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Mobile cellular monthly subscription (current US$) 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
7.43 current US$
Zimbabwe
Lowest
0 current US$
Morocco
Median
0 current US$
Years covered
50
1960–2009
Data points
1,932

What the numbers show

Mobile cellular monthly subscription (current US$) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 7.43 current US$ in Zimbabwe; the lowest is 0 current US$ in Morocco.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 current US$, and the mean is 0.1402 current US$.

Mobile cellular monthly subscription: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zimbabwe 7.43 current US$ 2000 — volatile
2 Senegal 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Madagascar 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Mozambique 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Mauritania 0 current US$ 2009 — flat
2 Mauritius 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Malawi 0 current US$ 2009 — volatile
2 Zambia 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Namibia 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Niger 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Nigeria 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Rwanda 0 current US$ 2009 — volatile
2 Sudan 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Tanzania 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Sierra Leone 0 current US$ 2007 — flat
2 Somalia 0 current US$ 1999 — flat
2 South Africa 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Sao Tome and Principe 0 current US$ 2009 — flat
2 Eswatini 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Uganda 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Seychelles 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Chad 0 current US$ 2009 — flat
2 Togo 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Tunisia 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Egypt 0 current US$ 1986 — flat
2 Angola 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Burundi 0 current US$ 2007 down 100.0% volatile
2 Benin 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Burkina Faso 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Botswana 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Central African Republic 0 current US$ 2009 — volatile
2 Cote d'Ivoire 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Cameroon 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 current US$ 1991 — flat
2 Congo 0 current US$ 1995 — flat
2 Comoros 0 current US$ 2009 — flat
2 Cape Verde 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Djibouti 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Algeria 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Mali 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Eritrea 0 current US$ 2009 — flat
2 Ethiopia 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Gabon 0 current US$ 2007 down 100.0% volatile
2 Ghana 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Guinea 0 current US$ 2007 down 100.0% volatile
2 Gambia 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Guinea-Bissau 0 current US$ 2009 — flat
2 Equatorial Guinea 0 current US$ 2007 — flat
2 Kenya 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Liberia 0 current US$ 2007 — flat
2 Libya 0 current US$ 2007 — flat
2 Lesotho 0 current US$ 2009 down 100.0% volatile
2 Morocco 0 current US$ 2009 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.

About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular monthly subscription (current US$)
Unit
current US$
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, 1,932 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 US dollars.