2017 2016 2015 2014 Indonesia 47.8 Indonesia 31.4 Mexico 30.6 Nigeria 16.4 Nigeria 20.8 Iran 15.6 Iraq 9.0 Mexico 14.9 Tanzania 8.9 Afghanistan 9.9 Iran 8.9 Ukraine 7.6 Afghanistan 7.2 Ethiopia 6.9 Ukraine 6.5 Pakistan 6.5 Colombia 6.1 Iraq 6.2 Bangladesh 5.9 Bangladesh 5.3 Highest Percentage of Measured Audience by Country (weekly unduplicated) 2017 2016 2015 2014 Kosovo 64.8 Kosovo 59.7 Albania 61.0 Afghanistan 57.7 Burundi 58.0 Somalia 51.6 Armenia 48.3 Albania 49.0 Iraq 42.6 UAE* 48.4 Kyrgyzstan 40.6 Kuwait 38.9 Bahrain 40.4 Armenia 38.8 Kuwait 38.9 Qatar 38.1 Afghanistan 38.5 Liberia 36.3 Qatar 38.1 Iraq 35.5 * UAE results in 2014 and 2015 are among Arabs and Arab expats only in three Emirates. The audience estimate is on surveys conducted within the past five years (more than 70% of these surveys were conducted with the previous two years); in more than 100 countries and territories; and that represent 3.2 billion people in markets around the globe. The audience estimate excludes audiences in North Korea, Tibet, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Oman, and Turkmenistan, where BBG is currently unable to conduct audience surveys. The Broadcasting Board of Governors is an independent federal agency, supervising all U.S. civilian international broadcasting, whose mission is to inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy. BBG networks have an audience of 278 million in more than 100 countries. BBG networks include the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa), Radio Free Asia, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Marti).
2017 Indonesia 47.8 Mexico 30.6 Nigeria 20.8 Iraq 9.0 Tanzania 8.9 Iran 8.9 Afghanistan 7.2 Ukraine 6.5 Colombia 6.1 Bangladesh 5.9 2016 2015 2014 Indonesia 31.4 Nigeria 16.4 Iran 15.6 Mexico 14.9 Afghanistan 9.9 Ukraine 7.6 Ethiopia 6.9 Pakistan 6.5 Iraq 6.2 Bangladesh 5.3 Highest Percentage of Measured Audience by Country (weekly unduplicated) 2017 Kosovo 64.8 Albania 61.0 Burundi 58.0 Armenia 48.3 Iraq 42.6 Kyrgyzstan 40.6 Bahrain 40.4 Kuwait 38.9 Afghanistan 38.5 Qatar 38.1 2016 2015 2014 Kosovo 59.7 Afghanistan 57.7 Somalia 51.6 Albania 49.0 UAE* 48.4 Kuwait 38.9 Armenia 38.8 Qatar 38.1 Liberia 36.3 Iraq 35.5 * UAE results in 2014 and 2015 are among Arabs and Arab expats only in three Emirates. The audience estimate is on surveys conducted within the past five years (more than 70% of these surveys were conducted with the previous two years); in more than 100 countries and territories; and that represent 3.2 billion people in markets around the globe. The audience estimate excludes audiences in North Korea, Tibet, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Oman, and Turkmenistan, where BBG is currently unable to conduct audience surveys. The Broadcasting Board of Governors is an independent federal agency, supervising all U.S. civilian international broadcasting, whose mission is to inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy. BBG networks have an audience of 278 million in more than 100 countries. BBG networks include the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa), Radio Free Asia, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Marti).
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