Fans of Netflix or any other TV streaming service will know the pain of each country offering different content, thanks to licensing issues. This begs the question – how does India’s Netflix library stack up against the rest of the world? What content are we missing out on?

We’ve analysed the Netflix libraries of 73 countries to see how they compare in terms of quantity.

Number of titles in general

To choose an overall winner, we summed each country’s film and TV show counts to get the total number of titles. Japan wins, having the largest library overall at 6,032 individual titles, 28% more than India. India comes in at sixth place, just behind Ireland, with 4,706 titles in total.

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Rank Country No. of titles Compared to India 1 Japan 6032 28.18% 2 United States of America 5609 19.19% 3 Canada 5460 16.02% 4 United Kingdom 5108 8.54% 5 Ireland 5023 6.74% 6 India 4706 0.00% 7 Australia 4705 -0.02% 8 New Zealand 4568 -2.93% 9 Luxembourg 4534 -3.65% 10 Pakistan 4416 -6.16% 11 Bangladesh 4329 -8.01% 12 Belgium 4329 -8.01% 13 Malta 4253 -9.63% 14 Nepal 4224 -10.24% 15 Colombia 4188 -11.01% 16 Venezuela 4180 -11.18% 17 Mexico 4162 -11.56% 18 Uruguay 4122 -12.41% 19 Peru 4118 -12.49% 20 Guatemala 4117 -12.52% 21 Costa Rica 4115 -12.56% 22 Chile 4030 -14.36% 23 Brazil 3948 -16.11% 24 Slovakia 3852 -18.15% 25 Czech Republic 3850 -18.19% 26 Philippines 3835 -18.51% 27 Hungary 3827 -18.68% 28 Slovenia 3806 -19.12% 29 Malaysia 3803 -19.19% 30 Croatia 3800 -19.25% 31 Ukraine 3780 -19.68% 32 Zimbabwe 3780 -19.68% 33 Kenya 3774 -19.80% 34 Zambia 3703 -21.31% 35 Nigeria 3702 -21.33% 36 Latvia 3694 -21.50% 37 South Africa 3639 -22.67% 38 Switzerland 3556 -24.44% 39 Korea 3460 -26.48% 40 Russia 3450 -26.69% 41 Thailand 3389 -27.99% 42 Sweden 3311 -29.64% 43 Denmark 3305 -29.77% 44 Norway 3296 -29.96% 45 Singapore 3268 -30.56% 46 France 3228 -31.41% 47 Vietnam 3224 -31.49% 48 Finland 3186 -32.30% 49 Germany 3120 -33.70% 50 Romania 3117 -33.77% 51 Greece 3098 -34.17% 52 Austria 3042 -35.36% 53 Spain 2989 -36.49% 54 Netherlands 2932 -37.70% 55 Poland 2845 -39.55% 56 Taiwan 2842 -39.61% 57 Turkey 2812 -40.25% 58 Bahrain 2799 -40.52% 59 Bolivia 2799 -40.52% 60 Saudi Arabia 2799 -40.52% 61 United Arab Emirates 2799 -40.52% 62 Jordan 2798 -40.54% 63 Hong Kong 2788 -40.76% 64 Tunisia 2774 -41.05% 65 Algeria 2768 -41.18% 66 Morocco 2759 -41.37% 67 Iraq 2691 -42.82% 68 Egypt 2679 -43.07% 69 Lebanon 2663 -43.41% 70 Qatar 2658 -43.52% 71 Kuwait 2564 -45.52% 72 Portugal 2501 -46.86% 73 Indonesia 1586 -66.30%

Number of films

When it comes to films, Japan has the largest selection at 4,747 films, 42% more than India, which has a respectable 3,342 movies. India itself sits sixth on the leaderboard, just behind Ireland, the UK, Canada, the US and Japan. This means that 92% of analysed Netflix countries have a smaller film selection than ours. The smallest film library goes to Indonesia at 1,305.

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Rank Country No. of films Compared to India 1 Japan 4747 42.04% 2 United States of America 3999 19.66% 3 Canada 3998 19.63% 4 United Kingdom 3621 8.35% 5 Ireland 3595 7.57% 6 India 3342 0.00% 7 Australia 3270 -2.15% 8 Mexico 3163 -5.36% 9 Colombia 3156 -5.57% 10 New Zealand 3146 -5.86% 11 Venezuela 3144 -5.92% 12 Luxembourg 3126 -6.46% 13 Pakistan 3103 -7.15% 14 Uruguay 3096 -7.36% 15 Peru 3094 -7.42% 16 Guatemala 3093 -7.45% 17 Costa Rica 3091 -7.51% 18 Chile 3054 -8.62% 19 Bangladesh 3029 -9.37% 20 Belgium 3029 -9.37% 21 Brazil 2993 -10.44% 22 Nepal 2985 -10.68% 23 Malta 2944 -11.91% 24 Czech Republic 2663 -20.32% 25 Slovakia 2662 -20.35% 26 Hungary 2636 -21.13% 27 Philippines 2634 -21.18% 28 Malaysia 2628 -21.36% 29 Zimbabwe 2623 -21.51% 30 Slovenia 2618 -21.66% 31 Croatia 2617 -21.69% 32 Korea 2617 -21.69% 33 Kenya 2609 -21.93% 34 Ukraine 2601 -22.17% 35 Switzerland 2562 -23.34% 36 Zambia 2547 -23.79% 37 Nigeria 2544 -23.88% 38 Latvia 2515 -24.75% 39 Denmark 2505 -25.04% 40 Sweden 2492 -25.43% 41 Norway 2491 -25.46% 42 Finland 2419 -27.62% 43 Russia 2369 -29.11% 44 South Africa 2369 -29.11% 45 Thailand 2345 -29.83% 46 France 2319 -30.61% 47 Vietnam 2258 -32.44% 48 Germany 2240 -32.97% 49 Romania 2225 -33.42% 50 Greece 2221 -33.54% 51 Singapore 2218 -33.63% 52 Austria 2198 -34.23% 53 Spain 2153 -35.58% 54 Netherlands 2135 -36.12% 55 Poland 2062 -38.30% 56 Bahrain 2020 -39.56% 57 Bolivia 2020 -39.56% 58 Jordan 2020 -39.56% 59 Saudi Arabia 2020 -39.56% 60 United Arab Emirates 2020 -39.56% 61 Tunisia 2002 -40.10% 62 Algeria 1996 -40.28% 63 Turkey 1990 -40.45% 64 Morocco 1988 -40.51% 65 Iraq 1967 -41.14% 66 Egypt 1953 -41.56% 67 Lebanon 1938 -42.01% 68 Hong Kong 1935 -42.10% 69 Taiwan 1935 -42.10% 70 Qatar 1931 -42.22% 71 Kuwait 1916 -42.67% 72 Portugal 1794 -46.32% 73 Indonesia 1305 -60.95%

Number of TV shows

As for TV shows, India drops down to eighth in the world with 1,364 shows on offer, which is better than 89% of the countries analysed. The US Netflix library holds the most shows at 1,610, while Indonesia again has the least at only 281 TV shows.

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Rank Country No. of TV shows Compared to India 1 United States of America 1610 18.04% 2 United Kingdom 1487 9.02% 3 Canada 1462 7.18% 4 Australia 1435 5.21% 5 Ireland 1428 4.69% 6 New Zealand 1422 4.25% 7 Luxembourg 1408 3.23% 8 India 1364 0.00% 9 Pakistan 1313 -3.74% 10 Malta 1309 -4.03% 11 Bangladesh 1300 -4.69% 12 Belgium 1300 -4.69% 13 Japan 1285 -5.79% 14 South Africa 1270 -6.89% 15 Nepal 1239 -9.16% 16 Philippines 1201 -11.95% 17 Hungary 1191 -12.68% 18 Slovakia 1190 -12.76% 19 Slovenia 1188 -12.90% 20 Czech Republic 1187 -12.98% 21 Croatia 1183 -13.27% 22 Latvia 1179 -13.56% 23 Ukraine 1179 -13.56% 24 Malaysia 1175 -13.86% 25 Kenya 1165 -14.59% 26 Nigeria 1158 -15.10% 27 Zimbabwe 1157 -15.18% 28 Zambia 1156 -15.25% 29 Russia 1081 -20.75% 30 Singapore 1050 -23.02% 31 Thailand 1044 -23.46% 32 Venezuela 1036 -24.05% 33 Colombia 1032 -24.34% 34 Uruguay 1026 -24.78% 35 Costa Rica 1024 -24.93% 36 Guatemala 1024 -24.93% 37 Peru 1024 -24.93% 38 Mexico 999 -26.76% 39 Switzerland 994 -27.13% 40 Chile 976 -28.45% 41 Vietnam 966 -29.18% 42 Brazil 955 -29.99% 43 France 909 -33.36% 44 Taiwan 907 -33.50% 45 Romania 892 -34.60% 46 Germany 880 -35.48% 47 Greece 877 -35.70% 48 Hong Kong 853 -37.46% 49 Austria 844 -38.12% 50 Korea 843 -38.20% 51 Spain 836 -38.71% 52 Turkey 822 -39.74% 53 Sweden 819 -39.96% 54 Norway 805 -40.98% 55 Denmark 800 -41.35% 56 Netherlands 797 -41.57% 57 Poland 783 -42.60% 58 Bahrain 779 -42.89% 59 Bolivia 779 -42.89% 60 Saudi Arabia 779 -42.89% 61 United Arab Emirates 779 -42.89% 62 Jordan 778 -42.96% 63 Algeria 772 -43.40% 64 Tunisia 772 -43.40% 65 Morocco 771 -43.48% 66 Finland 767 -43.77% 67 Qatar 727 -46.70% 68 Egypt 726 -46.77% 69 Lebanon 725 -46.85% 70 Iraq 724 -46.92% 71 Portugal 707 -48.17% 72 Kuwait 648 -52.49% 73 Indonesia 281 -79.40%