Mobile cellular: price of 3-minute local call (peak rate) … peak LCU in Algeria
Algeria: Mobile cellular: price of 3-minute local call (peak rate) … peak LCU was 24 peak rate - current LCU in 2009. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call in Algeria, 1960–2009
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Measured in peak rate - current LCU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call in Algeria is 24 peak rate - current LCU, measured in 2009.
That represents a change of down 20.0% on the previous year and up 146.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call in Algeria peaked at 30 peak rate - current LCU in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0 peak rate - current LCU, in 1960.
Algeria ranks 31st of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Mobile cellular: price of 3-minute local call (peak rate) … peak LCU in Algeria, year by year
| Year | peak rate - current LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1965 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1970 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1975 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1976 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1977 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1978 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1979 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1980 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1981 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1982 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1983 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1984 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1985 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1986 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1987 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1988 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1989 | 0 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1992 | 10.8 peak rate - current LCU | — |
| 1993 | 13.8 peak rate - current LCU | +27.8% |
| 1994 | 15.6 peak rate - current LCU | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 19.5 peak rate - current LCU | +25.0% |
| 1996 | 19.6 peak rate - current LCU | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 19.6 peak rate - current LCU | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 9.75 peak rate - current LCU | -50.3% |
| 1999 | 9.75 peak rate - current LCU | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 9.75 peak rate - current LCU | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 9.75 peak rate - current LCU | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6.5 peak rate - current LCU | -33.3% |
| 2003 | 16.14 peak rate - current LCU | +148.3% |
| 2004 | 16.14 peak rate - current LCU | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 16.14 peak rate - current LCU | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 16.14 peak rate - current LCU | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 30 peak rate - current LCU | +85.9% |
| 2009 | 24 peak rate - current LCU | -20.0% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 24 peak rate - current LCU is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6.45 peak rate - current LCU, 3.7× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 24 peak rate - current LCU is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 5.73 peak rate - current LCU, 4.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mobile cellular: price of 3-minute local call (peak rate) … peak LCU in Algeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +148.3% | 6.5 peak rate - current LCU | 16.14 peak rate - current LCU |
| 2008 | +85.9% | 16.14 peak rate - current LCU | 30 peak rate - current LCU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 peak rate - current LCU | 0 peak rate - current LCU | 0 peak rate - current LCU | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 peak rate - current LCU | 0 peak rate - current LCU | 0 peak rate - current LCU | 6 |
| 1980s | 0 peak rate - current LCU | 0 peak rate - current LCU | 0 peak rate - current LCU | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.8 peak rate - current LCU | 9.75 peak rate - current LCU | 19.6 peak rate - current LCU | 8 |
| 2000s | 16.06 peak rate - current LCU | 6.5 peak rate - current LCU | 30 peak rate - current LCU | 9 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
- 28 Malawi 83.4 peak rate - current LCU compare
- 29 Cape Verde 72.27 peak rate - current LCU compare
- 30 Angola 51.84 peak rate - current LCU compare
- 31 Kenya 24 peak rate - current LCU compare
- 33 Mozambique 19.74 peak rate - current LCU compare
- 34 Seychelles 12.51 peak rate - current LCU compare
More science & technology data for Algeria
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 115.46 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.15 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 54.05 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 21.63 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 3.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 4.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled 329 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents 329 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call in Algeria?
- Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call in Algeria was 24 peak rate - current LCU in 2009, according to International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.
- What is the highest mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 30 peak rate - current LCU in 2008.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 peak rate - current LCU in 1960.
- How does Algeria rank for mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call?
- Algeria ranks 31st out of 53 countries with data for 2009.
- Is mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 146.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates, published as part of Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call (peak rate - current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.