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Residential telephone connection charge (current LCU) by country

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Installation refers to the one time charge involved in applying for basic telephone service for business purposes. Where there are different charges for different exchange areas, the charge is generally for the largest urban...

Countries reporting
51
Highest
420,000 current LCU
Sao Tome and Principe
Lowest
0 current LCU
Morocco
Median
4,725 current LCU
Years covered
30
1982–2011
Data points
958

What the numbers show

Residential telephone connection charge (current LCU) is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 420,000 current LCU in Sao Tome and Principe; the lowest is 0 current LCU in Morocco.

The median across all reporting countries is 4,725 current LCU, and the mean is 29,221 current LCU.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 487.7%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 100.0%).

Residential telephone connection charge: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sao Tome and Principe 420,000 current LCU 2011 up 5.0% volatile
2 Uganda 147,600 current LCU 2011 up 34.2% rising
3 Benin 96,500 current LCU 2011 unchanged rising
4 Congo 83,230 current LCU 2011 — rising
5 Togo 59,000 current LCU 2011 down 45.9% falling
5 Madagascar 59,000 current LCU 2010 down 71.5% volatile
7 Democratic Republic of Congo 56,222 current LCU 2005 down 99.8% volatile
8 Gabon 54,450 current LCU 2006 unchanged flat
9 Chad 53,100 current LCU 2010 down 25.0% falling
10 Zambia 50,000 current LCU 2010 unchanged volatile
11 Guinea-Bissau 48,000 current LCU 2000 up 381.6% rising
12 Comoros 40,500 current LCU 2010 down 10.0% flat
13 Central African Republic 35,400 current LCU 2009 down 36.1% falling
14 Rwanda 30,000 current LCU 2011 up 102.7% rising
15 Burkina Faso 29,500 current LCU 2011 up 0.6% rising
15 Guinea 29,500 current LCU 2010 down 86.5% rising
17 Burundi 25,960 current LCU 2010 up 159.6% volatile
18 Tanzania 25,600 current LCU 2011 down 28.9% rising
19 Cameroon 23,850 current LCU 2010 down 20.5% rising
20 Equatorial Guinea 23,450 current LCU 2010 down 0.6% flat
21 Senegal 23,010 current LCU 2011 down 1.7% falling
22 Mali 19,900 current LCU 2011 down 64.8% falling
23 Niger 15,000 current LCU 2011 down 50.0% volatile
24 Djibouti 10,000 current LCU 2011 down 50.0% falling
24 Cote d'Ivoire 10,000 current LCU 2011 down 71.4% volatile
26 Angola 4,725 current LCU 2011 up 487.7% volatile
27 Kenya 3,395 current LCU 2011 up 47.6% rising
28 Cape Verde 3,000 current LCU 2010 unchanged falling
29 Malawi 2,446 current LCU 2011 up 103.9% volatile
30 Mauritius 2,300 current LCU 2011 up 130.0% falling
31 Eritrea 1,100 current LCU 2011 up 10.0% rising
32 Gambia 848.67 current LCU 2011 up 6.1% rising
33 Seychelles 640.44 current LCU 2011 up 114.2% rising
34 South Africa 520.46 current LCU 2011 up 150.5% rising
35 Mozambique 486 current LCU 2011 down 99.9% volatile
36 Algeria 400 current LCU 2011 down 88.6% rising
37 Lesotho 336.74 current LCU 2010 down 13.0% flat
38 Namibia 293.25 current LCU 2011 up 10.2% rising
39 Ethiopia 283.3 current LCU 2011 down 7.1% rising
40 Botswana 257.6 current LCU 2011 up 14.5% rising
41 Eswatini 213.04 current LCU 2011 up 24.6% rising
42 Libya 50 current LCU 2006 up 11.1% rising
43 Egypt 49 current LCU 2011 down 90.2% volatile
44 Sierra Leone 46.75 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
45 Ghana 45 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
46 Zimbabwe 23 current LCU 2011 down 97.1% volatile
47 Tunisia 20 current LCU 2011 down 75.0% volatile
48 Sudan 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
48 Nigeria 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile
48 Mauritania 0 current LCU 2010 down 100.0% volatile
48 Morocco 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% rising

About this data

Indicator
Residential telephone connection charge (current LCU)
Unit
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, 958 data points, 1982–2011
Last refreshed

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Installation refers to the one time charge involved in applying for basic telephone service for business purposes. Where there are different charges for different exchange areas, the charge is generally for the largest urban area unless otherwise noted. This indicator is expressed in national currency.