Households with television (%) in Zambia
Zambia: Households with television (%) was 27.0% in 2009. ▲ Rising
Households with television in Zambia, 2002–2009
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.
Households with television (%) in Zambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 19.0% | — |
| 2003 | 20.2% | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 21.4% | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 22.7% | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 24.1% | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 24.4% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 25.6% | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 27.0% | +5.5% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 27.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35.8%, 75% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 27.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40.0%, 68% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Zambia
More infrastructure data for Zambia
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 23.17 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 108.7 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 73,688 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.3457 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0035 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -9.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 73,688 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.09 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
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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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.