Price of a 3-minute fixed telephone local call (peak rate - current US$) by country
Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Local call refers to the cost of peak rate 3-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's own terminal (i.e., not from a public telephone). This indicator is expressed in US dollars.
What the numbers show
Price of a 3-minute fixed telephone local call (peak rate - current US$) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 0.6358 peak rate - current US$ in Congo; the lowest is 0 peak rate - current US$ in Libya.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1485 peak rate - current US$, and the mean is 0.1717 peak rate - current US$.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 1,227.1%), 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 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Chad | 0.3815 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 272.8% | rising |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.3815 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 676.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Mauritania | 0.365 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 172.8% | rising |
| 5 | Cameroon | 0.3612 peak rate - current US$ | 2010 | up 542.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Nigeria | 0.3158 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 172.3% | rising |
| 7 | Madagascar | 0.2842 peak rate - current US$ | 2010 | up 220.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 0.2813 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 190.5% | rising |
| 9 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.2687 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 273.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Senegal | 0.2543 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 148.6% | rising |
| 11 | Angola | 0.254 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 218.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Mozambique | 0.2388 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 208.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Malawi | 0.23 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 269.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Lesotho | 0.2295 peak rate - current US$ | 2010 | up 1,227.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Togo | 0.2251 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 133.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Rwanda | 0.2249 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 137.2% | rising |
| 17 | Morocco | 0.2225 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 161.9% | rising |
| 18 | Kenya | 0.2027 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 238.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Gabon | 0.1976 peak rate - current US$ | 2008 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 20 | Namibia | 0.1901 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 445.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Uganda | 0.1828 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 22 | Botswana | 0.1755 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 831.7% | volatile |
| 23 | South Africa | 0.1735 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 137.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Niger | 0.1589 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 55.3% | falling |
| 25 | Cape Verde | 0.1513 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 314.3% | rising |
| 26 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1456 peak rate - current US$ | 1997 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 27 | Algeria | 0.1444 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 757.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Comoros | 0.1413 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 29 | Benin | 0.1272 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 41.2% | falling |
| 30 | Central African Republic | 0.1271 peak rate - current US$ | 2009 | down 73.9% | falling |
| 31 | Zambia | 0.1233 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 122.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Ghana | 0.119 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 326.8% | rising |
| 33 | Mali | 0.1129 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 62.2% | falling |
| 34 | Tunisia | 0.1065 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 410.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Somalia | 0.1028 peak rate - current US$ | 2005 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0894 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Djibouti | 0.0844 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 38 | Mauritius | 0.0822 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 139.5% | rising |
| 39 | Eswatini | 0.0785 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 104.8% | falling |
| 40 | Gambia | 0.0743 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Sudan | 0.0731 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 109.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Seychelles | 0.0719 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 43 | Burundi | 0.0622 peak rate - current US$ | 2010 | up 244.8% | flat |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 0.045 peak rate - current US$ | 2000 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 45 | Guinea | 0.0262 peak rate - current US$ | 2010 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 46 | Egypt | 0.0248 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | up 96.7% | falling |
| 47 | Eritrea | 0.0215 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 48 | Ethiopia | 0.0136 peak rate - current US$ | 2011 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Sierra Leone | 0 peak rate - current US$ | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Libya | 0 peak rate - current US$ | 2006 | down 100.0% | falling |
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 0.1901 peak rate - current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 0.1864 peak rate - current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.1864 peak rate - current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.1864 peak rate - current US$
- Africa 0.1792 peak rate - current US$
- North Africa 0.1255 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 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.