Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call (peak rate - current US$) by country
Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. The price of a three minute peak rate call from a mobile cellular telephone to a mobile cellular subscriber of the same network. A note indicates whether taxes are included (preferred) or not, or if the price refers to a...
What the numbers show
Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call (peak rate - current US$) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 1.34 peak rate - current US$ in Morocco; the lowest is 0.0411 peak rate - current US$ in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.6044 peak rate - current US$, and the mean is 0.6067 peak rate - current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 33.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 196.3%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 75.5%).
Mobile cellular: price of 3-minute local call (peak rate) … peak US: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco | 1.34 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Chad | 1.14 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 1.03 peak rate - current US$ | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Gabon | 1.03 peak rate - current US$ | 2006 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 0.953 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Cameroon | 0.953 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Seychelles | 0.9192 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Cape Verde | 0.9105 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 9 | South Africa | 0.8851 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Namibia | 0.8851 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Niger | 0.7942 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 196.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Eswatini | 0.7789 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Central African Republic | 0.7624 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Botswana | 0.7547 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Togo | 0.7306 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Mozambique | 0.7173 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Zambia | 0.7039 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Mali | 0.6989 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Lesotho | 0.6974 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Angola | 0.6535 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 117.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Madagascar | 0.6533 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Comoros | 0.6353 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.629 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Mauritania | 0.6289 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Nigeria | 0.6044 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Malawi | 0.5908 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Tanzania | 0.5908 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Burundi | 0.5834 peak rate - current US$ | 2006 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5718 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Benin | 0.5464 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Djibouti | 0.5419 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Senegal | 0.54 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Uganda | 0.5024 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 0.4998 peak rate - current US$ | 2000 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Tunisia | 0.4889 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.4664 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Rwanda | 0.4487 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Gambia | 0.3716 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Eritrea | 0.3512 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Libya | 0.3425 peak rate - current US$ | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Algeria | 0.3304 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 125.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Ghana | 0.3125 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Kenya | 0.3103 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 0.214 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Sudan | 0.1826 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Guinea | 0.1636 peak rate - current US$ | 2008 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Mauritius | 0.1295 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Egypt | 0.1082 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Somalia | 0.0411 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) 0.629 peak rate - current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.629 peak rate - current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 0.629 peak rate - current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 0.6289 peak rate - current US$
- Africa 0.6289 peak rate - current US$
- North Africa 0.4096 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 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.