Business telephone connection charge (current US$) by country
Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Installation (or connection) refers to the one-off charge involved in applying for business basic telephone service. Where there are different charges for different exchange areas, the charge for the largest urban area should...
What the numbers show
Business telephone connection charge (current US$) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 354.74 current US$ in Benin; the lowest is 0 current US$ in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 42.17 current US$, and the mean is 52.89 current US$.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 197.0%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 100.0%).
Business telephone connection charge: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benin | 354.74 current US$ | 2010 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 2 | Congo | 176.38 current US$ | 2011 | — | rising |
| 3 | Mauritius | 120.18 current US$ | 2011 | up 75.0% | falling |
| 4 | Comoros | 109.03 current US$ | 2010 | up 29.4% | falling |
| 5 | Chad | 107.21 current US$ | 2010 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 6 | Gabon | 104.13 current US$ | 2006 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 7 | Egypt | 92.7 current US$ | 2011 | down 63.2% | falling |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 74.97 current US$ | 2009 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 9 | South Africa | 71.68 current US$ | 2011 | up 197.0% | falling |
| 10 | Eritrea | 71.54 current US$ | 2011 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 11 | Togo | 71.48 current US$ | 2010 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Guinea-Bissau | 67.42 current US$ | 2000 | up 84.2% | rising |
| 13 | Cameroon | 63.58 current US$ | 2011 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 62.52 current US$ | 2011 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 15 | Uganda | 58.51 current US$ | 2011 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 16 | Djibouti | 56.27 current US$ | 2010 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 17 | Botswana | 55.28 current US$ | 2011 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 18 | Seychelles | 51.73 current US$ | 2011 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 19 | Rwanda | 49.97 current US$ | 2011 | up 49.6% | falling |
| 20 | Eswatini | 49.03 current US$ | 2011 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 21 | Angola | 48.96 current US$ | 2010 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 22 | Senegal | 48.76 current US$ | 2011 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Equatorial Guinea | 46.78 current US$ | 1998 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 24 | Lesotho | 44.71 current US$ | 2007 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 25 | Mali | 42.17 current US$ | 2011 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 26 | Namibia | 40.39 current US$ | 2011 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 27 | Kenya | 38.23 current US$ | 2011 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 28 | Niger | 31.79 current US$ | 2011 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Zambia | 31.27 current US$ | 2010 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Ghana | 29.76 current US$ | 2011 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 29.27 current US$ | 2000 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 32 | Gambia | 28.81 current US$ | 2011 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 33 | Madagascar | 28.23 current US$ | 2010 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 34 | Cape Verde | 26.36 current US$ | 2009 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 35 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.83 current US$ | 2011 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 36 | Burundi | 22.81 current US$ | 2010 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Cote d'Ivoire | 21.18 current US$ | 2009 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Mauritania | 20.28 current US$ | 2011 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Tanzania | 19.69 current US$ | 2009 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 40 | Guinea | 19.04 current US$ | 2010 | down 84.7% | flat |
| 41 | Ethiopia | 16.76 current US$ | 2011 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 42 | Mozambique | 16.72 current US$ | 2011 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Malawi | 15.63 current US$ | 2011 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Tunisia | 14.2 current US$ | 2011 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Morocco | 12.36 current US$ | 2011 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Algeria | 5.48 current US$ | 2011 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 0.0047 current US$ | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Sudan | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Nigeria | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 41.28 current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 41.28 current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa 41.28 current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 40.39 current US$
- Africa 39.31 current US$
- North Africa 13.28 current US$
About this data
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 US dollars.