Price of a 3-minute fixed telephone local call (off-peak rate - current US$) by country
Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Local call refers to the cost of an off-peak rate 3-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's own terminal (i.e., not from a public telephone). This indicator is expressed in US dollars.
What the numbers show
Price of a 3-minute fixed telephone local call (off-peak rate - current US$) is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 0.6358 off-peak rate - current US$ in Congo; the lowest is 0 off-peak rate - current US$ in Côte d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1095 off-peak rate - current US$, and the mean is 0.1366 off-peak rate - current US$.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 860.8%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 100.0%).
Price of a 3-minute fixed telephone local call: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congo | 0.6358 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Chad | 0.3815 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 272.8% | rising |
| 3 | Cameroon | 0.3612 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2010 | up 542.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 0.2813 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 190.5% | rising |
| 5 | Mauritania | 0.2433 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 179.8% | rising |
| 6 | Rwanda | 0.2249 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 137.2% | rising |
| 7 | Morocco | 0.2225 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 423.8% | rising |
| 8 | Angola | 0.2033 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 126.9% | rising |
| 9 | Kenya | 0.2027 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 238.1% | rising |
| 10 | Malawi | 0.184 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 342.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Lesotho | 0.1762 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2010 | up 166.2% | rising |
| 12 | Nigeria | 0.1754 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 91.9% | rising |
| 13 | Niger | 0.1589 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 210.7% | rising |
| 14 | Mozambique | 0.151 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 95.4% | rising |
| 15 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.1466 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 103.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Algeria | 0.1444 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 757.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Comoros | 0.1413 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 18 | Botswana | 0.1316 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 860.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Senegal | 0.1272 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 148.6% | rising |
| 19 | Benin | 0.1272 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 21 | Ghana | 0.119 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 22 | Mali | 0.1129 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | — | falling |
| 23 | Togo | 0.1125 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Tunisia | 0.1065 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 410.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Cape Verde | 0.1059 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 314.3% | rising |
| 26 | Uganda | 0.1053 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 27 | Somalia | 0.1028 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2005 | up 112.3% | rising |
| 28 | Gabon | 0.0988 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2008 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 29 | Namibia | 0.095 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 222.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Zambia | 0.0926 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 234.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0894 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | down 35.0% | flat |
| 32 | Madagascar | 0.0861 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2010 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 33 | South Africa | 0.0854 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 219.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Djibouti | 0.0844 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 35 | Gambia | 0.0743 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 162.5% | rising |
| 36 | Sudan | 0.0731 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 109.7% | rising |
| 37 | Mauritius | 0.0721 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 110.1% | rising |
| 38 | Burundi | 0.0622 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2010 | up 244.8% | rising |
| 39 | Seychelles | 0.0557 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 40 | Eswatini | 0.0413 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 115.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Guinea | 0.0262 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2010 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 42 | Egypt | 0.0248 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 96.7% | flat |
| 43 | Eritrea | 0.0215 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | down 39.3% | rising |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 0.0136 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 0 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 off-peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | 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 South Africa 0.1272 off-peak rate - current US$
- North Africa 0.1255 off-peak rate - current US$
- Africa 0.1231 off-peak rate - current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 0.1231 off-peak rate - current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.1231 off-peak rate - current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.1231 off-peak rate - current US$
About this data
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 US dollars.