What is the difference in telephone average cost of call to us between Africa and Lesotho?

0.0551 US$ per three minutes, with Lesotho ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Lesotho?

18 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2007.

Where does this data come from?

International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates, published as Telephone average cost of call to US (US$ per three minutes). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Africa vs Lesotho: Telephone average cost of call to US

Africa

0.1876 US$ per three minutes

in 2007

Lesotho

0.2427 US$ per three minutes

in 2007

Africa rank

5th

Lesotho rank

8th

Telephone average cost of call to US over time

Africa
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.2427 US$ per three minutes against 0.1876 US$ per three minutes in Africa, a difference of 0.0551 US$ per three minutes.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.3 times Africa's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 18 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Africa ahead.

Africa ranks 5th and Lesotho ranks 8th of 6 groups.

Across the 2 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 1 and Lesotho in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Africa	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.0751 US$ per three minutes	0.0326 US$ per three minutes	0.0424 US$ per three minutes	Africa
2000s	0.1119 US$ per three minutes	0.1853 US$ per three minutes	0.0734 US$ per three minutes	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher telephone average cost of call to us, Africa or Lesotho?: Lesotho, at 0.2427 US$ per three minutes against 0.1876 US$ per three minutes in Africa as of 2007.
What is the difference in telephone average cost of call to us between Africa and Lesotho?: 0.0551 US$ per three minutes, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Lesotho?: 18 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2007.
How do Africa and Lesotho rank globally for telephone average cost of call to us?: Africa ranks 5th and Lesotho ranks 8th of 6 groups.
Where does this data come from?: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates, published as Telephone average cost of call to US (US$ per three minutes). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Africa vs Lesotho: Telephone average cost of call to US. Statizoid, drawing on International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://science-tech.statizoid.com/compare/telephone-average-cost-of-call-to-us-us-per-three-minutes/africa/lesotho/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://science-tech.statizoid.com/compare/telephone-average-cost-of-call-to-us-us-per-three-minutes/africa/lesotho/">Africa vs Lesotho: Telephone average cost of call to US</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Telephone average cost of call to US (US$ per three minutes)
Unit: US$ per three minutes
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 56 places, 885 data points, 1982–2007
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States.