Telephone average cost of call to US in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Telephone average cost of call to US was 0.0286 US$ per three minutes in 2002. ▼ Falling
Telephone average cost of call to US in Sierra Leone, 1990–2002
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 Sierra Leone is 0.0286 US$ per three minutes, measured in 2002. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 68.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, telephone average cost of call to us in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.1238 US$ per three minutes in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0286 US$ per three minutes, in 2002.
That places Sierra Leone 44th out of 50 countries with data for 2002, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Telephone average cost of call to US in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | US$ per three minutes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.1238 US$ per three minutes | — |
| 1991 | 0.0635 US$ per three minutes | -48.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0901 US$ per three minutes | +41.9% |
| 1993 | 0.1057 US$ per three minutes | +17.4% |
| 1994 | 0.1023 US$ per three minutes | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0794 US$ per three minutes | -22.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0652 US$ per three minutes | -18.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0611 US$ per three minutes | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0384 US$ per three minutes | -37.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0333 US$ per three minutes | -13.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0287 US$ per three minutes | -13.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0302 US$ per three minutes | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0286 US$ per three minutes | -5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0763 US$ per three minutes | 0.0333 US$ per three minutes | 0.1238 US$ per three minutes | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0292 US$ per three minutes | 0.0286 US$ per three minutes | 0.0302 US$ per three minutes | 3 |
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- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 107.88 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.08 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 8.93 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 123.71 units per square kilometre (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 6.14 % change on previous year (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 8.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 86.32 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is telephone average cost of call to us in Sierra Leone?
- Telephone average cost of call to us in Sierra Leone was 0.0286 US$ per three minutes in 2002, 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1238 US$ per three minutes in 1990.
- What is the lowest telephone average cost of call to us recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0286 US$ per three minutes in 2002.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for telephone average cost of call to us?
- Sierra Leone ranks 44th out of 50 countries with data for 2002.
- Is telephone average cost of call to us rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.