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Price of a 3-minute fixed telephone local call (off-peak rate - current LCU) by country

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Local call refers to the cost of an off-peak rate 3-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's own terminal (i.e., not from a public telephone). This indicator is expressed in national currency.

Countries reporting
48
Highest
1,591 off-peak rate - current LCU
Somalia
Lowest
0 off-peak rate - current LCU
Cote d'Ivoire
Median
23.03 off-peak rate - current LCU
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
700

What the numbers show

Price of a 3-minute fixed telephone local call (off-peak rate - current LCU) is currently reported for 48 countries. The highest value is 1,591 off-peak rate - current LCU in Somalia; the lowest is 0 off-peak rate - current LCU in Cote d'Ivoire.

The median across all reporting countries is 23.03 off-peak rate - current LCU, and the mean is 127.41 off-peak rate - current LCU.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 1,025.0%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 100.0%).

Price of a 3-minute fixed telephone local call: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Somalia 1,591 off-peak rate - current LCU 2005 up 691.5% volatile
2 Sao Tome and Principe 1,575 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 29.6% rising
3 Zambia 450 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 350.0% volatile
4 Congo 300 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 — volatile
5 Uganda 265.68 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 96.8% rising
6 Tanzania 230.4 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 265.7% volatile
7 Madagascar 180 off-peak rate - current LCU 2010 down 64.0% volatile
7 Chad 180 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 140.0% rising
9 Cameroon 178.88 off-peak rate - current LCU 2010 up 347.2% volatile
10 Guinea 150 off-peak rate - current LCU 2010 unchanged rising
11 Rwanda 135 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 221.4% volatile
12 Burkina Faso 132.75 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 87.0% rising
13 Niger 75 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 100.0% rising
14 Burundi 70.8 off-peak rate - current LCU 2010 up 444.6% volatile
15 Democratic Republic of Congo 69.2 off-peak rate - current LCU 2005 down 100.0% volatile
16 Mauritania 68.4 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 207.7% volatile
17 Benin 60 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 9.1% flat
17 Senegal 60 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 60.0% rising
19 Mali 53.25 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 — falling
20 Togo 53.1 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 unchanged volatile
21 Comoros 50 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 33.3% falling
22 Gabon 44.25 off-peak rate - current LCU 2008 down 41.0% falling
23 Malawi 28.8 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 860.0% volatile
24 Nigeria 27 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 125.0% rising
25 Angola 19.06 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 388.7% rising
26 Kenya 18 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 282.2% volatile
27 Djibouti 15 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 57.1% falling
28 Algeria 10.53 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 710.0% volatile
29 Cape Verde 8.4 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 166.7% rising
30 Mozambique 4.39 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 99.7% volatile
31 Gambia 2.19 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 288.3% rising
32 Mauritius 2.07 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 107.0% rising
33 Morocco 1.8 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 275.0% rising
34 Lesotho 1.29 off-peak rate - current LCU 2010 up 126.3% rising
35 Botswana 0.9 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 1,025.0% volatile
36 Namibia 0.69 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 283.3% volatile
36 Seychelles 0.69 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 13.8% falling
38 South Africa 0.62 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 169.6% volatile
39 Eritrea 0.33 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 17.5% rising
40 Eswatini 0.3 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 81.8% falling
41 Ethiopia 0.23 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 15.0% flat
42 Sudan 0.195 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 97.8% volatile
43 Ghana 0.18 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
44 Zimbabwe 0.17 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 88.7% volatile
45 Tunisia 0.15 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 400.0% volatile
46 Egypt 0.147 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 194.0% rising
47 Sierra Leone 0 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 100.0% falling
47 Cote d'Ivoire 0 off-peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Price of a 3-minute fixed telephone local call (off-peak rate - current LCU)
Unit
off-peak rate - current LCU
Source
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
48 places, 700 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Local call refers to the cost of an off-peak rate 3-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's own terminal (i.e., not from a public telephone). This indicator is expressed in national currency.