Countries ranked by cinema screens per million residents; 2017.
Cinema-screen availability is compared across nations in 2017. The values are expressed as screens per million residents from UNESCO’s archived per-capita indicator. The United States ranked first at 138.1 screens per million, ahead of Iceland at 133.1. Ireland ranked third at 122.1, while Norway recorded 92.8.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 138.1 | 2017 |
| 2 | Iceland | 133.1 | 2017 |
| 3 | Ireland | 122.1 | 2017 |
| 4 | France | 103.4 | 2017 |
| 5 | Australia | 101.0 | 2017 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 99.6 | 2017 |
| 7 | Norway | 92.8 | 2017 |
Source 1: UNESCO Feature Films and Cinema Data
Publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Dataset/table: Cinema screens per 100,000 inhabitants
Units: screens per 100,000 inhabitants
Date checked: 2026-07-17
Evidence: Provides the archived 2017 national cinema-screen rates used for the per-million comparison.
The archived UNESCO indicator is reported as screens per 100,000 inhabitants. Public values are expressed per million residents by applying the exact tenfold unit change.
The 2017 UNESCO per-capita screen rates were expressed per million residents and ordered from highest to lowest after removing aggregate rows.
Every row uses the same archived UNESCO indicator, the same year and the same population-based unit.
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