Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call (off-peak rate - current US$) by country
Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. The price of a three minute off-peak rate call from a mobile cellular telephone to a mobile cellular subscriber of the same network. A note indicates whether taxes are included (preferred) or not, or if the price refers to a...
What the numbers show
Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call (off-peak rate - current US$) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 1.34 off-peak rate - current US$ in Morocco; the lowest is 0.0206 off-peak rate - current US$ in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5908 off-peak rate - current US$, and the mean is 0.5837 off-peak rate - current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 65.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 310.1%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 69.3%).
Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco | 1.34 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 264.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Chad | 1.14 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 0.953 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Cameroon | 0.953 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Seychelles | 0.9192 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Cabo Verde | 0.9105 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 0.8913 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 8 | South Africa | 0.8851 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 165.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Namibia | 0.8851 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 100.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Niger | 0.7942 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 196.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Eswatini | 0.7789 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 123.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 0.7624 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Botswana | 0.7547 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Togo | 0.7306 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Mozambique | 0.7173 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Zambia | 0.7039 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Mali | 0.6989 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Lesotho | 0.6974 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 118.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Angola | 0.6535 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 310.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Madagascar | 0.6533 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Comoros | 0.6353 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.629 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Mauritania | 0.6289 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Nigeria | 0.6044 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Malawi | 0.5908 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Burundi | 0.5834 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2006 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5718 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Uganda | 0.556 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2005 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Benin | 0.5464 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Djibouti | 0.5419 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Senegal | 0.54 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Tunisia | 0.4889 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 33 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.4664 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Gabon | 0.459 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Rwanda | 0.4487 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Ghana | 0.422 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2006 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Zimbabwe | 0.4052 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2000 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Gambia | 0.3716 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Eritrea | 0.3512 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Libya | 0.3425 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Algeria | 0.3304 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 182.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Kenya | 0.3103 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 0.214 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Sudan | 0.1826 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Guinea | 0.1636 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2008 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 46 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.1329 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2005 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Mauritius | 0.1295 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 48 | Egypt | 0.1082 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Somalia | 0.0206 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2005 | — | 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 high income) 0.6534 off-peak rate - current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.6534 off-peak rate - current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 0.6534 off-peak rate - current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 0.6533 off-peak rate - current US$
- Africa 0.6411 off-peak rate - current US$
- North Africa 0.4096 off-peak rate - current US$
About this data
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 US dollars.