Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa: Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call was 0.6289 peak rate - current US$ in 2009. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa, 1960–2009
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Measured in peak rate - current US$.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa recorded 0.6289 peak rate - current US$ for mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call in 2009.
That represents a change of down 9.2% on the previous year and up 52.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa peaked at 0.7712 peak rate - current US$ in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0 peak rate - current US$, in 1960.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa, year by year
| Year | peak rate - current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1965 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1970 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1975 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1976 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1977 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1978 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1979 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1980 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1981 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1982 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1983 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1984 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1985 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1986 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1987 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1988 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1989 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1990 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1991 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1992 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1993 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1994 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1995 | 0 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1996 | 0.1671 peak rate - current US$ | — |
| 1997 | 0.4791 peak rate - current US$ | +186.6% |
| 1998 | 0.4638 peak rate - current US$ | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.4124 peak rate - current US$ | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 0.632 peak rate - current US$ | +53.3% |
| 2001 | 0.6679 peak rate - current US$ | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 0.6117 peak rate - current US$ | -8.4% |
| 2003 | 0.5797 peak rate - current US$ | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 0.5838 peak rate - current US$ | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.7712 peak rate - current US$ | +32.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7172 peak rate - current US$ | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 0.6927 peak rate - current US$ | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 0.6289 peak rate - current US$ | -9.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +186.6% | 0.1671 peak rate - current US$ | 0.4791 peak rate - current US$ |
| 2000 | +53.3% | 0.4124 peak rate - current US$ | 0.632 peak rate - current US$ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 peak rate - current US$ | 0 peak rate - current US$ | 0 peak rate - current US$ | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 peak rate - current US$ | 0 peak rate - current US$ | 0 peak rate - current US$ | 6 |
| 1980s | 0 peak rate - current US$ | 0 peak rate - current US$ | 0 peak rate - current US$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1522 peak rate - current US$ | 0 peak rate - current US$ | 0.4791 peak rate - current US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6539 peak rate - current US$ | 0.5797 peak rate - current US$ | 0.7712 peak rate - current US$ | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa
- 1 Morocco 1.34 peak rate - current US$ compare
- 2 Chad 1.14 peak rate - current US$ compare
- 3 Sierra Leone 1.03 peak rate - current US$ compare
- 4 Gabon 1.03 peak rate - current US$ compare
- 5 Burkina Faso 0.953 peak rate - current US$ compare
- 5 Cameroon 0.953 peak rate - current US$ compare
- 7 Seychelles 0.9192 peak rate - current US$ compare
More science & technology data for Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa
- Mobile phone subscribers 494.23 per 1,000 people (2011)
- Telephone mainlines 9.68 per 1,000 people (2011)
- Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers 503.91 per 1,000 people (2011)
- Revenue from mobile communication 14.65 billion current US$ (2011)
- Mobile cellular postpaid connection charge 2.12 current US$ (2009)
- Mobile cellular monthly subscription 0 current US$ (2009)
- External debt, end year 11.86 trillion current US$ (2011)
- Number of radio sets 4.40 million (2008)
- Radio sets 10.82 million per 1,000 people (2001)
- Revenue from fixed telephone service 1.68 billion current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa?
- Mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa was 0.6289 peak rate - current US$ 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 Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7712 peak rate - current US$ in 2005.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 peak rate - current US$ in 1960.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa rank for mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call?
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa ranks 4th out of 6 groups with data for 2009.
- Is mobile cellular - price of 3-minute local call rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 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 US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.