Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call (off-peak rate - current LCU) by country

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. The price of a three minute off-peak rate call from a mobile cellular telephone to a mobile cellular subscriber of the same network. A note indicates whether taxes are included (preferred) or not, or if the price refers to a...

Countries reporting
49
Highest
15,342 off-peak rate - current LCU
Zimbabwe
Lowest
0.42 off-peak rate - current LCU
Sudan
Median
165 off-peak rate - current LCU
Years covered
50
1960–2009
Data points
853

What the numbers show

Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call (off-peak rate - current LCU) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 15,342 off-peak rate - current LCU in Zimbabwe; the lowest is 0.42 off-peak rate - current LCU in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 165 off-peak rate - current LCU, and the mean is 869.12 off-peak rate - current LCU.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 36,529.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 3,140.0%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 99.7%).

Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zimbabwe 15,342 off-peak rate - current LCU 2005 volatile
2 Sao Tome and Principe 7,560 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 volatile
3 Ghana 3,900 off-peak rate - current LCU 2006 up 63.7% volatile
4 Zambia 3,552 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 294.7% volatile
5 Sierra Leone 2,640 off-peak rate - current LCU 2006 volatile
6 Madagascar 1,278 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 68.8% volatile
7 Uganda 990 off-peak rate - current LCU 2005 volatile
8 Guinea 900 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 200.0% volatile
9 Burundi 600 off-peak rate - current LCU 2006 up 66.7% volatile
10 Chad 540 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 volatile
11 Cameroon 450 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 6.2% volatile
11 Burkina Faso 450 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 29.4% volatile
13 Niger 375 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 127.3% volatile
14 Central African Republic 360 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 20.0% volatile
15 Togo 345 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 2.5% volatile
16 Mali 330 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 54.2% volatile
17 Somalia 318.2 off-peak rate - current LCU 2005 volatile
18 Côte d'Ivoire 297 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 22.9% volatile
19 Guinea-Bissau 270 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 volatile
20 Benin 258 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 29.5% volatile
21 Senegal 255 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 15.0% volatile
21 Rwanda 255 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 volatile
23 Gabon 240 off-peak rate - current LCU 2006 volatile
24 Comoros 225 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 volatile
25 Mauritania 165 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 volatile
26 Tanzania, United Republic of 150 off-peak rate - current LCU 2005 up 150.0% volatile
27 Djibouti 96.3 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 8.3% volatile
28 Nigeria 90 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 7.1% volatile
29 Malawi 83.4 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 98.6% volatile
30 Cape Verde 72.27 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 19.7% volatile
31 Angola 51.84 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 3,140.0% volatile
32 Algeria 24 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 207.7% rising
32 Kenya 24 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 14.3% volatile
34 Mozambique 19.74 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 99.7% volatile
35 Seychelles 12.51 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 66.8% volatile
36 Morocco 10.8 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 200.0% rising
37 Gambia 9.9 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 230.0% volatile
38 South Africa 7.5 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 267.6% volatile
38 Namibia 7.5 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 177.8% volatile
40 Eswatini 6.6 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 209.9% volatile
41 Lesotho 5.91 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 203.1% volatile
42 Botswana 5.4 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 16.1% volatile
42 Eritrea 5.4 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 volatile
44 Mauritius 4.14 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 38.0% rising
45 Ethiopia 2.52 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 180.0% volatile
46 Tunisia 0.66 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 up 24.5% falling
47 Egypt 0.6 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 50.0% falling
48 Libya 0.45 off-peak rate - current LCU 2006 volatile
49 Sudan 0.42 off-peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 98.8% volatile

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Indicator
Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call (off-peak rate - current LCU)
Unit
off-peak rate - 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
52 places, 853 data points, 1960–2009
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Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. The price of a three minute off-peak rate call from a mobile cellular telephone to a mobile cellular subscriber of the same network. A note indicates whether taxes are included (preferred) or not, or if the price refers to a pre-paid or post-paid subscription. This indicator is expressed in national currency.