BBC operates multiple national, regional, and local radio networks with multiple transmission sites; a large number of commercial radio stations as well as satellite radio services are available
Households with television	92.9% Ranked 38th.	97.5% Ranked 15th. 5% more than Lebanon
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	113 Ranked 68th.	337.99 Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	61.25 Ranked 59th.	87.02 Ranked 13th. 42% more than Lebanon
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	613.79 Ranked 59th.	865.38 Ranked 12th. 41% more than Lebanon
Internet > Users per 1000	232.85 Ranked 59th.	659.16 Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Internet users	1,000,000 Ranked 98th.	51.44 million Ranked 7th. 51 times more than Lebanon
News Agencies > List of news agencies	<p>Lebanese National News Agency - state-run, pages in English</p> </p>Naharnet - privately-owned news portal, pages in English</p>	<p>The Press Association</p>
Personal computers > Per capita	102.08 per 1,000 people Ranked 21st.	599.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 6 times more than Lebanon
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>Voice of Lebanon - established commercial station</p> </p>Radio Liban - state-run</p> </p>Sawt al-Ghad (Voice of Tomorrow) - commercial</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14648683">Full Article</a>	<p>BBC Radio - national services include new-music station Radio 1, adult music station Radio 2, cultural network Radio 3, flagship speech station Radio 4 and news and sport station Five Live</p> </p>BBC Radio Scotland</p> </p>BBC Radio nan Gaidheal - Gaelic-language station for Scotland</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18027956">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	93.2 Ranked 119th.	130.75 Ranked 47th. 40% more than Lebanon
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	320.98 per 1,000 people Ranked 118th.	1,184.54 per 1,000 people Ranked 20th. 4 times more than Lebanon
Television > List of TV stations	<p>Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) - commercial, market leader and pan-regional broadcaster; channels comprise LBC Sat, LBC Europe, LBC Sat America, LBC Sat Australia and LBC Nagham</p> </p>Future TV - commercial; channels comprise Future International, Future News and Future TV USA; owned by Hariri family</p> </p>Tele-Liban - state-run</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14648683">Full Article</a>	<p>BBC TV - operates BBC1, BBC2 and digital services including BBC News channel</p> </p>BBC World News - commercially-funded international news channel</p> </p>ITV - major commercial network, organised around regional franchises</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18027956">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita	324.97 per 1,000 people Ranked 49th.	521.64 per 1,000 people Ranked 17th. 61% more than Lebanon
Televisions per 1000	319.77 Ranked 54th.	512.03 Ranked 22nd. 60% more than Lebanon
Personal computers per 1000	102.69 Ranked 22nd.	599.49 Ranked 12th. 6 times more than Lebanon
Radio broadcast stations	AM 20, FM 22, shortwave 4	AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people	54.23 Ranked 48th.	289.75 Ranked 12th. 5 times more than Lebanon
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	553.56 per 1,000 people Ranked 74th.	1,615.5 per 1,000 people Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Users > Per capita	234.28 per 1,000 people Ranked 59th.	661.44 per 1,000 people Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	198.45 Ranked 83th.	522.08 Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Televisions	1.18 million Ranked 77th.	30.5 million Ranked 9th. 26 times more than Lebanon
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	168.04 per 1,000 people Ranked 75th.	554.2 per 1,000 people Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Internet users > Per 100 people	22.53 Ranked 93th.	76.02 Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Internet users	2.54 million Ranked 82nd.	54.86 million Ranked 9th. 22 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita	58.32 per 1,000 people Ranked 41st.	320.69 per 1,000 people Ranked 7th. 5 times more than Lebanon
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	290 Mbps Ranked 42nd.	781,554 Mbps Ranked 2nd. 2695 times more than Lebanon
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	72.31 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 43th.	13,061.97 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 4th. 181 times more than Lebanon
Personal computers	409,400 Ranked 27th.	35.89 million Ranked 5th. 88 times more than Lebanon
Television broadcast stations	15 Ranked 28th.	228 Ranked 7th. 15 times more than Lebanon
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	400.5 million min. Ranked 54th.	15.6 billion min. Ranked 2nd. 39 times more than Lebanon
Radios per 1000	772.33 Ranked 29th.	1,418.59 Ranked 3rd. 84% more than Lebanon
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	359.32 Ranked 152nd.	1,300.33 Ranked 29th. 4 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Percent using internet	61.25% Ranked 57th.	87.02% Ranked 13th. 42% more than Lebanon
Telephones > Mobile cellular	3.35 million Ranked 117th.	81.61 million Ranked 1st. 24 times more than Lebanon
Radio receivers > Per capita	0.785 per capita Ranked 25th.	1.45 per capita Ranked 4th. 84% more than Lebanon
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	176.6 Ranked 90th.	519.6 Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Telephone mainlines per 1000	248.32 Ranked 53th.	527.96 Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers > List of newspapers	<p>An-Nahar - private daily</p> </p>Al-Safir - private daily</p> </p>Al-Anwar - private daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14648683">Full Article</a>	<p>The Daily Telegraph - broadsheet</p> </p>Financial Times - daily, business</p> </p>The Guardian - daily, former broadsheet</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18027956">Full Article</a>
Cinema attendance	10.87 million Ranked 38th.	139.5 million Ranked 8th. 13 times more than Lebanon
Telephone system > General assessment	repair of the telecommunications system, severely damaged during the civil war, now complete	technologically advanced domestic and international system
Cinema attendance per capita	2.95 Ranked 10th. 26% more than United Kingdom	2.34 Ranked 16th.
Television receivers per 1000	381.54 Ranked 37th.	523 Ranked 18th. 37% more than Lebanon
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	14 Ranked 54th.	299 Ranked 6th. 21 times more than Lebanon
Internet > IP addresses per capita	110.55 Ranked 121st. 57 times more than United Kingdom	1.95 Ranked 1st.
Average cost of local call	0.07 Ranked 53th.	0.17 Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Users	950,000 Ranked 70th.	40.2 million Ranked 6th. 42 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Internet penetration	61.2% Ranked 62nd.	87% Ranked 14th. 42% more than Lebanon
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	248.32 Ranked 96th.	1,087.6 Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Lebanon
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	903.98 Ranked 123th.	1,298.63 Ranked 46th. 44% more than Lebanon
Telecoms > Telephone lines	878,105 Ranked 81st.	33.01 million Ranked 9th. 38 times more than Lebanon
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	4 million Ranked 121st.	82.11 million Ranked 18th. 21 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Internet Service Providers	22 Ranked 45th.	400 Ranked 4th. 18 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	500,000 Ranked 68th.	21.37 million Ranked 6th. 43 times more than Lebanon
Cinemas > Per capita	0.007 per 1,000 people Ranked 46th.	0.035 per 1,000 people Ranked 26th. 5 times more than Lebanon
Telephones > Main lines in use	900,000 Ranked 82nd.	33.23 million Ranked 9th. 37 times more than Lebanon
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	18.66 Ranked 90th.	52.88 Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Active military personnel	59,100 Ranked 43th.	205,850 Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Radio receivers per 1000	921.52 Ranked 18th.	1,448.98 Ranked 4th. 57% more than Lebanon
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	246.84 per 1,000 people Ranked 96th.	1,087.56 per 1,000 people Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Hosts per 1000	8.76 Ranked 82nd.	134.69 Ranked 38th. 15 times more than Lebanon
Number of PCs per million	103.8 Ranked 65th.	599.49 Ranked 11th. 6 times more than Lebanon
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	3.76 million Ranked 120th.	84.94 million Ranked 18th. 23 times more than Lebanon
Radio receivers	2.85 million Ranked 77th.	84.5 million Ranked 5th. 30 times more than Lebanon
Cinema > Number of cinemas	150 Ranked 28th.	697 Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Lebanon
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones	2.72 million Ranked 62nd.	75.75 million Ranked 17th. 28 times more than Lebanon
Television receivers	1.18 million Ranked 76th.	30.5 million Ranked 9th. 26 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology	256 Ranked 23th.	5,199 Ranked 1st. 20 times more than Lebanon
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	4.3 per 1 million people Ranked 17th. 10% more than United Kingdom	3.91 per 1 million people Ranked 18th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	2.19$ Ranked 35th. 3 times more than United Kingdom	0.77$ Ranked 89th.
Mobile phone subscribers	990,000 Ranked 99th.	65.5 million Ranked 9th. 66 times more than Lebanon
Telephone system > International	country code - 961; submarine cable links to Cyprus, Egypt, and Syria; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean); coaxial cable to Syria	country code - 44; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and US; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Eutelsat; at least 8 large international switching centers
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	32.61 Ranked 43th.	163.79 Ranked 16th. 5 times more than Lebanon
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	878,105 Ranked 80th.	33.01 million Ranked 9th. 38 times more than Lebanon
Radios	2.85 million Ranked 79th.	84.5 million Ranked 5th. 30 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Hosts	36,681 Ranked 79th.	8.27 million Ranked 10th. 225 times more than Lebanon
Cinemas > Annual attendance	10.9 million Ranked 25th.	139.5 million Ranked 5th. 13 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000	68 Ranked 40th.	325.32 Ranked 6th. 5 times more than Lebanon
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita	3.45 Ranked 6th. 45% more than United Kingdom	2.38 Ranked 12th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	72.74 Mbps Ranked 43th.	13,054.65 Mbps Ranked 4th. 179 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	15 Ranked 54th.	109 Ranked 14th. 7 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	215,000 Ranked 49th.	17.38 million Ranked 6th. 81 times more than Lebanon
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced	50% Ranked 8th. 94% more than United Kingdom	25.75% Ranked 28th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	220,000 Ranked 46th.	19.16 million Ranked 5th. 87 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Top level domain	.lb	.uk
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	3.19 Ranked 31st.	4.76 Ranked 19th. 49% more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences	2 Ranked 52nd.	8,902 Ranked 1st. 4451 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	55.79 Ranked 50th.	290.22 Ranked 13th. 5 times more than Lebanon
Telephone system > Domestic	two mobile-cellular networks provide good service; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership roughly 100 per 100 persons	equal mix of buried cables, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optic systems
Internet country code	.lb	.uk
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	13.21 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 55th.	366.57 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 5th. 28 times more than Lebanon
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	126.87 min. Ranked 38th.	263.92 min. Ranked 17th. 2 times more than Lebanon
Telephone mainlines	990,000 Ranked 64th.	31.8 million Ranked 7th. 32 times more than Lebanon
Cinemas	25 Ranked 56th.	2,019 Ranked 6th. 81 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita	0.079 per 1,000 people Ranked 45th.	1.89 per 1,000 people Ranked 6th. 24 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	32.41 per 1,000 people Ranked 45th.	163.78 per 1,000 people Ranked 16th. 5 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	No evidence of filtering	No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	10$/month Ranked 151st.	27.25$/month Ranked 67th. 3 times more than Lebanon
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	107.49 min. per capita Ranked 42nd.	262.18 min. per capita Ranked 17th. 2 times more than Lebanon
Cinema > Number of cinemas per million people	36.77 Ranked 11th. 3 times more than United Kingdom	11.5 Ranked 32nd.
Internet hosts	None	None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films	50% Ranked 51st.	74.25% Ranked 30th. 48% more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology	5 Ranked 51st.	4,274 Ranked 1st. 855 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	26 Ranked 52nd.	22,104 Ranked 1st. 850 times more than Lebanon
Mobile cellular subscriptions	1.43 million Ranked 127th.	77.36 million Ranked 12th. 54 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Broadband subscribers	130,000 Ranked 51st.	9.86 million Ranked 6th. 76 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	5.96 Ranked 50th.	6.72 Ranked 46th. 13% more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	19 Ranked 49th.	17,106 Ranked 1st. 900 times more than Lebanon
Cinemas per million	8.08 Ranked 46th.	34.8 Ranked 27th. 4 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	13 Ranked 45th.	108 Ranked 14th. 8 times more than Lebanon
Internet > IP addresses	457,728 Ranked 99th.	123.5 million Ranked 4th. 270 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	108.4 Ranked 24th.	750.09 Ranked 8th. 7 times more than Lebanon
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	50000000000	8999999000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	5.03 Ranked 69th.	28.13 Ranked 14th. 6 times more than Lebanon
Number of PCs	400 Ranked 72nd.	35,890 Ranked 4th. 90 times more than Lebanon
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	198.45 Ranked 88th.	522.08 Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	289 Ranked 52nd.	110,965 Ranked 1st. 384 times more than Lebanon
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions	13,042 Ranked 139th.	45.42 million Ranked 9th. 3483 times more than Lebanon
Television broadcast stations per million	4.94 Ranked 14th. 26% more than United Kingdom	3.93 Ranked 19th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million	92.81 Ranked 46th.	1,897.25 Ranked 6th. 20 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	1 Ranked 57th.	10,520 Ranked 1st. 10520 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	7 Ranked 55th.	467 Ranked 12th. 67 times more than Lebanon
Internet > TLD	.lb	.uk
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	34.03 Ranked 140th.	125.98 Ranked 24th. 4 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Livejournal users	96 Ranked 117th.	71,742 Ranked 3rd. 747 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Secure Internet servers	40 Ranked 82nd.	33,892 Ranked 3rd. 847 times more than Lebanon
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people	1.83 Ranked 19th. 6% more than United Kingdom	1.72 Ranked 23th.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies	37.5% Ranked 35th.	62.37% Ranked 28th. 66% more than Lebanon
Cinema > Number of distribution companies	8 Ranked 30th.	108 Ranked 3rd. 14 times more than Lebanon
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita	2.92 per capita Ranked 9th. 23% more than United Kingdom	2.38 per capita Ranked 12th.
Telecommunications > Country calling code	961	44
Telephone subscribers per 1000	496.63 Ranked 80th.	1,615.56 Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration	0.3% Ranked 141st.	72% Ranked 14th. 240 times more than Lebanon
E-Government rating	45 Ranked 59th.	54.8 Ranked 9th. 22% more than Lebanon
Population covered by mobile telephony	100% Ranked 2nd. 1% more than United Kingdom	99% Ranked 14th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita	7.06 per 1 million people Ranked 45th.	377.23 per 1 million people Ranked 8th. 53 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million	0.642 Ranked 51st.	152.2 Ranked 7th. 237 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	4.02 Ranked 23th. 2 times more than United Kingdom	1.83 Ranked 48th.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists	1,300 Ranked 17th.	13,437 Ranked 5th. 10 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	9.86 per 1 million people Ranked 89th.	561.49 per 1 million people Ranked 15th. 57 times more than Lebanon
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	714,000 Ranked 89th.	33.21 million Ranked 8th. 47 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million	8.35 Ranked 47th.	377.93 Ranked 7th. 45 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita	49.72 per 1 million people Ranked 6th. 36% more than United Kingdom	36.57 per 1 million people Ranked 10th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History	7 Ranked 53th.	12,433 Ranked 1st. 1776 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita	1.86 per 1 million people Ranked 48th.	7.82 per 1 million people Ranked 34th. 4 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million	2.16 Ranked 46th.	7.93 Ranked 34th. 4 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Livejournal users per million	24.91 Ranked 107th.	1,198.34 Ranked 18th. 48 times more than Lebanon
Website defacements	5 Ranked 85th.	301 Ranked 6th. 60 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Linux web servers	4 Ranked 65th.	1,339 Ranked 4th. 335 times more than Lebanon
Website defacements per million	1.49 Ranked 70th.	5.09 Ranked 34th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Television standard > UHF	SECAM G	PAL I
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	7.15% GDP Ranked 7th. 2 times more than United Kingdom	3.15% GDP Ranked 81st.
Telephone subscribers per employee	210.18 Ranked 56th.	353.44 Ranked 51st. 68% more than Lebanon
Telephone subscribers	1.98 million Ranked 79th.	97.3 million Ranked 6th. 49 times more than Lebanon
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	493.67 per 1,000 people Ranked 80th.	1,615.5 per 1,000 people Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.552$ per 1 million people Ranked 33th. 42 times more than United Kingdom	0.013$ per 1 million people Ranked 101st.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	101.1$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 51st. 280 times more than United Kingdom	0.361$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 107th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million	1.61 Ranked 46th.	73.08 Ranked 5th. 46 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million	2.25 Ranked 51st.	212.58 Ranked 4th. 95 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	3.89 Ranked 51st. 2 times more than United Kingdom	1.82 Ranked 84th.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people	326.07 Ranked 10th. 46% more than United Kingdom	223.12 Ranked 13th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	11.65 Ranked 68th.	34.03 Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	48.59 Ranked 87th.	1,478.28 Ranked 17th. 30 times more than Lebanon
Phone subscribers	407.41 Ranked 5th.	1,358.44 Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	9.8 Ranked 88th.	559.31 Ranked 15th. 57 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	4 Ranked 81st.	1,010 Ranked 9th. 253 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million	58.77 Ranked 7th. 60% more than United Kingdom	36.64 Ranked 12th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation	400,000 Ranked 28th.	44.91 million Ranked 6th. 112 times more than Lebanon
Phone system > International dialling code	+961	+44
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people	3.16 Ranked 140th.	716.45 Ranked 13th. 227 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology	5 Ranked 47th.	3,570 Ranked 1st. 714 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	1.08 Ranked 86th.	16.87 Ranked 52nd. 16 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita	11.14 per 1 million people Ranked 48th.	421.77 per 1 million people Ranked 8th. 38 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	9.23 per 1,000 people Ranked 96th.	135.68 per 1,000 people Ranked 47th. 15 times more than Lebanon
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$	$482.74 million Ranked 35th.	$19.68 billion Ranked 4th. 41 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita	1.36 per 1 million people Ranked 46th.	72.94 per 1 million people Ranked 4th. 54 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita	70.5 per 1 million people Ranked 5th.	88.73 per 1 million people Ranked 4th. 26% more than Lebanon
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	62.5% Ranked 25th. 2 times more than United Kingdom	27.48% Ranked 47th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	848.65 Ranked 127th.	1,343.35 Ranked 40th. 58% more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million	13.17 Ranked 50th.	422.55 Ranked 8th. 32 times more than Lebanon
Telephone lines > Per 100 people	17.88 Ranked 89th.	54.08 Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	20.14$/month Ranked 23th. 44% more than United Kingdom	14.02$/month Ranked 57th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	20.46 Ranked 81st.	52.57 Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	2365990000000	36631000000
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	14.97$/month Ranked 49th.	31.28$/month Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million	1.61 Ranked 43th.	61.04 Ranked 6th. 38 times more than Lebanon
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people	15.39 Ranked 83th.	904.85 Ranked 16th. 59 times more than Lebanon
Internet servers using encryption	65 Ranked 83th.	55,564 Ranked 4th. 855 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million	6.1 Ranked 45th.	292.47 Ranked 7th. 48 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million	0.321 Ranked 56th.	179.87 Ranked 5th. 560 times more than Lebanon
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	246.84 per 1,000 people Ranked 53th.	527.94 per 1,000 people Ranked 14th. 2 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million	82.78 Ranked 5th.	88.89 Ranked 5th. 7% more than Lebanon
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	1.53 per 1,000 people Ranked 69th.	3.98 per 1,000 people Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Lebanon
Internet > Linux web servers per million	1.19 Ranked 63th.	22.65 Ranked 15th. 19 times more than Lebanon
Internet > IP addresses (share)	0.0 Ranked 178th.	2.9 Ranked 4th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people	1.27 Ranked 64th.	20.62 Ranked 34th. 16 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita	1.36 per 1 million people Ranked 42nd.	60.93 per 1 million people Ranked 6th. 45 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita	1.9 per 1 million people Ranked 49th.	212.18 per 1 million people Ranked 4th. 112 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita	5.16 per 1 million people Ranked 45th.	291.93 per 1 million people Ranked 7th. 57 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities	183 Ranked 24th.	2,143 Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Lebanon
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP	56.76% Ranked 8th. 45% more than United Kingdom	39.11% Ranked 23th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	43.03% Ranked 27th.	45.41% Ranked 23th. 6% more than Lebanon
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	43.17% Ranked 24th. 37% more than United Kingdom	31.51% Ranked 53th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	41 Ranked 50th.	24,714 Ranked 1st. 603 times more than Lebanon
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	3.45 per 1 million people Ranked 23th. 91% more than United Kingdom	1.81 per 1 million people Ranked 47th.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.212 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 18th. 5% more than United Kingdom	0.201 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 23th.
Telephone lines	750,000 Ranked 83th.	33.21 million Ranked 10th. 44 times more than Lebanon
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	211,000 Ranked 63th.	17.28 million Ranked 6th. 82 times more than Lebanon
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports	3.61% Ranked 134th.	10.08% Ranked 23th. 3 times more than Lebanon
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports	1.92% Ranked 63th.	7.74% Ranked 19th. 4 times more than Lebanon
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita	0.543 per 1 million people Ranked 51st.	151.92 per 1 million people Ranked 7th. 280 times more than Lebanon

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. 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.; Internet World Stats, June 30, 2010; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbook, December 2003. 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.; World Development Indicators 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.; 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; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003. 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.; 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.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; 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; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 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. 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.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables. 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 Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; OpenNet Initiative (ONI), ONI Data, https://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/ONI_data-20130920.zip; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables. 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.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; http://www.iana.org/numbers; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables. 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.; ITU; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. 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.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (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); LiveJournal; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables. 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.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; Wikipedia: List of country calling codes (Alphabetical listing by country or region); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); 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); UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; LiveJournal. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. 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