Countries Included: All world countries, economic regions, geographical regions
Years Covered: From 1993 to 2008
Indicators: Over 50 indicators from our database of 1,000 are currently display by Econ Stats
Data Sources: IMF, World Bank, UN, OECD, CIA World Factbook, Internet World Statistics, The Heritage Foundation and Transparency International
Last Updated: 1st August 2011
Numbers of TV broadcast and radio stations was traditionally a good guage of the development and openness of a country. However as cable TV and the internet become the primary source of entertainment and information, as is now the case in many advanced nations, this measure becomes less important.