Households with television in Namibia
Namibia: Households with television was 41.8% in 2009. ▲ Rising
Households with television in Namibia, 2000–2009
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 41.8% for households with television in 2009. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and up 44.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households with television in Namibia peaked at 41.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 24.8%, in 2002.
That places Namibia 12th out of 27 countries with data for 2009, putting it in the middle of the range.
Households with television in Namibia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 29.0% | — |
| 2002 | 24.8% | -14.5% |
| 2003 | 26.9% | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 29.1% | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 31.5% | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 37.0% | +17.5% |
| 2007 | 37.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 40.1% | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 41.8% | +4.3% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 41.8% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35.8%, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 41.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40.0%, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Namibia
More infrastructure data for Namibia
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 2.58 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 85.16 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 77,390 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.55 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0255 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -4.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 77,390 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.8517 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households with television in Namibia?
- Households with television in Namibia was 41.8% 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 41.8% in 2009.
- What is the lowest households with television recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.8% in 2002.
- How does Namibia rank for households with television?
- Namibia ranks 12th out of 27 countries with data for 2009.
- Is households with television rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.