Telephone average cost of call to US in Egypt
Egypt: Telephone average cost of call to US was 0.0179 US$ per three minutes in 2007. ▼ Falling
Telephone average cost of call to US in Egypt, 1982–2007
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Measured in US$ per three minutes.
Analysis
The most recent figure for telephone average cost of call to us in Egypt is 0.0179 US$ per three minutes, measured in 2007.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and down 39.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, telephone average cost of call to us in Egypt peaked at 0.0393 US$ per three minutes in 1987 and was at its lowest, 0.0121 US$ per three minutes, in 2005.
Egypt ranks 48th of 50 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Telephone average cost of call to US in Egypt, year by year
| Year | US$ per three minutes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 0.0369 US$ per three minutes | — |
| 1987 | 0.0393 US$ per three minutes | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0159 US$ per three minutes | -59.5% |
| 1992 | 0.015 US$ per three minutes | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0149 US$ per three minutes | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0148 US$ per three minutes | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0295 US$ per three minutes | +99.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0295 US$ per three minutes | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0294 US$ per three minutes | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0144 US$ per three minutes | -51.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0126 US$ per three minutes | -12.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0156 US$ per three minutes | +23.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0154 US$ per three minutes | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0145 US$ per three minutes | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0121 US$ per three minutes | -16.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0174 US$ per three minutes | +44.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0179 US$ per three minutes | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0381 US$ per three minutes | 0.0369 US$ per three minutes | 0.0393 US$ per three minutes | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.0213 US$ per three minutes | 0.0148 US$ per three minutes | 0.0295 US$ per three minutes | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.015 US$ per three minutes | 0.0121 US$ per three minutes | 0.0179 US$ per three minutes | 8 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More science & technology data for Egypt
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 97.13 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.9713 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 113.19 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 106.81 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 4.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 6.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 22,854 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0002 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is telephone average cost of call to us in Egypt?
- Telephone average cost of call to us in Egypt was 0.0179 US$ per three minutes in 2007, according to International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.
- What is the highest telephone average cost of call to us recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0393 US$ per three minutes in 1987.
- What is the lowest telephone average cost of call to us recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0121 US$ per three minutes in 2005.
- How does Egypt rank for telephone average cost of call to us?
- Egypt ranks 48th out of 50 countries with data for 2007.
- Is telephone average cost of call to us rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates, published as part of Telephone average cost of call to US (US$ per three minutes). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States.