Telephone average cost of call to US in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Telephone average cost of call to US was 0.1897 US$ per three minutes in 2007. ▲ Rising
Telephone average cost of call to US in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2007
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 Sub-Saharan Africa is 0.1897 US$ per three minutes, measured in 2007. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 32.3% on the previous year and up 112.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, telephone average cost of call to us in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 0.1897 US$ per three minutes in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0688 US$ per three minutes, in 1992.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Telephone average cost of call to US in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | US$ per three minutes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0808 US$ per three minutes | — |
| 1991 | 0.0796 US$ per three minutes | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0688 US$ per three minutes | -13.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0986 US$ per three minutes | +43.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0808 US$ per three minutes | -18.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0801 US$ per three minutes | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0717 US$ per three minutes | -10.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0893 US$ per three minutes | +24.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0809 US$ per three minutes | -9.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0812 US$ per three minutes | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0763 US$ per three minutes | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0707 US$ per three minutes | -7.4% |
| 2002 | 0.089 US$ per three minutes | +25.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0939 US$ per three minutes | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 0.1208 US$ per three minutes | +28.6% |
| 2005 | 0.1441 US$ per three minutes | +19.3% |
| 2006 | 0.1434 US$ per three minutes | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.1897 US$ per three minutes | +32.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0812 US$ per three minutes | 0.0688 US$ per three minutes | 0.0986 US$ per three minutes | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.116 US$ per three minutes | 0.0707 US$ per three minutes | 0.1897 US$ per three minutes | 8 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1 Côte d'Ivoire 0.3756 US$ per three minutes compare
- 2 Mozambique 0.3483 US$ per three minutes compare
- 3 Cameroon 0.313 US$ per three minutes compare
- 4 Angola 0.2957 US$ per three minutes compare
- 5 Gabon 0.2869 US$ per three minutes compare
More science & technology data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Scientific and technical journal articles 48,022 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0 units per person (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per square kilometre 0.002 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Digital connectivity composite index -1.24 standard deviations from the yearly mean (2025)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, annual growth rate -0.2159 % change on previous year (2023)
- Patent applications, nonresidents 8,160 (2020)
- Patent applications, residents 1,834 (2020)
- Proportion of individuals using the Internet 35.7% (2025)
- Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G mobile network 94.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is telephone average cost of call to us in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Telephone average cost of call to us in Sub-Saharan Africa was 0.1897 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 Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1897 US$ per three minutes in 2007.
- What is the lowest telephone average cost of call to us recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0688 US$ per three minutes in 1992.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for telephone average cost of call to us?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 2nd out of 6 groups with data for 2007.
- Is telephone average cost of call to us rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 112.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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.