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Households with television (%) by country

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.

Countries reporting
27
Highest
99.9%
Morocco
Lowest
5.3%
Rwanda
Median
38.9%
Years covered
21
1991–2011
Data points
226

What the numbers show

Households with television (%) is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 99.9% in Morocco; the lowest is 5.3% in Rwanda.

The median across all reporting countries is 38.9%, and the mean is 45.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.

Households with television: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Morocco 99.9% 2011 up 38.9% rising
2 Algeria 98.1% 2009 up 3.8% flat
3 Mauritius 96.9% 2010 up 4.2% flat
4 Egypt 95.9% 2011 up 3.3% flat
5 Seychelles 94.6% 2010 up 2.8% flat
6 Gambia 76.0% 2009 up 112.7% rising
7 South Africa 74.7% 2010 up 38.8% rising
8 Cape Verde 66.9% 2008 up 68.6% rising
9 Senegal 57.0% 2009 up 172.7% rising
10 Ghana 47.4% 2009 up 192.6% rising
11 Congo 47.0% 2011 up 270.7% rising
12 Namibia 41.8% 2009 up 44.1% rising
13 Nigeria 40.0% 2010 up 35.1% rising
14 Madagascar 38.9% 2010 up 516.7% volatile
15 Angola 38.5% 2009 — rising
16 Cameroon 33.1% 2009 up 101.8% rising
17 Mali 31.3% 2009 up 120.4% rising
18 Zambia 27.0% 2009 up 42.1% rising
19 Benin 25.4% 2009 up 63.9% rising
20 Mauritania 25.1% 2009 up 26.1% rising
21 Burkina Faso 18.4% 2009 up 187.5% rising
22 Tanzania 9.9% 2009 up 312.5% rising
23 Niger 9.9% 2008 up 101.4% rising
24 Malawi 8.7% 2011 up 191.4% rising
25 Liberia 8.6% 2009 up 104.8% rising
26 Uganda 6.4% 2009 up 14.3% rising
27 Rwanda 5.3% 2010 up 120.8% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Households with television (%)
Unit
%
Source
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
28 places, 226 data points, 1991–2011
Last refreshed

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.