SGI 2020 | Governance | Executive Accountability | Media

Per 1,000 adults, how many quality newspapers are there?

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Values among 41 countries

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Definition:	Total paid-for dailies, number of titles per million population
Year:	2017
Unit:	per million
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 (2016), CHL (2015), KOR (2012), MEX (2011), NZL (2016), USA (2014)
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 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:	BGR (2012), HRV (2016), GRC (2011), ISL (2011), IRL (2016), ITA (2016), LUX (2011), NOR (2016), PRT (2016), SVK (2013), SVN (2013), CHE (2006), TUR (2014)
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:	Unesco Online Database, Eurostat Online Database
Data for:	CYP, MLT
Exceptions:	CYP (2004), MLT (2004)
Annotation:	Unesco: Dataset: Communication and information URL: http://data.uis.unesco.org/I… 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

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	16.95125
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.:	Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Top group

Score

Quality Newspapers

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Norway

9.8

16.60

Upper middle group

Switzerland

8.7

14.52

Cyprus

8.4

13.90

Malta

7.5

12.23

Luxembourg

7.3

11.85

Bulgaria

6.1

9.61

Sweden

6.0

9.47

Lower middle group

Estonia

5.8

9.07

Czechia

5.6

8.73

Finland

5.6

8.68

South Korea

5.0

7.60

Latvia

4.5

6.68

Denmark

4.3

6.27

Mexico

4.3

6.15

New Zealand

3.8

5.31

USA

3.8

5.28

Germany

3.4

4.58

Slovenia

3.4

4.54

Lithuania

3.4

4.53

Greece

3.2

4.21

Iceland

3.1

3.97

Bottom group

Croatia

2.9

3.63

Hungary

2.8

3.46

Chile

2.6

3.01

Canada

2.5

2.80

Spain

2.4

2.71

Australia

2.3

2.43

Ireland

2.3

2.42

Slovakia

2.0

1.96

Italy

2.0

1.95

Netherlands

2.0

1.89

2.0

1.83

Austria

1.8

1.60

France

1.8

1.50

Belgium

1.8

1.49

Portugal

1.8

1.46

Turkey

1.7

1.38

Romania

1.7

1.27

Poland

1.6

1.09

Japan

1.5

0.94

Israel

1.4

0.80

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