Mobile cellular monthly subscription (current LCU) by country

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. The monthly subscription charge for mobile cellular service. Due to the variety of plans available in many countries, it is preferable to use the tariff with the cheapest initiation/connection charge. If prepaid services are...

Countries reporting
53
Highest
0 current LCU
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0 current LCU
Libya
Median
0 current LCU
Years covered
50
1960–2009
Data points
1,775

What the numbers show

Mobile cellular monthly subscription (current LCU) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 0 current LCU in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0 current LCU in Libya.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 current LCU, and the mean is 0 current LCU.

Mobile cellular monthly subscription: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sierra Leone 0 current LCU 2007 flat
1 Morocco 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Madagascar 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Mali 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Mozambique 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Mauritania 0 current LCU 2009 flat
1 Mauritius 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Malawi 0 current LCU 2009 volatile
1 Namibia 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Niger 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Nigeria 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Rwanda 0 current LCU 2009 volatile
1 Sudan 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Senegal 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Lesotho 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Somalia 0 current LCU 2007 flat
1 Sao Tome and Principe 0 current LCU 2009 flat
1 Eswatini 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Seychelles 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Chad 0 current LCU 2009 flat
1 Togo 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Tunisia 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Tanzania 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Uganda 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 South Africa 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Zambia 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Zimbabwe 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Algeria 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Burundi 0 current LCU 2007 down 100.0% volatile
1 Benin 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Burkina Faso 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Botswana 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Central African Republic 0 current LCU 2009 volatile
1 Cote d'Ivoire 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Cameroon 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 current LCU 1992 flat
1 Congo 0 current LCU 1995 flat
1 Comoros 0 current LCU 2009 flat
1 Cape Verde 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Djibouti 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Angola 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Egypt 0 current LCU 1986 flat
1 Eritrea 0 current LCU 2009 flat
1 Ethiopia 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Gabon 0 current LCU 2007 down 100.0% volatile
1 Ghana 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Guinea 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Gambia 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Guinea-Bissau 0 current LCU 2009 flat
1 Equatorial Guinea 0 current LCU 2007 flat
1 Kenya 0 current LCU 2009 down 100.0% volatile
1 Liberia 0 current LCU 2007 flat
1 Libya 0 current LCU 2007 flat

About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular monthly subscription (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
53 places, 1,775 data points, 1960–2009
Last refreshed

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. The monthly subscription charge for mobile cellular service. Due to the variety of plans available in many countries, it is preferable to use the tariff with the cheapest initiation/connection charge. If prepaid services are used (for those countries that have more prepaid than post-paid subscribers), the monthly subscription charge would be zero. If the plan includes free minutes, this should be put in a note. A note should indicate whether taxes are included (preferred) or not and what the rate is. This indicator is expressed in local currency.