To provide a program recording device which allows the ratio of the video recording time to a program televising time to be obtained.

A video-recording and reproducing device 6 provided in the program recording device records a broadcast program. A controller 3, provided in the program recording device, calculates a recording rate which is a ratio of the recording time to the program broadcasting time, on the basis of information acquired from the external database 7 and the recording time, wherein the information which is related to the broadcast program recorded by the recording and reproducing device 5 and includes information capable of specifying at least a program broadcasting time is acquired from an external database 7 through an interface circuit 4 and the recording time of the broadcast program recorded is obtained by the video-recording and reproducing device 6.