Sierra Leone vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call

Sierra Leone
1.03 peak rate - current US$
in 2006
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.629 peak rate - current US$
in 2009
Sierra Leone rank
3rd
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
1st

Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
00.250.50.751196019842009

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 1.03 peak rate - current US$ against 0.629 peak rate - current US$ in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.401 peak rate - current US$.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 1st of 53 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 1 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0 peak rate - current US$ 0 peak rate - current US$ 0 peak rate - current US$
1970s 0 peak rate - current US$ 0 peak rate - current US$ 0 peak rate - current US$
1980s 0 peak rate - current US$ 0 peak rate - current US$ 0 peak rate - current US$
1990s 0 peak rate - current US$ 0.1778 peak rate - current US$ 0.1778 peak rate - current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s 0.7398 peak rate - current US$ 0.6776 peak rate - current US$ 0.0622 peak rate - current US$ Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call, Sierra Leone or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Sierra Leone, at 1.03 peak rate - current US$ against 0.629 peak rate - current US$ in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2006.
What is the difference in mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call between Sierra Leone and Sub-Saharan Africa?
0.401 peak rate - current US$, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Sub-Saharan Africa?
32 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2006.
How do Sierra Leone and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call?
Sierra Leone ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 1st of 53 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates, published as Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call (peak rate - current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call (peak rate - current US$)
Unit
peak rate - current US$
Source
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
59 places, 1,880 data points, 1960–2009
Last refreshed

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. The price of a three minute peak rate call from a mobile cellular telephone to a mobile cellular subscriber of the same network. A note indicates whether taxes are included (preferred) or not, or if the price refers to a pre-paid or post-paid subscription. This indicator is expressed in US dollars.