Households with television in Ghana
Ghana: Households with television was 47.4% in 2009. ▲ Rising
Households with television in Ghana, 1997–2009
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for households with television in Ghana is 47.4%, measured in 2009. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.5% on the previous year and up 192.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households with television in Ghana peaked at 47.4% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 16.2%, in 1997.
That places Ghana 10th out of 27 countries with data for 2009, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.2% | 16.2% | 16.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 34.3% | 24.0% | 47.4% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More infrastructure data for Ghana
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.7824 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 269,356 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 113.65 per 100 people (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 39.13 million (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 440,680 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 0 million ton-km (2019)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 11,490 (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 30.3 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 914.05 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 72.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households with television in Ghana?
- Households with television in Ghana was 47.4% in 2009, according to International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.
- What is the highest households with television recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 47.4% in 2009.
- What is the lowest households with television recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.2% in 1997.
- How does Ghana rank for households with television?
- Ghana ranks 10th out of 27 countries with data for 2009.
- Is households with television rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 192.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates, published as part of Households with television (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.