Media > Cinema Stats: compare key data on Nigeria & South Africa

Number of distribution companies: Total number of film distribution companies.
Number of distribution companies per million people: Total number of film distribution companies. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
Number of national feature films produced per million people: Number of national feature films produced. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Percentage of feature films co-produced: Percentage of feature films that are co-productions with international companies.
Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films: Percentage of feature films that are 100% funded by national companies.
Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies: Percentage of nationally based film distribution companies.

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STAT	Nigeria	South Africa
Number of distribution companies	120 Ranked 2nd. 20 times more than South Africa	6 Ranked 36th.
Number of distribution companies per million people	0.731 Ranked 31st. 6 times more than South Africa	0.119 Ranked 47th.
Number of national feature films produced	997 Ranked 2nd. 45 times more than South Africa	22 Ranked 45th.
Number of national feature films produced per million people	6.07 Ranked 17th. 14 times more than South Africa	0.435 Ranked 71st.
Percentage of feature films co-produced	0.101% Ranked 42nd.	72.73% Ranked 3rd. 718 times more than Nigeria
Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films	99.9% Ranked 17th. 4 times more than South Africa	27.27% Ranked 58th.
Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies	96.67% Ranked 17th.	100% Ranked 6th. 3% more than Nigeria

SOURCES: 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; 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; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables

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