Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call (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 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 (peak rate - current LCU) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 17,049 peak rate - current LCU in Zimbabwe; the lowest is 0.42 peak rate - current LCU in Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 165 peak rate - current LCU, and the mean is 859.03 peak rate - current LCU.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 40,593.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 6,071.4%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 100.0%).
Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 17,049 peak rate - current LCU | 2005 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7,560 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 3 | Zambia | 3,552 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 97.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Sierra Leone | 3,060 peak rate - current LCU | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Madagascar | 1,278 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 75.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Uganda | 1,020 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Guinea | 900 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 780 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Somalia | 636.4 peak rate - current LCU | 2005 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Burundi | 600 peak rate - current LCU | 2006 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Chad | 540 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Gabon | 540 peak rate - current LCU | 2006 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Cameroon | 450 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 450 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Niger | 375 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 127.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 360 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | unchanged | volatile |
| 17 | Togo | 345 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Mali | 330 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 297 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 270 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Benin | 258 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Senegal | 255 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Rwanda | 255 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Comoros | 225 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Mauritania | 165 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Djibouti | 96.3 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Nigeria | 90 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Malawi | 83.4 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Cape Verde | 72.27 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Angola | 51.84 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 6,071.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Kenya | 24 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Algeria | 24 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 146.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Mozambique | 19.74 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Seychelles | 12.51 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Morocco | 10.8 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Gambia | 9.9 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 230.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Namibia | 7.5 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 37 | South Africa | 7.5 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Eswatini | 6.6 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Lesotho | 5.91 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Eritrea | 5.4 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Botswana | 5.4 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Mauritius | 4.14 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 2.52 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Tunisia | 0.66 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Egypt | 0.6 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Libya | 0.45 peak rate - current LCU | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Ghana | 0.44 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Sudan | 0.42 peak rate - current LCU | 2009 | down 98.8% | volatile |
About this data
Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. The price of a three minute 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.