Households with television in Zambia

Zambia: Households with television was 27.0% in 2009. β–² Rising

Latest (2009)
27.0%
Change on year
up 5.5%
World rank
18th
of 27 countries
All-time high
27.0%
in 2009
All-time low
19.0%
in 2002
Years of data
8
2002–2009

Households with television in Zambia, 2002–2009

01020302002200520092002: 19 %2003: 20.2 %2004: 21.4 %2005: 22.7 %2006: 24.1 %2007: 24.4 %2008: 25.6 %2009: 27 %

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Measured in %.

Analysis

Zambia recorded 27.0% for households with television in 2009. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.

The figure is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 42.1% over ten years.

Zambia ranks 18th of 27 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Zambia

  1. 15 Angola 38.5% compare
  2. 16 Cameroon 33.1% compare
  3. 17 Mali 31.3% compare
  4. 19 Benin 25.4% compare
  5. 20 Mauritania 25.1% compare
  6. 21 Burkina Faso 18.4% compare

See the full ranking of 28 places β†’

More infrastructure data for Zambia

All data for Zambia β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is households with television in Zambia?
Households with television in Zambia was 27.0% 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 Zambia?
The highest recorded value was 27.0% in 2009.
What is the lowest households with television recorded in Zambia?
The lowest recorded value was 19.0% in 2002.
How does Zambia rank for households with television?
Zambia ranks 18th out of 27 countries with data for 2009.
Is households with television rising or falling in Zambia?
Over the last ten years it is up 42.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Zambia 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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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
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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.