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Business telephone connection charge (current LCU) by country

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Installation (or connection) refers to the one-off charge involved in applying for business basic telephone service. Where there are different charges for different exchange areas, the charge for the largest urban area should...

Countries reporting
50
Highest
420,000 current LCU
Sao Tome and Principe
Lowest
0 current LCU
Nigeria
Median
7,850 current LCU
Years covered
30
1982–2011
Data points
915

What the numbers show

Business telephone connection charge (current LCU) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 420,000 current LCU in Sao Tome and Principe; the lowest is 0 current LCU in Nigeria.

The median across all reporting countries is 7,850 current LCU, and the mean is 36,365 current LCU.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 381.6%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 100.0%).

Business telephone connection charge: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sao Tome and Principe 420,000 current LCU 2011 up 5.0% volatile
2 Benin 175,696 current LCU 2010 down 0.6% rising
3 Zambia 150,000 current LCU 2010 unchanged volatile
4 Uganda 147,600 current LCU 2011 up 34.2% rising
5 Democratic Republic of Congo 131,907 current LCU 2005 down 99.6% volatile
6 Guinea 109,000 current LCU 2010 down 50.0% volatile
7 Congo 83,230 current LCU 2011 — rising
8 Madagascar 59,000 current LCU 2010 down 71.5% volatile
9 Gabon 54,450 current LCU 2006 unchanged flat
10 Chad 53,100 current LCU 2010 down 25.0% falling
11 Guinea-Bissau 48,000 current LCU 2000 up 381.6% rising
12 Comoros 40,500 current LCU 2010 down 10.0% flat
13 Central African Republic 35,400 current LCU 2009 down 58.5% falling
13 Togo 35,400 current LCU 2010 down 67.5% falling
15 Cameroon 30,000 current LCU 2011 unchanged volatile
15 Rwanda 30,000 current LCU 2011 up 102.7% rising
17 Burkina Faso 29,500 current LCU 2011 up 0.6% rising
18 Equatorial Guinea 27,600 current LCU 1998 unchanged flat
19 Tanzania 26,000 current LCU 2009 down 27.8% rising
20 Burundi 25,960 current LCU 2010 down 56.7% volatile
21 Senegal 23,010 current LCU 2011 down 1.7% volatile
22 Mali 19,900 current LCU 2011 down 64.8% falling
23 Niger 15,000 current LCU 2011 down 58.0% volatile
24 Cote d'Ivoire 10,000 current LCU 2009 down 76.2% volatile
24 Djibouti 10,000 current LCU 2010 down 50.0% falling
26 Mauritania 5,700 current LCU 2011 down 88.9% volatile
27 Angola 4,500 current LCU 2010 up 200.0% volatile
28 Mauritius 3,450 current LCU 2011 up 72.5% falling
29 Kenya 3,395 current LCU 2011 up 47.6% rising
30 Malawi 2,446 current LCU 2011 up 103.9% volatile
31 Cape Verde 2,092 current LCU 2009 down 30.3% falling
32 Eritrea 1,100 current LCU 2011 up 10.0% rising
33 Gambia 848.67 current LCU 2011 up 6.1% rising
34 Seychelles 640.44 current LCU 2011 up 114.2% rising
35 Egypt 550 current LCU 2011 down 45.0% rising
36 South Africa 520.46 current LCU 2011 up 150.5% rising
37 Mozambique 486 current LCU 2011 down 99.9% volatile
38 Algeria 400 current LCU 2011 down 88.6% rising
39 Botswana 378 current LCU 2011 up 68.0% rising
40 Eswatini 356.01 current LCU 2011 up 25.0% rising
41 Lesotho 315 current LCU 2007 down 27.6% falling
42 Namibia 293.25 current LCU 2011 up 10.2% rising
43 Ethiopia 283.3 current LCU 2011 down 7.1% rising
44 Morocco 99.96 current LCU 2011 down 91.7% rising
45 Sierra Leone 46.75 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
46 Ghana 45 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
47 Tunisia 20 current LCU 2011 down 75.0% volatile
48 Zimbabwe 10 current LCU 2010 down 99.2% volatile
49 Sudan 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
49 Nigeria 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Business telephone connection charge (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
50 places, 915 data points, 1982–2011
Last refreshed

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Installation (or connection) refers to the one-off charge involved in applying for business basic telephone service. Where there are different charges for different exchange areas, the charge for the largest urban area should be used and specified in a note. This indicator is expressed in local currency.