SGI 2020 | Good Governance | Executive Accountability | Media

Per 1,000 adults, how many people buy a newspaper daily?

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Values among 41 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Total paid-for dailies, average circulation per 1000 population
Year:	2017
Unit:	0/00
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	World Press Trends Report, World Bank, World Development Indicators
Data for:	AUS, CAN, CHL, ISR, JPN, KOR, MEX, NZL, USA
Exceptions:	AUS (2015), CAN (2015), CHL (2012), ISR (2011), KOR (2012), MEX (2009), NZL (2016), USA (2014)
Annotation:	World Association of Newspapers: World Press Trends Report, Dataset: A.1 Total paid-for dailies, average circulation URL: http://www.wptdatabase.org/c… extracted May 21st, 2020 World Bank: Dataset: World Development Indicators, Population, total [SP.POP.TOTL] and Population ages 0-14, total [SP.POP.0014.TO] URL: https://databank.worldbank.o… extracted May 21st, 2020
Source 2:	World Press Trends Report, Eurostat Online Database
Data for:	AUT, BEL, BGR, HRV, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ITA, LVA, LTU, LUX, NLD, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, GBR
Exceptions:	AUT (2016), BGR (2012), DNK (2014), GRC (2011), ISL (2010), IRL (2016), LVA (2009), LUX (2011), NOR (2016), PRT (2016), SVK (2013), SVN (2013), CHE (2013), TUR (2015)
Annotation:	World Association of Newspapers: World Press Trends Report, Dataset: A.1 Total paid-for dailies, number of titles URL: http://www.wptdatabase.org/c… extracted May 21st, 2020 Eurostat: Dataset: Population on 1 January by broad age group and sex [demo_pjanbroad] URL https://appsso.eurostat.… extracted May 21st, 2020
Source 3:	SGI Estimate
Data for:	CYP, MLT

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	513.975
Minimum:	0
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9
Annotat.:	SGI estimate and indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Additional annotations and exceptions

Data for CYP, MLT are Missing. Imputed Value=SGI Estimate

Top group

Score

Newspaper Circulation

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Upper middle group

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Japan

7.7

381.12

Norway

6.6

319.83

Lower middle group

Switzerland

5.6

264.64

Luxembourg

5.6

264.55

South Korea

5.5

256.48

Finland

5.3

245.60

Austria

5.2

242.06

Cyprus

4.7

211.00

Germany

4.5

202.66

Iceland

4.3

191.13

Malta

4.1

175.90

Netherlands

4.1

174.56

Sweden

4.0

170.40

Denmark

3.9

163.78

USA

3.8

157.54

3.5

145.05

Estonia

3.5

144.19

Bulgaria

3.3

130.29

Canada

3.3

128.66

Israel

3.2

124.18

Belgium

3.1

120.86

Latvia

3.1

118.39

New Zealand

3.0

116.36

Ireland

3.0

116.29

Bottom group

France

2.9

106.52

Greece

2.8

103.68

Australia

2.7

97.27

Slovenia

2.7

94.28

Hungary

2.6

91.39

Czechia

2.4

80.84

Turkey

2.4

77.85

Slovakia

2.1

65.50

Mexico

2.1

60.94

Lithuania

2.0

58.13

Croatia

1.9

53.90

Poland

1.8

46.40

Italy

1.8

46.31

Spain

1.8

45.42

Chile

1.7

37.31

Romania

1.3

15.67

Portugal

1.1

5.06