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Samoa

Samoa Media Stats

Definitions

STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Broadcast media state-owned TV station privatized in 2008; 4 privately-owned television broadcast stations; about a half dozen privately owned radio stations and one state-owned radio station; TV and radio broadcasts of several stations from American Samoa are available 2009
Households with television 96.73% 2003 12th out of 52
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 1.08 2010 159th out of 199
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 12.92 2012 154th out of 201
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 128.46 2013 156th out of 205
Internet > Users per 1000 44.18 2006 114th out of 152
Internet users 9,000 2009 194th out of 206
Personal computers > Per capita 6.64 per 1,000 people 2002 133th out of 161
Personal computers per 1000 6.8 2002 134th out of 161
Radio > List of radio stations

National Radio 2AP - government-run

Magik FM - popular music

K-Lite FM - easy listening music


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2012
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 47.44 2007 122nd out of 201
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 401.37 per 1,000 people 2007 98th out of 162
Television > List of TV stations

SBC TV - government-run, commercial

TV3 - private

Vaiala Beach Television (VBTV) - private

2012
Television receivers > Per capita 64.01 per 1,000 people 1997 114th out of 178
Televisions per 1000 48.59 2003 136th out of 191

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Development Indicators database; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Internet World Stats, June 30, 2010; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbook, December 2003. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

Citation

  • Samoa ranked second for radio receivers > per capita amongst Hot countries in 1997.
  • Samoa ranked 8th last for telecoms > mobile cellular subscriptions > per 100 people amongst East Asia and Pacific in 2007.

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