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Tunisia

Tunisia Media Stats

Definitions

STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Broadcast media broadcast media is mainly government-controlled; the state-run Tunisian Radio and Television Establishment (ERTT) operates 2 national television networks, several national radio networks, and a number of regional radio stations; 1 TV and 3 radio stations are privately-owned and report domestic news stories directly from the official Tunisian news agency; the state retains control of broadcast facilities and transmitters through L'Office National de la Telediffusion; Tunisians also have access to Egyptian, pan-Arab, and European satellite TV channels 2007
Households with television 91.68% 2002 47th out of 142
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 47.53 2012 97th out of 188
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 41.44 2012 100th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 410.48 2013 106th out of 205
Internet > Users per 1000 168.41 2007 86th out of 149
Internet users 3.5 million 2009 59th out of 206
News Agencies > List of news agencies

Agence Tunis Afrique Presse - state-run, English-language pages

Tunisia Live - news website, in English

2013
Personal computers > Per capita 56.65 per 1,000 people 2005 27th out of 58
Radio > List of radio stations

Tunisian Radio - state-run

Radio Mosaique FM - private

Jawhara FM - private


Full Article
2013
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 119.96 2012 61st out of 200
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 763.13 per 1,000 people 2007 72nd out of 162
Television > List of TV stations

National Tunisian TV - state-run

Hannibal TV - private, via satellite and terrestrially

2013
Television receivers > Per capita 99.84 per 1,000 people 1997 102nd out of 178
Televisions per 1000 93.5 2003 117th out of 191

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.

Citation

  • Tunisia ranked first for mobile phone subscribers per 1000 amongst Former French colonies in 2005.
  • Tunisia ranked #13 for telecoms > mobile cellular subscriptions > per 100 people amongst Muslim countries in 2012.

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