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Price of a 3-minute fixed telephone local call (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 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 local currency.

Countries reporting
51
Highest
1,591 peak rate - current LCU
Somalia
Lowest
0 peak rate - current LCU
Libya
Median
48.6 peak rate - current LCU
Years covered
30
1982–2011
Data points
969

What the numbers show

Price of a 3-minute fixed telephone local call (peak rate - current LCU) is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 1,591 peak rate - current LCU in Somalia; the lowest is 0 peak rate - current LCU in Libya.

The median across all reporting countries is 48.6 peak rate - current LCU, and the mean is 149.53 peak rate - current LCU.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 2,876.2%), 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 peak rate - current LCU 2005 up 446.7% rising
2 Sao Tome and Principe 1,575 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 29.6% volatile
3 Zambia 599.4 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 199.7% volatile
4 Madagascar 594 peak rate - current LCU 2010 down 1.0% volatile
5 Uganda 461.25 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 105.0% rising
6 Tanzania, United Republic of 422.4 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 570.5% volatile
7 Congo 300 peak rate - current LCU 2011 — volatile
8 Côte d'Ivoire 180 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 400.0% volatile
8 Chad 180 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 140.0% rising
10 Cameroon 178.88 peak rate - current LCU 2010 up 347.2% volatile
11 Guinea 150 peak rate - current LCU 2010 unchanged rising
12 Rwanda 135 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 221.4% volatile
13 Burkina Faso 132.75 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 87.0% rising
14 Senegal 120 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 60.0% rising
15 Togo 106.2 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 50.0% volatile
16 Mauritania 102.6 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 200.0% volatile
17 Gabon 88.5 peak rate - current LCU 2008 down 1.7% rising
18 Guinea-Bissau 85 peak rate - current LCU 1997 up 286.4% volatile
19 Niger 75 peak rate - current LCU 2011 unchanged rising
20 Burundi 70.8 peak rate - current LCU 2010 up 444.6% volatile
21 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 69.2 peak rate - current LCU 2005 down 100.0% volatile
22 Central African Republic 60 peak rate - current LCU 2009 down 80.0% falling
22 Benin 60 peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 9.1% flat
24 Mali 53.25 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 4.4% falling
25 Comoros 50 peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 33.3% falling
26 Nigeria 48.6 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 276.7% volatile
27 Malawi 36 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 700.0% volatile
28 Angola 23.81 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 2,876.2% volatile
29 Kenya 18 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 282.2% volatile
30 Djibouti 15 peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 57.1% falling
31 Cape Verde 12 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 166.7% rising
32 Algeria 10.53 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 710.0% volatile
33 Mozambique 6.94 peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 99.6% volatile
34 Mauritius 2.36 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 136.0% rising
35 Gambia 2.19 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 173.8% volatile
36 Morocco 1.8 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 87.5% rising
37 Lesotho 1.68 peak rate - current LCU 2010 up 1,300.0% volatile
38 Namibia 1.38 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 360.0% volatile
39 South Africa 1.26 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 100.0% volatile
40 Botswana 1.2 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 990.9% volatile
41 Seychelles 0.89 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 11.2% flat
42 Eswatini 0.57 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 72.7% rising
43 Eritrea 0.33 peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 17.5% rising
44 Ethiopia 0.23 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 15.0% flat
45 Sudan 0.195 peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 97.8% volatile
46 Ghana 0.18 peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 99.9% volatile
47 Zimbabwe 0.17 peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 91.5% volatile
48 Tunisia 0.15 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 400.0% volatile
49 Egypt 0.147 peak rate - current LCU 2011 up 194.0% rising
50 Sierra Leone 0 peak rate - current LCU 2011 down 100.0% falling
50 Libya 0 peak rate - current LCU 2006 down 100.0% falling

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About this data

Indicator
Price of a 3-minute fixed telephone local call (peak rate - current LCU)
Unit
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
51 places, 969 data points, 1982–2011
Last refreshed

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Local call refers to the cost of 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 local currency.