Residential telephone connection charge (current US$) by country
Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Installation refers to the one time charge involved in applying for basic telephone service for business purposes. Where there are different charges for different exchange areas, the charge is generally for the largest urban...
What the numbers show
Residential telephone connection charge (current US$) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 204.51 current US$ in Benin; the lowest is 0 current US$ in Mauritania.
The median across all reporting countries is 37.86 current US$, and the mean is 45.74 current US$.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 197.0%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 100.0%).
Residential telephone connection charge: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benin | 204.51 current US$ | 2011 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 2 | Congo | 176.38 current US$ | 2011 | — | rising |
| 3 | Togo | 125.03 current US$ | 2011 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Comoros | 109.03 current US$ | 2010 | up 29.4% | falling |
| 5 | Chad | 107.21 current US$ | 2010 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 6 | Gabon | 104.13 current US$ | 2006 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 7 | Mauritius | 80.12 current US$ | 2011 | up 133.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 74.97 current US$ | 2009 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 9 | South Africa | 71.68 current US$ | 2011 | up 197.0% | falling |
| 10 | Eritrea | 71.54 current US$ | 2011 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 67.42 current US$ | 2000 | up 84.2% | rising |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 62.52 current US$ | 2011 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 13 | Uganda | 58.51 current US$ | 2011 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 14 | Djibouti | 56.27 current US$ | 2011 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 15 | Seychelles | 51.73 current US$ | 2011 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 16 | Angola | 50.4 current US$ | 2011 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 17 | Rwanda | 49.97 current US$ | 2011 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 18 | Senegal | 48.76 current US$ | 2011 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Cameroon | 48.15 current US$ | 2010 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 47.35 current US$ | 2010 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 21 | Lesotho | 46 current US$ | 2010 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 22 | Mali | 42.17 current US$ | 2011 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 23 | Namibia | 40.39 current US$ | 2011 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 24 | Kenya | 38.23 current US$ | 2011 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 25 | Libya | 38.05 current US$ | 2006 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 26 | Botswana | 37.67 current US$ | 2011 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 27 | Cape Verde | 36.03 current US$ | 2010 | up 43.8% | falling |
| 28 | Niger | 31.79 current US$ | 2011 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Ghana | 29.76 current US$ | 2011 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Eswatini | 29.34 current US$ | 2011 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 31 | Gambia | 28.81 current US$ | 2011 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 32 | Madagascar | 28.23 current US$ | 2010 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 33 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.83 current US$ | 2011 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 34 | Burundi | 22.81 current US$ | 2010 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Cote d'Ivoire | 21.19 current US$ | 2011 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 18.01 current US$ | 2000 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 16.76 current US$ | 2011 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 38 | Mozambique | 16.72 current US$ | 2011 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Tanzania | 16.28 current US$ | 2011 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 40 | Malawi | 15.63 current US$ | 2011 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Tunisia | 14.2 current US$ | 2011 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Zambia | 10.42 current US$ | 2010 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Egypt | 8.26 current US$ | 2011 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Algeria | 5.48 current US$ | 2011 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Guinea | 5.15 current US$ | 2010 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Sierra Leone | 0.0047 current US$ | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Sudan | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Nigeria | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Morocco | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 47 | Mauritania | 0 current US$ | 2010 | 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 high income) 38.23 current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa 38.23 current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 38.23 current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 37.95 current US$
- Africa 34.73 current US$
- North Africa 8.26 current US$
About this data
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 US dollars.