Households with television (%) in Uganda
Uganda: Households with television (%) was 6.4% in 2009. ▲ Rising
Households with television in Uganda, 2001–2009
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 Uganda is 6.4%, measured in 2009. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households with television in Uganda peaked at 6.4% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 5.6%, in 2001.
Uganda ranks 26th of 27 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Households with television (%) in Uganda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5.6% | — |
| 2002 | 5.7% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 5.8% | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 6.0% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 6.0% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 6.2% | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 6.2% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6.3% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 6.4% | +1.6% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 6.4% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35.8%, 18% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 6.4% is below the median for low income countries, which is 9.9%, 65% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Uganda
More infrastructure data for Uganda
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 41.60 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 83.17 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 195,975 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.3918 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 49.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 195,975 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.8317 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households with television in Uganda?
- Households with television in Uganda was 6.4% 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 6.4% in 2009.
- What is the lowest households with television recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6% in 2001.
- How does Uganda rank for households with television?
- Uganda ranks 26th out of 27 countries with data for 2009.
- Is households with television rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.