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Foreword

I am pleased to present the new edition of ICT Price Trends, the second report in ITU’s new

Measuring Digital Development series of statistical and analytical publications, which replaces the

annual Measuring the Information Society Report.

ICT Price Trends 2019 monitors the affordability of ICT services by analysing and comparing price

data for mobile-voice services, mobile data and ﬁxed broadband. Following a revision of the ICT

price benchmark methodology in 2017, this is the ﬁrst time we are reporting on ITU’s revised price

baskets and, in particular, the ﬁrst time we are sharing results for the combined data-and-voice

baskets introduced after the 2017 revision. These new results shed important light on the effect of

the bundling of services on consumer prices.

This publication also reports on the affordability gap between developed and developing countries

– that is, the difference in prices when these are held up against countries’ gross national income

(GNI) levels. It also provides information on countries’ progress towards achieving the United

Nations Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development target for 2025, according to which

entry-level broadband services should be made affordable in developing countries at a level

corresponding to less than 2 per cent of monthly GNI per capita.

Overall, while this report reveals that average prices are broadly continuing to fall, it conﬁrms that

broadband services can still be too expensive for the poorest consumers, especially in countries with

a low GNI per capita.

The COVID-19 global health emergency has made us all acutely aware of the vital importance

of broadband networks to social and economic prosperity and global development. I hope this

authoritative report serves as a crucial pillar of renewed efforts to urgently make digital services more

available, and more affordable, to all people of the world.

Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)

International Telecommunication Union

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Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................ ii

Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................. iii

List of boxes, charts, ﬁgures and tables .......................................................................................................... vi

Executive summary .............................................................................................................................................1

New benchmarks for a changing market .........................................................................................................4

About this publication..................................................................................................................................5

Mobile-data-and-voice baskets ......................................................................................................................... 6

Global trends .................................................................................................................................................6

Benchmarking countries ..............................................................................................................................9

Mobile-voice basket ..........................................................................................................................................19

Global trends ...............................................................................................................................................19

Benchmarking countries ............................................................................................................................27

Mobile-data basket ...........................................................................................................................................32

Global trends ...............................................................................................................................................32

Benchmarking countries ............................................................................................................................41

Fixed-broadband basket ..................................................................................................................................53

Global trends ...............................................................................................................................................53

Benchmarking countries ............................................................................................................................60

Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................................72

Annex 1: ICT price data methodology ...........................................................................................................75

ICT price baskets ........................................................................................................................................75

The mobile-cellular low-usage basket .....................................................................................................76

The ﬁxed-broadband basket ....................................................................................................................79

The data-only mobile-broadband price basket .....................................................................................81

The data-and-voice price baskets ............................................................................................................83

Price-data collection and sources ............................................................................................................86

Annex 2: Detailed ICT price tables, 2019 ......................................................................................................89

Annex 3: ICT price basket country tables 2018 ......................................................................................... 141

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Table of contents

List of boxes, charts, ﬁgures and tables

Charts

Chart 1: Mobile-data-and-voice baskets in USD, 2019 ........................................................................7

Chart 2: Mobile-data-and-voice basket in PPP$, 2019 .........................................................................8

Chart 3: Mobile-data-and-voice basket as a % of GNI p.c., 2019 .......................................................9

Chart 4: Global mobile-voice price basket in USD (left axis) and mobile-voice subscriptions

per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2008-2019 ...............................................................................19

Chart 5: Mobile-voice basket in USD, 2019 .........................................................................................20

Chart 6: Global mobile-voice price basket in PPP$ (left axis) and mobile-voice subscriptions

per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2008-2019 ...............................................................................21

Chart 7: Mobile-voice basket in PPP$, 2019 ........................................................................................22

Chart 8: Global mobile-voice price basket as a % of GNI p.c. (left axis) and mobile-voice

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2008-2019 ......................................................23

Chart 9: Mobile-voice basket as a % of GNI p.c., 2019 ......................................................................24

Chart 10: Global mobile-voice price basket as a % of GNI p.c. by development level (left

axis) and affordability gap for mobile-voice (right axis), 2008-2019......................................25

Chart 11: Mobile-voice subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, 2008-2019* .........................................26

Chart 12: Global mobile-data price basket in USD (left axis) and active mobile-data

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2013-2019 ......................................................32

Chart 13: Mobile-data basket in USD, 2019 ........................................................................................33

Chart 14: Global mobile-data price basket in PPP$ (left axis) and active mobile-data

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2013-2019 ......................................................34

Chart 15: Mobile-data basket in PPP$, 2019 .......................................................................................35

Chart 16: Global mobile-data price basket as a % of GNI p.c. (left axis) and active mobile-

data subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2013-2019 .............................................. 36

Chart 17: Mobile-data basket as a % of GNI p.c., 2019 ...................................................................... 37

Chart 18: Mobile-cellular subscriptions, active mobile-broadband subscriptions and Internet

users, by level of development, 2019* .......................................................................................38

Chart 19: Global mobile-data price basket in terms of GNI p.c. by development level (left

axis) and affordability gap for mobile-data (right axis), 2008-2019 .......................................39

Chart 20: Active mobile-data subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, 2008-2019* ............................... 40

Chart 21: Number of countries having achieved the Broadband Commission target with

mobile-data services, 2019 ..........................................................................................................46

Chart 22: Mobile-data prices as a percentage of GNI p.c. and monthly data allowance,

Africa, 2019 ..................................................................................................................................... 47

Chart 23: Mobile-data prices as a percentage of GNI p.c. and monthly data allowance, Arab

States, 2019 ....................................................................................................................................48

Chart 24: Mobile-data prices as a percentage of GNI p.c. and monthly data allowance, Asia

and the Paciﬁc, 2019 .....................................................................................................................49

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Chart 25: Mobile-data prices as a percentage of GNI p.c. and monthly data allowance, CIS,

2019 ................................................................................................................................................. 50

Chart 26: Mobile-data prices as a percentage of GNI p.c. and monthly data allowance,

Europe, 2019 .................................................................................................................................. 51

Chart 27: Mobile-data prices as a percentage of GNI p.c. and monthly data allowance, the

Americas, 2019 .............................................................................................................................. 52

Chart 28: Global ﬁxed-broadband price basket in USD (left axis) and ﬁxed-broadband

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2008-2019 ...................................................... 53

Chart 29: Fixed-broadband basket in USD, 2019 ............................................................................... 54

Chart 30: Global ﬁxed-broadband price basket in PPP$ (left axis) and ﬁxed-broadband

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2008-2019 ...................................................... 55

Chart 31: Fixed-broadband basket in PPP$, 2019 .............................................................................. 56

Chart 32: Global ﬁxed-broadband price basket as a % of GNI p.c. (left axis) and ﬁxed-

broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2008-2019 ................................. 57

Chart 33: Fixed-broadband basket as a % of GNI p.c., 2019 ............................................................ 58

Chart 34: Global ﬁxed-broadband price basket as a % of GNI p.c. by development level (left

axis) and affordability gap for ﬁxed-broadband (right axis), 2008-2019 ............................... 59

Chart 35: Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, 2008-2019* ................................. 59

Chart 36: Entry-level ﬁxed-broadband median speeds, 2019 ......................................................... 60

Chart 37: Number of countries having achieved the Broadband Commission target with

ﬁxed-broadband services, 2019 .................................................................................................. 65

Chart 38: Fixed-broadband prices as a percentage of GNI p.c., speeds and caps, Africa,

2019 ................................................................................................................................................. 66

Chart 39: Fixed-broadband prices as a percentage of GNI p.c., speeds and caps, Arab

States, 2019 .................................................................................................................................... 67

Chart 40: Fixed-broadband prices as a percentage of GNI p.c., speeds and caps, Asia and

the Paciﬁc, 2019 ............................................................................................................................. 68

Chart 41: Fixed-broadband prices as a percentage of GNI p.c., speeds and caps, CIS, 2019 .... 69

Chart 42: Fixed-broadband prices as a percentage of GNI p.c., speeds and caps, Europe,

2019 ................................................................................................................................................. 70

Chart 43: Fixed-broadband prices as a percentage of GNI p.c., speeds and caps, the

Americas, 2019 .............................................................................................................................. 71

Figures

Figure 1: New ITU ICT price baskets (from 2018) ................................................................................. 5

Annex Figure 1: New ICT price baskets (from 2018) .......................................................................... 75

Annex Figure 2: ICT price baskets up to 2017.....................................................................................75

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Tables

Table 1: Global average prices for the ﬁve baskets, 2019 ...................................................................2

Table 2: High-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket, 2019 ...................................................10

Table 3: Low-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket, 2019 ....................................................15

Table 4: Mobile-voice basket, 2019 ......................................................................................................27

Table 5: Mobile-data basket, 2019 ........................................................................................................41

Table 6: Fixed-broadband basket, 2019 ..............................................................................................61

Annex Table 1.1: Revised mobile-cellular low-usage basket, call and SMS distribution ..............77

Annex Table 2.1: High-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket – plan details, 2019 ...........90

Annex Table 2.2: High-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket – call and SMS rate,

2019 .................................................................................................................................................95

Annex Table 2.3: Low-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket – plan details, 2019 .......... 100

Annex Table 2.4: Low-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket – call and SMS rate, 2019

....................................................................................................................................................... 105

Annex Table 2.5: Mobile-voice basket – on-net and off-net, 2019 ................................................ 110

Annex Table 2.6: Mobile-voice basket – to ﬁxed and SMS, 2019 .................................................. 115

Annex Table 2.7: Mobile-data basket, 2019 ..................................................................................... 120

Annex Table 2.8: Fixed-broadband basket, 2019 ............................................................................ 125

Annex Table 3.1: High-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket, 2018 ................................ 142

Annex Table 3.2: Low-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket, 2018 .................................. 147

Annex Table 3.3: Mobile-voice basket, 2018 .................................................................................... 152

Annex Table 3.4: Mobile-data basket, 2018 ..................................................................................... 157

Annex Table 3.5: Fixed-broadband basket, 2018 ............................................................................ 162

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Executive summary

• To accurately track and compare prices in

statistical terms internationally and over

time is no straightforward exercise. Price

comparisons can be difﬁcult, depending on

whether they are conducted within a country,

over time, or internationally (when exchange

rates and purchasing power parity (PPP)

can complicate matters). Market trends can

also complicate the exercise – for example

network convergence, the growing number

of operators, intensifying competition

(especially in mobile) and bundling.

• The International Telecommunication Union

(ITU), its partners and stakeholders devote

considerable time and effort to developing

and reﬁning price methodologies, in

particular through the Expert Group on

Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (EGTI).

ITU maintains a set of different price

baskets to reﬂect different usage patterns

and behaviour. In 2017, ITU updated and

adjusted its price baskets to reﬂect current

developments in the ﬁxed and mobile

broadband markets. The price baskets

cover three different technologies: mobile-

voice, mobile-data and ﬁxed-broadband.

In addition, the 2017 revision introduced

combined data-and-voice baskets, as a ﬁrst

attempt to monitor the prices of bundled

services, which is now a very common

commercial practice.

Mobile-voice, mobile-data and ﬁxed-

broadband baskets

• Table 1 provides an overview of average

prices for the ﬁve price baskets: mobile-data-

and-voice (low usage), mobile-data-and-

voice (high usage), mobile-voice, mobile-

data and ﬁxed-broadband. It shows the

impact of bundling on prices, as a combined

data-and-voice basket is less expensive

than the sum of the two separate baskets.

Fixed-broadband packages were generally

more expensive on average than mobile-

data packages (although data allowances

were not directly equivalent). In all cases,

adjusting for PPP gave a higher relative price

than the nominal dollar equivalent.

• The good news is that, on average, mobile-

voice, mobile-data and ﬁxed-broadband

prices are falling steadily around the world,

and in some countries even dramatically.

The reduction in price relative to income

is even more dramatic, suggesting that,

globally, telecommunication/ICT services

are becoming more affordable. However,

this trend in annual average prices is

not necessarily true of all countries or of

the entire population in each country.

Furthermore, falling prices are not

translated into rapidly increasing Internet

penetration rates, especially in least

developed countries (LDCs), pointing to the

fact that affordability may not be the only

barrier to Internet uptake.

Mobile-data-and-voice baskets

• The ITU mobile-data-and-voice baskets

include voice, text messages and data

for two different consumption levels. The

low-consumption mobile-data-and-voice

basket includes 70 voice minutes, 20 SMSs

and 500 MB of broadband data while the

high-consumption mobile-data-and-voice

basket includes 140 voice minutes, 70 SMSs

and 1.5 GB of broadband data. For the

low-consumption mobile-data-and-voice

basket, large differences in absolute price

levels between developed, developing and

least developed countries were apparent.

For the high-consumption mobile-data-

and-voice basket on the other hand, little

difference was evident in absolute prices by

level of development.

• Expressing prices relative to GNI per capita

(GNI p.c.), as a measure of affordability,

reveals huge gaps between prices

for different levels of development. In

developed countries, the price of a low-

consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket

was equivalent to 1 per cent of GNI p.c. in

2019. In developing countries, this basket

cost 7.5 per cent of GNI p.c., while in the

LDCs this rose sharply to 17 per cent. For

high-consumption mobile-data-and-voice

baskets, the differences were even larger.

• At the regional level, Europe had the most

affordable prices, ahead of the CIS region.

A second group of regions was formed

by the Americas, the Arab States and

Asia and the Paciﬁc, all with reasonably

affordable prices. In Africa, however, a low-

consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket

already accounted for 16 per cent of GNI

p.c., and a high-consumption mobile-data-

and-voice basket amounted to no less than

31.2 per cent of GNI p.c., nearly one-third

of the average GNI p.c. in the region.

Mobile-voice basket

• Between 2008 and 2019, the global average

price of a mobile-voice basket decreased

from USD 21.4 to USD 11.8, equivalent to

a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)

of -5.3 per cent. PPP$-adjusted mobile

prices fell by -4.4 per cent CAGR, although

correcting for PPP effectively eliminates

price differences between developed

countries, developing countries and LDCs.

• Expressing mobile-voice prices as a share

of GNI p.c. introduces large variations in

price, with Africa and LDCs experiencing

relatively high mobile prices.

• The affordability gap between developed

and developing countries was reduced

from 9 to 2.9 percentage points between

2008 and 2019.

• In most countries, an entry-level mobile-

voice basket remains fairly affordable. In 70

countries, a low-usage mobile-voice plan

was available for less than 1 per cent of GNI

p.c., and in a further 37 countries it stood

below 2 per cent.

• Although causality is difﬁcult to prove,

price reductions have undoubtedly helped

contribute to the rapid rise in the mobile-

voice penetration rate, alongside growing

competition and better price monitoring

and evaluation by regulators.

Mobile-data basket

• The global average price of a mobile-data

basket of at least 1.5 GB dropped by 7

per cent on average annually between

2013 and 2019.

• In terms of GNI p.c., there has been a

signiﬁcant reduction in prices from 2013 to

2019. The global average price of a mobile-

data basket of 1.5 GB shrank from 8.4 per

cent of GNI p.c. in 2013 to 3.2 per cent in

2019, a CAGR of almost -15 per cent.

• A key benchmark is the 2 per cent target

set by the UN Broadband Commission

for Sustainable Development. For mobile

data, in 2019 in 95 countries, the cost of a

mobile-data basket of 1.5 GB was less than

2 per cent of GNI p.c. These 95 countries

consisted of 44 developed countries,

47 developing countries (non-LDCs),

and four LDCs. In 48 countries, of which

one developed country, 40 developing

countries and seven LDCs, prices were only

just above the Broadband Commission

Target, at 2-5 per cent of GNI p.c. In the

remaining nine developing countries and

31 LDCs, much progress still needs to be

made in order to reach the 2 per cent target

by 2025. In nine LDCs in particular, prices

were more than 20 per cent of GNI p.c.

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Table 1: Global average prices for the ﬁve baskets, 2019

Mobile-data-

and-voice –

low usage

Mobile-data-

and-voice –

high usage

Mobile-

voice

Mobile-

data

Fixed-

broadband

Nominal price (converted into USD) USD 17 USD 25 USD 12 USD 14 USD 28

PPP$-adjusted price PPP$ 25 PPP$ 38 PPP$ 18 PPP$ 20 PPP$ 43

Affordability (percentage of GNI

per capita)

5.9% 10.3% 4.3% 4.3% 10.3%

Compound annual growth rate –

price in USD

-5.3%

(2008-2019)

-7%

(2013-2019)

-4.4%

(2008-2019)

Compound annual growth rate –

price in PPP$

-4.4%

(2008-2019)

-6%

(2013-2019)

-2.5%

(2008-2019)

Compound annual growth rate

– affordability

-9.3%

(2008-2019)

-15%

(2013-2019)

-9%

(2008-2019)

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• While average prices for the mobile-voice

basket and the mobile-data basket are very

similar across levels of development and

regions, the gap in the penetration rate for

mobile-broadband and Internet uptake

between developed and developing

countries is much larger than the gap in

mobile-cellular uptake, in particular in LDCs.

One conclusion that could be drawn is that

if people in low-income countries have

the choice between a mobile-cellular or a

mobile-broadband subscription, preference

is given to the mobile-cellular subscription.

It also indicates that affordability is not the

only barrier to Internet use, but that other

barriers are important too, such as low level

of education, lack of relevant content, lack

of skills, in addition to a potentially low-

quality Internet connection, preventing

effective use.

Fixed-broadband basket

• From 2008 to 2019, the average price of an

entry-level ﬁxed-broadband subscription,

converted into USD using market

exchange rates, decreased from USD 44 to

USD 27, equalling a CAGR of -4.4 per cent,

despite a certain levelling-out of prices

from 2016 onwards.

• Low nominal and PPP-adjusted prices stand

out in the CIS region, whereas the highest

nominal and PPP-adjusted prices are to be

found in Africa.

• Affordability is very dispersed according

to countries’ level of development. In

developed countries, an entry-level ﬁxed-

broadband subscription cost 1.4 per cent of

GNI p.c.; in developing countries, this stood

at over 13 per cent, and nearly 36 per cent

in LDCs, over a third of average GNI p.c.

• Europe is the region with the lowest ﬁxed-

broadband prices as a percentage of GNI

p.c. (1.4 per cent), followed by the CIS

region (3.7 per cent). Europe also enjoys

the highest median entry-level speeds.

In Africa, an entry-level ﬁxed-broadband

subscription cost 33.3 per cent of GNI p.c.

• Over the past four years, the affordability

of ﬁxed broadband has not changed

substantially, but advertised download

speeds are increasing.

• Despite the modest improvement in

affordability, ﬁxed-broadband subscriptions

kept on increasing steadily around the

world, highlighting the importance of ﬁxed

broadband. Wireless broadband networks

still carry far less trafﬁc than ﬁxed networks,

and they generally offer lower speeds and

reliability.

• The UN Broadband Commission set a

target for affordable entry-level service

as 2 per cent of GNI p.c. In 2019, 64

countries had achieved this target for ﬁxed

broadband, mostly in Europe. Forty-ﬁve

countries are approaching the target,

whereas 34 developing countries and 30

LDCs still have a long way to go.

New benchmarks for a changing market

Efﬁcient and reliable communication services are a foundation of socio-economic growth for many

countries, and have become hugely popular with consumers, both for work and entertainment.

Consumers and individuals can acquire important digital skills through access to, and experience

with, telecommunication/ICT devices and services and digital technologies. Today, such digital

skills are important in determining an individual’s competitiveness in the job market and access to

better-paid jobs.

Consumer surveys, however, have repeatedly identiﬁed affordability as a key barrier to access,

across many different countries. ITU, with its partners and stakeholders, regularly develops and

reﬁnes price methodologies for monitoring ﬁxed and mobile broadband prices. To accurately

track and compare prices in statistical terms across different countries or across comparisons is no

straightforward exercise. Price comparisons are difﬁcult, depending on whether they are conducted

within a single country or shared-currency region, versus internationally (when exchange rates and

PPP can complicate matters). They also depend on market share (i.e. whether the operator’s price

offering is for a large or niche customer base) and whether offers are bundled with other services.

Various market trends can complicate comparisons, such as the technological capability to provide

telephone, video and data communications over a single network (network convergence), the

growing number of operators, and intensifying competition (especially in mobile). For example, it

has become feasible to offer dual-play packages for voice and data, triple-play packages for phone,

television and Internet, and even quadruple-play packages combining ﬁxed and wireless services.

Over and above convergence, mobile networks have underwent rapid development with the

introduction of mobile broadband and smartphones. Content platforms such as Facebook, Google,

Skype, WeChat, Line, Kakao, LinkedIn and WhatsApp also began offering a variety of text, voice and

video services that competed with traditional telecommunication and media services. These changes

have helped drive the decline of ﬁxed telephony, the stagnation of voice revenues and increased

demand for data. To remain proﬁtable in the new market environment, telecommunication

operators have had to ensure that their service offerings and pricing strategies evolve.

ITU maintains a set of different price baskets to track and compare market prices. To better reﬂect

the current realities of telecommunication markets worldwide, ITU has undertaken a major update

of the ICT price benchmark methodology, as endorsed by the eighth meeting of EGTI

held in

September 2017. This updated methodology was applied to price-data collection as from 2018,

which means that the ICT price benchmarks from 2018 onward are not directly comparable with

those of previous years.

Figure 1 provides an overview of the new price baskets adopted at the 2017 EGTI meeting.

The prices collected for each service correspond to the cheapest plan offered by the dominant

operator (in terms of market share) that fulﬁls the usage requirement of each basket (although

occasionally, when the market data were unclear, the historical incumbent or an alternative operator

was taken into account). The methodological details of the ITU price baskets are set out in Annex 1.

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About this publication

With the aim of contributing to international, regional and national efforts to monitor the retail prices

and affordability of ICT services, this publication presents and analyses price data for ﬁve key services

based on the following ﬁve baskets:

1. mobile-data-and-voice basket (i.e. voice, SMS and mobile data combined) – low consumption

(70 minutes, 20 SMSs and 500 MB);

2. mobile-data-and-voice basket – high consumption (140 minutes, 70 SMSs and 1.5 GB);

3. mobile-voice (including voice and SMS);

4. mobile-data;

5. ﬁxed-broadband.

For each basket, global and regional trends are presented, including time series insofar as they are

available, followed by country tables for the year 2019. An analysis is performed to identify which

countries and regions have achieved the UN Broadband Commission’s target for affordability.

Affordability gaps are also analysed, deﬁned as the difference in price between developed and

developing countries.

Annex 1 describes the (revised) methodology. Annex 2 presents detailed tables with the underlying

data required to calculate the baskets. Country tables for the year 2018 for each of the ﬁve baskets

can be found in Annex 3.

Prices in this chapter are expressed in three complementary units:

• In United States dollars (USD), using the annual rates of exchange of the International Monetary

Fund (IMF). For those economies where IMF’s average annual rate of exchange was not

available, the average annual UN Operational Rate of Exchange was used, where available.

• In international dollars (PPP$), using PPP conversion factors instead of market exchange rates.

The use of PPP exchange factors helps to screen out price and exchange-rate distortions, thus

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Figure 1: New ITU ICT price baskets (from 2018)

Source: ITU

providing a measure of the cost of a given service taking into account the purchasing power

equivalences between countries.

• As a percentage of countries’ monthly GNI p.c. (Atlas method).

Prices are expressed as a

percentage of GNI p.c. in order to present them relative to the size of the economy of each

country, averaged by population, thus providing an indication of the affordability of each ICT

service at country level.

Mobile-data-and-voice baskets

The introduction of prices for combined mobile services is a major departure from ITU’s previous

approach to ICT price data collection. In an increasing number of countries, operators offer several

products or services as one package with a single bill. Such bundled services are becoming the

norm and this trend is now reﬂected in ITU’s new, updated ICT price benchmarks.

Bundling is becoming increasingly widespread, as it enables converged telecommunication and

media companies to take greater advantage of consumers’ willingness-to-pay, thus increasing

revenues. It is not yet clear whether, on balance, price bundling beneﬁts consumers or helps to close

gaps in access to broadband. For consumers, one main advantage of bundles is that they are often

offered at a discount, whereas stand-alone services are not. It may nevertheless be detrimental to

consumer welfare if price bundling limits choice and/or forces consumers to purchase services they

do not value.

Price bundling could potentially harm market competition when the use of bundles by network

operators deters market entry or increases the cost of switching between networks for consumers.

Bundling can deter market entry when a competing operator lacks access to wholesale inputs and is

unable to offer bundles at competitive rates. For consumers, bundles can complicate comparisons

between different service offerings, thus potentially making it difﬁcult for them to switch between

network operators.

The lack of internationally comparable data makes it hard to assess the impacts of price bundling on

consumer welfare, competition and universal broadband access. ITU’s inclusion of mobile-data-and-

voice baskets in its price benchmarks is a ﬁrst step in addressing this gap.

The ITU mobile-data-and-voice baskets include voice, text messages and data for two different

consumption levels. When EGTI analysed the mean and median values for voice (minutes of use

per month), SMSs per month and data (MB/GB per month) for two groups of consumption, a

clear disparity emerged in consumption patterns among countries in the low-income group and

those in the lower-middle, upper-middle and high-income groups.

The evidence suggested that

two consumption patterns ought to be considered, and this approach was adopted. The low-

consumption data-and-voice basket includes 70 voice minutes, 20 SMSs and 500 MB of broadband

data; the high-consumption data-and-voice basket includes 140 voice minutes, 70 SMSs and 1.5 GB

of broadband data.

Global trends

Chart 1 shows the price of the low-consumption and high-consumption data-and-voice baskets

in 2019 in USD, by level of development and by region. The average price globally for a low-

consumption data-and-voice basket stood at USD 17 in 2019, whereas on average a high-

consumption data-and-voice basket cost USD 25.

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Chart 1: Mobile-data-and-voice baskets in USD, 2019

USD

Lowusage Highusage

Note: Simple averages. Based on 192 economies for which data on prices of mobile-data-and-voice baskets in USD

are available for the year 2019.

Source: ITU. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

For the low-consumption data-and-voice basket, there is a signiﬁcant difference in price level,

according to level of development, when converting nominal prices in national currency into USD. In

developed countries, this data-and-voice basket cost USD 19, decreasing to USD 16 in developing

countries and USD 12 in the LDCs.

For the high-consumption data-and-voice basket, there was little

difference in prices by level of development.

Looking at the regions

, prices are comparatively low in the CIS region for both the low-consumption

and the high-consumption data-and-voice baskets, whereas higher prices are observed in the

Americas. Prices in the other four regions are close to the global average.

When converting prices from national currencies to international PPP$, a different picture emerges

(see Chart 2). In this case, there is little price difference between developed countries, developing

countries and LDCs for the low-consumption basket. For the high-consumption basket, however,

prices in developed countries are below the global average. In developing countries, prices are just

above the global average, whereas in LDCs they are signiﬁcantly above it.

From a regional perspective, the CIS region still has the lowest prices, and in the Americas prices are

high;. What stands out most, however, is the high price for the high-consumption data-and-voice

basket in Africa, at a monthly average of PPP$ 50.

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Chart 2: Mobile-data-and-voice basket in PPP$, 2019

PPP$

Lowusage Highusage

Note: Simple averages. Based on 165 economies for high-usage data-and-voice baskets and 162 economies for low-

usage data-and-voice baskets for which data on prices of mobile-data-and-voice baskets in PPP$ are available for the

year 2019.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank.

When prices are expressed relative to GNI p.c., income levels are also taken into account. This has a

signiﬁcant impact on price comparisons across the world (see Chart 3). Globally, the average price

of a low-consumption data-and-voice basket stood at 5.9 per cent of GNI p.c. in 2019, whereas the

price of a high-consumption data-and-voice basket stood at 10.3 per cent. There is a considerable

gap between prices at different levels of development.

In developed countries, a low-consumption data-and-voice basket cost 1 per cent of GNI p.c. in

2019. In developing countries, the same basket cost 7.5 per cent of GNI p.c., while in LDCs this rose

sharply to 17 per cent. For the high-consumption data-and-voice baskets, the differences are even

starker, with 1.4 per cent in developed countries, 13.2 per cent in developing countries and 32.3 per

cent in LDCs. It is interesting to note that in developed countries, there is only a very small difference

between the average price for a low-consumption and a high-consumption data-and-voice basket,

whereas in developing countries, and especially in LDCs, the difference is considerable. This

highlights the particular importance of the low-consumption data-and-voice basket for low-income

countries, as a more affordable means of access to a mobile-data-and-voice basket. At the same

time, these observations validate EGTI’s decision to establish these two data-and-voice baskets for

price comparison purposes.

At regional level, there are signiﬁcant differences too. The most affordable prices are found in

Europe, ahead of the CIS region. A second group of regions is formed by the Americas, the Arab

States and Asia and the Paciﬁc, all with reasonably affordable prices. In Africa, on the other hand, a

low-consumption data-and-voice basket already accounts for 16 per cent of GNI p.c., and a high-

consumption data-and-voice basket amounts to no less than 31.2 per cent of GNI p.c., nearly one-

third of GNI p.c. in the region.

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Benchmarking countries

Table 2 presents the country-level details for high-consumption mobile-data-and-voice baskets, i.e.

those data-and-voice baskets offering at least 140 minutes of voice communication, 70 SMSs and

1.5 GB of data, for the year 2019.

Not surprisingly, the most affordable plans in terms of GNI p.c.

are to be found in high-income countries. Nevertheless, the 33 countries in which high-consumption

mobile-data-and-voice baskets can be purchased for less than 1 per cent of GNI p.c. include four

middle-income countries: the Russian Federation, India, Turkey and Sri Lanka. At the other end of

the scale, the 46 countries in which a high-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket accounts for

over 10 per cent of GNI p.c. are almost all low or lower-middle income countries.

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Chart 3: Mobile-data-and-voice basket as a % of GNI p.c., 2019

16.0

4.0

4.3

2.0

1.0

3.9

5.9

1.0

7.5

17.0

31.2

7.3

6.5

2.7

1.4

5.6

10.3

1.4

13.2

32.3

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Lowusage Highusage

Note: Simple averages. Based on 182 economies for high-usage data and voice baskets and 179 economies for low-

usage data-and-voice baskets for which data on prices of mobile-data-and-voice baskets in PPP$ are available for the

year 2019.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. data are from the World Bank.

Table 2: High-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket, 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly voice

call allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly SMS

allowance

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

1 Macao, China 0.2 14.31 17.82 480 70 2.0 0.0 78,320

2 Singapore 0.3 14.83 17.64 150 500 5.0 7.0 58,770

3 Qatar 0.3 16.48 21.62 140 70 2.0 0.0 61,190

4 Israel 0.3 11.11 9.42 1,500 2,500 30.0 17.0 40,850

5 Luxembourg 0.3 21.25 18.48 500 500 3.0 77,820

6 Hong Kong, China 0.4 16.53 20.23 140 70 2.0 0.0 50,310

7 Austria 0.4 16.63 16.76 1,000 1,000 4.0 20.0 49,250

8 New Zealand 0.4 14.53 13.08 200 500 1.8 15.0 40,820

9 Sweden 0.5 22.89 21.28 Unlimited Unlimited 2.0 25.0 55,070

10 Switzerland 0.5 35.79 25.45 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 7.7 83,580

11 Denmark 0.5 26.76 21.15 Unlimited Unlimited 10.0 25.0 60,140

12 Iceland* 0.5 27.61 19.31 Unlimited Unlimited 5.0 24.0 60,740

13 Norway 0.5 36.77 27.73 Unlimited Unlimited 3.0 25.0 80,790

14 Netherlands 0.6 24.80 24.22 Unlimited Unlimited 2.0 21.0 51,280

15 Finland 0.7 26.44 23.65 140 70 Unlimited 24.0 47,820

16 Belgium 0.7 25.97 25.66 120 Unlimited 1.5 21.0 45,430

17 United Kingdom 0.7 25.35 24.08 Unlimited Unlimited 3.0 20.0 41,330

18 Russian Federation 0.7 6.38 15.28 200 200 4.0 20.0 10,230

19 Italy 0.8 21.26 23.06 Unlimited 500 20.0 22.0 33,560

20 Estonia 0.8 14.17 19.86 Unlimited Unlimited 5.0 20.0 20,990

21 Kuwait 0.8 23.18 35.58 Unlimited Unlimited 5.0 0.0 33,690

22 Australia 0.8 36.61 31.86 Unlimited Unlimited 15.0 10.0 53,190

23 United States 0.8 43.55 43.55 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 8.9 62,850

24 Ireland 0.8 41.33 35.58 Unlimited Unlimited 20.0 23.0 59,360

25 India 0.9 1.43 4.75 Unlimited 300 2.0 18.0 2,020

26 Slovenia 0.9 17.70 23.14 Unlimited Unlimited 2.0 22.0 24,670

27 Germany 0.9 34.59 36.39 Unlimited 70 1.5 19.0 47,450

28 Lithuania 0.9 12.87 21.83 Unlimited Unlimited 2.0 21.0 17,360

29 Spain 0.9 22.12 26.19 Unlimited 70 3.0 21.0 29,450

30 France 0.9 31.87 31.88 Unlimited Unlimited 10.0 20.0 41,070

31 Turkey 0.9 8.08 23.20 750 100 2.5 25.5 10,380

32 United Arab Emirates 1.0 33.74 43.95 140 70 1.5 5.0 41,010

33 Sri Lanka 1.0 3.34 10.21 140 70 1.5 37.7 4,060

34 Latvia 1.0 14.16 21.30 Unlimited Unlimited 2.0 21.0 16,880

35 Portugal 1.0 18.90 24.06 250 250 3.0 23.0 21,680

36 Poland 1.1 12.46 24.12 Unlimited Unlimited 7.0 23.0 14,150

37 Kazakhstan 1.1 6.93 19.96 Unlimited 100 12.0 12.0 7,830

38 Korea (Rep. of) 1.1 27.96 31.99 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 10.0 30,600

39 Romania 1.1 10.63 22.53 Unlimited Unlimited 30.0 19.0 11,290

40 Mauritius 1.2 12.20 20.81 140 1,000 1.7 15.0 12,050

41 Saudi Arabia 1.2 22.00 45.14 500 70 2.0 5.0 21,540

42 China 1.2 9.82 17.05 150 70 3.0 0.0 9,470

43 Bahrain 1.2 22.71 37.49 500 70 6.0 5.0 21,890

44 Brunei Darussalam 1.3 32.99 58.77 140 70 3.0 0.0 31,020

45 Ukraine 1.3 2.83 10.73 Unlimited 100 1.9 20.0 2,660

46 Mexico 1.4 10.39 19.66 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 16.0 9,180

47 Azerbaijan 1.4 4.59 18.71 140 200 2.0 18.0 4,050

48 Egypt 1.4 3.22 16.46 330 70 1.5 43.0 2,800

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly voice

call allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly SMS

allowance

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

49 Armenia 1.5 5.18 12.84 2,500 250 3.9 20.0 4,230

50 Chile 1.5 18.54 25.78 350 70 5.0 14,670

51 Greece 1.5 24.84 31.82 300 100 1.5 24.0 19,540

52 Malaysia 1.5 13.38 32.50 Unlimited 70 6.0 0.0 10,460

53 Bahamas* 1.6 39.96 35.27 3,000 3,000 2.0 12.0 30,210

54 Japan 1.6 55.85 56.80 140 70 2.0 8.0 41,340

55 Malta 1.6 35.43 47.48 140 70 1.5 18.0 26,220

56 Cyprus 1.6 36.02 44.06 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 19.0 26,300

57 Oman 1.7 21.07 41.48 140 100 1.5 0.0 15,110

58 Peru 1.7 9.13 17.37 Unlimited Unlimited 2.9 6,530

59 Aruba* 1.7 33.52 40.02 1,000 100 4.0 23,630

60 Uruguay 1.8 22.95 27.54 433 Unlimited 1.5 15,650

61 Palau 1.8 25.00 26.86 190 2,000 2.0 0.0 16,910

62 Costa Rica 1.8 17.09 26.60 140 70 2.0 13.0 11,510

63 Brazil 1.8 13.68 22.23 Unlimited Unlimited 3.0 40.2 9,140

64 Belarus 1.8 8.55 33.80 250 70 1.5 25.0 5,670

65 Slovakia 1.9 28.34 44.46 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 20.0 18,330

66 Tunisia 1.9 5.44 16.37 140 70 1.5 25.0 3,500

67 Panama 2.0 24.00 41.84 140 70 Unlimited 14,370

68 Croatia 2.1 23.73 38.28 Unlimited Unlimited 5.0 25.0 13,830

69 Viet Nam 2.2 4.34 10.56 200 70 3.0 10.0 2,400

70 Czech Republic 2.2 36.77 57.52 Unlimited Unlimited 4.0 21.0 20,250

71 Bangladesh 2.2 3.19 7.83 150 200 1.5 21.0 1,750

72 Namibia 2.2 9.67 19.20 400 2,800 4.0 15.0 5,250

73 Canada 2.2 83.42 80.67 Unlimited Unlimited 2.0 13.0 44,860

74 Georgia 2.3 7.89 Unlimited Unlimited 3.9 18.0 4,130

75 Philippines 2.4 7.52 19.39 400 Unlimited 4.0 12.0 3,830

76 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.4 37.04 49.15 1,000 1,000 10.0 18,640

77 Morocco 2.5 6.39 14.54 160 100 2.0 20.0 3,090

78 Algeria 2.5 8.58 24.74 Unlimited Unlimited 13.0 19.0 4,060

79 Puerto Rico 2.5 44.60 Unlimited Unlimited 8.0 11.5 21,100

80 Uzbekistan 2.6 4.34 2,000 200 1.5 20.0 2,020

81 Bhutan 2.6 6.65 20.01 140 70 1.9 5.0 3,080

82 Myanmar 2.6 2.85 11.20 140 70 1.5 5.0 1,310

83 Colombia 2.6 13.53 28.34 500 2,000 4.4 23.0 6,190

84 Moldova 2.6 6.55 15.30 180 300 2.0 20.0 2,990

85 Bulgaria 2.6 19.53 43.13 200 80 1.5 20.0 8,860

Iran (Islamic Republic

of)*

2.7 12.24 39.06 1,000 1,000 2.0 9.0 5,470

87 Albania 2.7 11.11 23.20 2,500 2,200 2.0 20.0 4,860

88 Antigua and Barbuda 2.8 37.04 45.57 700 700 7.0 15,810

89 Montenegro 2.8 19.95 39.30 5,200 5,000 4.0 21.0 8,400

90 Kyrgyzstan 2.9 2.91 9.56 1,200 2,000 4.1 17.0 1,220

91 Pakistan 2.9 3.78 13.72 2,000 2,000 2.0 0.0 1,580

92 Indonesia 2.9 9.22 25.72 140 100 10.0 10.0 3,840

93 Barbados* 3.0 37.50 29.83 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 15,240

94 Trinidad and Tobago 3.1 41.54 49.70 300 70 3.0 12.5 16,240

95 Ecuador 3.2 16.10 27.71 200 70 2.0 12.0 6,120

96 Maldives 3.2 24.86 32.67 140 70 2.5 6.0 9,310

97 Suriname 3.2 13.40 300 300 1.5 8.0 4,990

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly voice

call allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly SMS

allowance

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

98 Hungary 3.3 40.30 72.25 140 70 3.0 5.0 14,590

99 Serbia 3.4 17.95 36.89 140 100 3.0 20.0 6,390

100 North Macedonia 3.4 15.33 35.03 Unlimited Unlimited 10.0 18.0 5,450

101 Jordan 3.7 12.93 26.82 5,000 200 4.0 46.0 4,210

102 Dominica 3.7 22.22 31.01 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 7,210

103 Mongolia 3.7 11.17 30.80 140 70 3.0 10.0 3,580

104 Libya 3.9 20.44 140 70 2.0 0.0 6,330

105 Seychelles 3.9 50.78 80.25 140 70 1.5 15.0 15,600

106 Tonga 4.0 14.31 18.67 4,000 4,000 1.5 15.0 4,300

107 Nigeria 4.1 6.73 13.35 140 70 3.0 5.0 1,960

108 Saint Lucia 4.2 32.78 42.89 Unlimited Unlimited 8.0 9,460

109 Grenada 4.3 35.19 47.85 300 Unlimited 8.0 9,780

110 Gabon 4.4 25.19 36.81 240 800 2.3 18.0 6,800

111 Thailand 4.6 25.49 66.08 300 70 1.5 7.0 6,610

112 Dominican Rep. 4.7 28.75 62.44 200 1,000 3.0 30.0 7,370

113 Jamaica 4.7 19.63 30.65 Unlimited 70 3.5 25.0 4,990

114 Paraguay 4.8 22.77 48.79 Unlimited 70 3.0 10.0 5,680

115 Curacao* 5.2 82.31 104.76 Unlimited Unlimited 5.0 6.0 19,070

116

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

5.3 35.04 48.67 500 70 3.0 7,940

117

Bosnia and

Herzegovina

5.4 25.47 53.61 140 70 3.0 17.0 5,690

118 Turkmenistan 5.8 32.86 2,000 500 1.5 15.0 6,740

119 Nepal (Republic of) 6.2 4.96 14.52 490 300 1.5 26.0 960

120 Ghana 6.2 11.01 30.47 400 70 2.0 23.5 2,130

121 Nauru 6.3 58.73 140 70 1.8 15.0 11,240

122 Belize 6.4 25.00 180 Unlimited 5.4 12.5 4,720

123 Guyana 6.7 26.48 42.50 150 150 4.5 14.0 4,760

124 El Salvador 6.7 21.25 42.27 Unlimited 70 6.0 3,820

125 Tajikistan 6.8 5.75 140 100 1.6 23.0 1,010

126 South Africa 7.3 34.79 69.78 140 70 1.5 15.0 5,720

127 Kenya 7.5 10.12 20.40 140 70 2.0 31.0 1,620

128 Côte d'Ivoire 7.5 10.08 24.64 560 560 21.9 18.0 1,610

129 Lebanon 7.6 48.40 75.90 140 110 1.8 10.0 7,690

130 Eswatini 8.5 27.19 64.77 300 100 2.0 14.0 3,850

131 Samoa 8.6 30.07 41.32 140 70 12.0 15.0 4,190

132 Fiji 8.8 42.91 67.82 140 70 3.0 9.0 5,860

133 Timor-Leste 9.0 13.60 21.16 700 700 1.8 5.0 1,820

134 Iraq 9.1 38.30 76.29 140 70 2.0 0.0 5,030

135 Argentina 9.7 99.98 140 70 4.0 12,370

136 Palestine 9.8 30.25 43.48 140 70 2.5 16.0 3,710

137 Lao P.D.R. 10.7 21.90 58.24 140 70 1.5 10.0 2,460

138

Bolivia (Plurinational

State of)

12.0 33.57 67.24 140 70 2.0 13.0 3,370

139 Mauritania 12.0 11.94 33.76 140 70 4.0 18.0 1,190

140 Cambodia 12.4 14.25 34.87 140 70 1.5 10.0 1,380

141 Guinea 12.7 8.79 17.36 140 100 2.0 11.0 830

142 Angola 12.8 35.89 46.14 140 70 2.0 10.0 3,370

143 Tanzania 13.8 11.71 31.43 140 1,000 2.1 32.5 1,020

144 Micronesia 14.1 42.00 42.98 140 900 2.0 0.0 3,580

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly voice

call allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly SMS

allowance

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

145 Botswana 14.2 91.67 175.06 140 70 1.5 12.0 7,750

146 Zambia 14.7 17.54 44.73 140 70 1.5 33.5 1,430

147 Honduras 15.0 29.06 57.02 1,200 70 4.0 15.0 2,330

148 Lesotho 15.6 17.97 48.63 248 70 2.0 9.0 1,380

149 Nicaragua 15.7 26.62 71.64 160 400 4.0 15.0 2,030

150 Ethiopia 16.3 10.72 31.51 166 70 2.0 15.0 790

151 Kiribati 18.1 47.37 140 70 2.7 0.0 3,140

152 Sao Tome and Principe 19.2 30.18 42.36 140 70 3.0 5.0 1,890

153 Guatemala 19.3 70.89 118.39 140 70 2.5 12.0 4,410

154 Cabo Verde 19.7 56.52 118.46 140 70 2.0 15.0 3,450

155 Rwanda 19.9 12.94 35.53 140 70 2.0 28.0 780

156 Vanuatu 20.6 51.01 47.88 140 70 2.5 15.0 2,970

157 Gambia 21.8 12.71 41.01 140 70 1.5 21.3 700

158 Afghanistan 21.8 9.99 34.00 140 70 2.0 0.0 550

159 Comoros 21.8 24.00 360 240 2.0 0.0 1,320

160 Benin 22.0 15.93 40.99 140 70 1.6 18.0 870

161 Cameroon 22.5 26.99 64.61 899 500 1.5 0.0 1,440

162 Djibouti 24.2 43.89 77.46 180 100 3.8 10.0 2,180

163 Haiti 24.5 16.33 34.92 140 70 1.6 10.0 800

164 Senegal 25.3 29.73 72.17 1,400 Unlimited 4.1 23.0 1,410

165 Papua New Guinea 29.1 61.45 74.63 140 70 2.3 10.0 2,530

166 Solomon Islands 29.7 49.49 51.02 140 70 3.2 10.0 2,000

167 Madagascar 31.9 11.70 40.96 140 70 2.0 20.0 440

168 Yemen 32.0 25.59 300 100 3.2 5.0 960

169 Togo 35.2 19.07 46.89 240 70 1.5 18.0 650

170 Mali 45.1 31.17 79.45 140 70 2.0 18.0 830

171 Sierra Leone 46.1 19.20 50.01 140 70 2.0 15.0 500

172 Uganda 51.9 26.83 80.30 1,800 2,000 2.0 18.0 620

173 Niger 56.8 17.99 44.81 2,500 Unlimited 4.0 22.6 380

174 Chad 58.0 32.39 1,000 1,000 1.6 18.0 670

175 Liberia 60.0 30.00 28.68 1,500 300 20.0 14.0 600

176 Guinea-Bissau 61.0 38.15 87.56 140 70 5.0 17.0 750

177 Central African Rep. 63.0 25.19 1,120 2,800 2.1 19.0 480

178 Burkina Faso 63.8 35.09 91.39 1,560 1,560 1.5 18.0 660

179 Malawi 73.4 22.03 64.94 140 70 2.0 26.5 360

180 Mozambique 81.4 29.84 6,300 1,800 1.8 17.0 440

181 Burundi 84.2 19.64 47.94 140 75 1.8 2.0 280

182

Dem. Rep. of the

Congo

112.2 45.80 250 70 1.8 26.0 490

Andorra** 29.63 200 100 1.5

Anguilla** 44.44 1,000 1,000 3.0 7.0

Cayman Islands** 64.08 300 70 3.0

Cuba** 55.55 140 70 2.5

Gibraltar** 40.03 300 300 2.0 0.0

Liechtenstein** 45.10 140 Unlimited 5.0 7.7

Monaco** 59.04 Unlimited Unlimited 50.0 20.0

Somalia** 12.70 140 70 2.0 10.0

Syrian Arab Republic** 33.34 140 100 1.8 5.0

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly voice

call allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly SMS

allowance

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

Taiwan, Province of

China**

30.70 140 70 1.5 5.0

Note: Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. * Data correspond to the GNI p.c. in 2017. ** Country not ranked because

data on GNI p.c. are not available.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. and PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

For the low-consumption mobile-data-and-voice baskets (i.e. those data-and-voice baskets offering

at least 70 minutes of voice communication, 20 SMSs and 500 MB of data), there are 49 countries

in which such a plan can be bought for less than 1 per cent of GNI p.c. (see Table 3), including 11

middle-income countries. Compared with the high-consumption data-and-voice basket, there are

16 more countries in which the cost is below 1 per cent of GNI p.c., owing to the lower allowances in

the plan in question. Conversely, there are also fewer countries in which the low-consumption data-

and-voice baskets are above 10 per cent of GNI p.c. – 30 in total – compared with 46 for the high-

consumption data-and-voice basket.

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Table 3: Low-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket, 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

voice call

allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly

SMS

allowance

Monthly

data

allowance

(in MB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD, 2018

1 Luxembourg 0.1 5.89 5.13 70 30 1,024 77,820

2 Macao, China 0.1 6.57 8.18 480 20 880 0.0 78,320

3 Hong Kong, China 0.2 7.69 9.41 70 20 1,024 0.0 50,310

4 Austria 0.3 10.72 10.81 700 700 1,024 20.0 49,250

5 Singapore 0.3 14.83 17.64 150 500 5,120 7.0 58,770

6 New Zealand 0.3 10.38 9.34 200 50 500 15.0 40,820

7 Qatar 0.3 16.48 21.62 70 20 2,867 0.0 61,190

8 Israel 0.3 11.11 9.42 2,500 2,500 30,720 17.0 40,850

9 Estonia 0.3 5.90 8.28 Unlimited Unlimited 1,024 20.0 20,990

10 Iceland* 0.4 18.37 12.85 Unlimited Unlimited 500 24.0 60,740

11 Switzerland 0.4 25.57 18.18 Unlimited Unlimited 500 7.7 83,580

12 United Arab Emirates 0.4 13.14 17.12 70 20 500 5.0 41,010

13 Finland 0.4 16.66 14.90 70 20 Unlimited 24.0 47,820

14 Sri Lanka 0.5 1.53 4.68 70 50 500 37.7 4,060

15 Norway 0.5 30.62 23.09 70 20 1,024 25.0 80,790

16 Belgium 0.5 18.88 18.66 120 70 1,536 21.0 45,430

17 Sweden 0.5 22.89 21.28 Unlimited Unlimited 2,048 25.0 55,070

18 Denmark 0.5 26.76 21.15 70 20 10,240 25.0 60,140

19 Germany 0.6 22.19 23.35 Unlimited 20 1,024 19.0 47,450

20 Netherlands 0.6 24.80 24.22 Unlimited Unlimited 2,048 21.0 51,280

21 France 0.6 20.06 20.07 120 20 5,120 20.0 41,070

22 Portugal 0.6 10.63 13.53 70 20 500 23.0 21,680

23 Tunisia 0.6 1.74 5.23 70 20 500 19.0 3,500

24 Brunei Darussalam 0.6 15.94 28.40 70 20 1,024 0.0 31,020

25 United Kingdom 0.6 21.35 20.28 Unlimited Unlimited 1,024 20.0 41,330

26 United States 0.6 32.66 32.66 Unlimited Unlimited 500 8.9 62,850

27 Kuwait 0.6 17.88 27.45 100 20 5,120 0.0 33,690

28 Spain 0.7 16.40 19.42 Unlimited 20 3,072 21.0 29,450

29 Latvia 0.7 10.03 15.08 Unlimited Unlimited 500 21.0 16,880

30 Kazakhstan 0.7 4.73 13.61 Unlimited 20 4,096 12.0 7,830

31 Greece 0.7 11.81 15.13 300 50 600 24.0 19,540

32 Belarus 0.7 3.50 13.85 250 20 50 25.0 5,670

33 Russian Federation 0.7 6.38 15.28 200 200 4,096 20.0 10,230

34 Italy 0.8 21.26 23.06 Unlimited 500 20,480 25.0 33,560

35 Korea (Rep. of) 0.8 19.86 22.73 100 20 700 10.0 30,600

36 Oman 0.8 9.88 19.46 70 50 500 0.0 15,110

37 Mauritius 0.8 8.25 14.07 70 800 1,200 15.0 12,050

38 Australia 0.8 36.61 31.86 Unlimited Unlimited 15,360 10.0 53,190

39 Ireland 0.8 41.33 35.58 Unlimited Unlimited 20,480 23.0 59,360

40 India 0.9 1.43 4.75 Unlimited 300 2,048 18.0 2,020

41 Slovenia 0.9 17.70 23.14 Unlimited Unlimited 2,048 22.0 24,670

42 Egypt 0.9 2.01 10.29 280 20 500 43.0 2,800

43 Armenia 0.9 3.11 7.70 1,500 150 1,000 20.0 4,230

44 Lithuania 0.9 12.87 21.83 Unlimited Unlimited 2,048 21.0 17,360

45 China 0.9 7.19 12.48 70 20 1,024 0.0 9,470

46 Poland 0.9 10.80 20.91 Unlimited 20 3,072 23.0 14,150

47 Cyprus 0.9 20.08 24.56 300 300 500 19.0 26,300

48 Turkey 0.9 8.08 23.20 750 100 2,560 25.5 10,380

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

voice call

allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly

SMS

allowance

Monthly

data

allowance

(in MB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD, 2018

49 Slovakia 1.0 14.70 23.06 100 20 500 20.0 18,330

50 Bahrain 1.0 18.46 30.47 500 20 6,000 5.0 21,890

51 Mexico 1.0 7.79 14.75 Unlimited Unlimited 1,000 16.0 9,180

52 Saudi Arabia 1.0 18.67 38.30 500 20 2,000 5.0 21,540

53 Hungary 1.0 12.73 22.82 70 20 1,024 5.0 14,590

54 Uruguay 1.1 13.83 16.60 93 20 512 15,650

55 Chile 1.1 13.08 18.19 350 20 5,120 14,670

56 Malta 1.1 23.62 31.65 70 20 500 18.0 26,220

57 Azerbaijan 1.1 3.76 15.35 70 200 2,048 18.0 4,050

58 Romania 1.1 10.63 22.53 Unlimited Unlimited 30,720 19.0 11,290

59 Costa Rica 1.2 11.93 18.58 70 20 2,000 13.0 11,510

60 Myanmar 1.2 1.36 5.36 70 20 900 5.0 1,310

61 Malaysia 1.3 10.90 26.48 Unlimited 20 6,144 0.0 10,460

62 Bhutan 1.3 3.22 9.68 70 20 959 5.0 3,080

63 Ukraine 1.3 2.83 10.73 Unlimited 100 2,000 20.0 2,660

64 Iran (Islamic Republic of)* 1.3 6.12 19.53 400 400 1,000 9.0 5,470

65 Bangladesh 1.4 2.03 4.99 100 50 500 21.0 1,750

66 Japan 1.4 48.51 49.34 Unlimited 20 1,024 8.0 41,340

67 Canada 1.4 52.90 51.15 Unlimited 20 500 13.0 44,860

68 Czech Republic 1.4 24.34 38.08 Unlimited 20 500 21.0 20,250

69 Morocco 1.4 3.73 8.48 100 100 1,040 20.0 3,090

70 Indonesia 1.5 4.69 13.09 70 60 2,048 10.0 3,840

71 Barbados* 1.6 20.00 15.91 100 100 1,024 15,240

72 Maldives 1.6 12.23 16.08 70 20 70 6.0 9,310

73 Bahamas* 1.6 39.96 35.27 12,000 12,000 8,192 12.0 30,210

74 Panama 1.7 20.00 34.87 100 100 Unlimited 14,370

75 Peru 1.7 9.13 17.37 Unlimited Unlimited 3,000 6,530

76 Aruba* 1.7 33.52 40.02 1,000 100 4,096 23,630

77 Palau 1.8 25.00 26.86 190 2,000 2,048 0.0 16,910

78 Moldova 1.8 4.46 10.43 120 150 500 20.0 2,990

79 Brazil 1.8 13.68 22.23 Unlimited Unlimited 3,072 40.2 9,140

80 Uzbekistan 1.8 3.05 1,150 20 800 20.0 2,020

81 Montenegro 1.8 12.87 25.34 5,100 100 2,048 21.0 8,400

82 Puerto Rico 1.9 33.45 Unlimited Unlimited 1,024 11.5 21,100

83 Seychelles 1.9 24.97 39.46 70 20 1,024 15.0 15,600

84 Bulgaria 2.0 14.47 31.95 200 20 600 20.0 8,860

85 Viet Nam 2.0 3.98 9.69 200 30 3,072 10.0 2,400

86 Colombia 2.0 10.46 21.90 Unlimited Unlimited 750 23.0 6,190

87 Thailand 2.0 11.24 29.14 100 20 500 7.0 6,610

88 Albania 2.1 8.33 17.40 200 200 500 20.0 4,860

89 Serbia 2.1 10.96 22.53 Unlimited 100 500 20.0 6,390

90 Croatia 2.1 23.73 38.28 70 20 5,120 25.0 13,830

91 Namibia 2.2 9.67 19.20 1,400 2,800 800 15.0 5,250

92 Georgia 2.3 7.89 Unlimited Unlimited 4,000 18.0 4,130

93 Philippines 2.4 7.52 19.39 400 Unlimited 4,096 12.0 3,830

94 North Macedonia 2.4 10.88 Unlimited 20 1,536 18.0 5,450

95 Pakistan 2.4 3.20 11.63 10,000 10,000 1,000 0.0 1,580

96 Trinidad and Tobago 2.5 33.23 39.76 Unlimited Unlimited 1,000 12.5 16,240

97 Ecuador 2.5 12.60 21.69 200 20 2,000 12.0 6,120

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

voice call

allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly

SMS

allowance

Monthly

data

allowance

(in MB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD, 2018

98 Algeria 2.5 8.58 24.74 70 Unlimited 13,000 19.0 4,060

99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.6 12.10 25.47 70 20 500 17.0 5,690

100 Lebanon 2.7 17.60 27.60 70 440 60 10.0 7,690

101 Antigua and Barbuda 2.8 37.04 45.57 700 700 7,168 15,810

102 Kyrgyzstan 2.9 2.91 9.56 1,200 2,000 4,200 17.0 1,220

103 Paraguay 2.9 13.61 29.16 Unlimited 20 1,024 10.0 5,680

104 Libya 2.9 15.53 70 20 2,000 0.0 6,330

105 Mongolia 3.0 8.81 24.28 70 20 3,072 10.0 3,580

106 Suriname 3.0 12.52 70 60 550 8.0 4,990

107 Turkmenistan 3.1 17.14 2,000 500 500 15.0 6,740

108 South Africa 3.1 14.95 30.00 70 20 500 15.0 5,720

109 Ghana 3.2 5.62 15.55 100 40 500 23.5 2,130

110 Jordan 3.7 12.93 26.82 5,000 200 4,096 46.0 4,210

111 Dominica 3.7 22.22 31.01 Unlimited Unlimited 1,536 7,210

112 Gabon 3.8 21.59 31.55 240 1,350 900 18.0 6,800

113 Tonga 4.0 14.31 18.67 4,000 4,000 2,000 15.0 4,300

114 Nigeria 4.0 6.53 12.96 253 253 650 5.0 1,960

115 Nauru 4.2 39.49 70 20 1,843 15.0 11,240

116 Dominican Rep. 4.3 26.13 56.74 100 1,000 3,072 30.0 7,370

117 Iraq 4.3 18.09 36.04 70 20 500 0.0 5,030

118 Grenada 4.3 35.19 47.85 300 Unlimited 8,000 9,780

119 Jamaica 4.3 18.08 28.23 Unlimited 20 3,500 25.0 4,990

120 Nepal (Republic of) 4.6 3.65 10.69 70 20 1,500 26.0 960

121 Sao Tome and Principe 4.6 7.23 10.15 1,800 1,800 900 5.0 1,890

122 Eswatini 4.6 14.80 35.26 70 30 700 14.0 3,850

123 Guyana 4.6 18.34 29.44 80 80 3,500 4,760

124 Lao P.D.R. 4.9 10.11 26.88 70 20 540 10.0 2,460

125 El Salvador 5.0 16.07 31.97 Unlimited 20 6,144 3,820

126 Curacao* 5.2 82.31 104.76 Unlimited Unlimited 5,000 6.0 19,070

127 Angola 5.4 15.23 19.58 70 20 500 10.0 3,370

128 Kenya 5.5 7.38 14.88 70 20 2,048 31.0 1,620

129 Fiji 5.6 27.14 42.91 70 20 3,072 9.0 5,860

130 Argentina 5.6 57.31 70 20 1,400 12,370

131 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5.6 15.63 31.30 70 20 500 16.0 3,370

132 Botswana 5.6 35.98 68.71 70 20 500 12.0 7,750

133 Palestine 5.6 17.43 25.07 70 20 2,500 16.0 3,710

134 Cambodia 5.9 6.75 16.52 70 20 700 10.0 1,380

135 Mauritania 6.2 6.17 17.43 120 20 2,048 18.0 1,190

136 Samoa 6.2 21.72 29.84 70 20 12,288 15.0 4,190

137 Timor-Leste 6.3 9.60 14.93 700 700 856 5.0 1,820

138 Sierra Leone 6.4 2.65 6.90 70 20 585 15.0 500

139 Belize 6.4 25.00 90 Unlimited 5,400 12.5 4,720

140 Tajikistan 6.5 5.46 100 100 1,600 23.0 1,010

141 Ethiopia 6.6 4.34 12.76 166 20 500 15.0 790

142 Guinea 7.2 4.97 9.82 70 60 1,200 18.0 830

143 Cameroon 7.5 9.00 21.54 278 500 500 0.0 1,440

144 Côte d'Ivoire 7.5 10.08 24.64 560 560 2,240 18.0 1,610

145 Tanzania 7.8 6.63 17.79 135 1,000 600 32.5 1,020

146 Nicaragua 9.0 15.31 41.20 120 200 2,000 15.0 2,030

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

voice call

allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly

SMS

allowance

Monthly

data

allowance

(in MB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD, 2018

147 Zambia 9.1 10.84 27.64 70 20 1,536 33.5 1,430

148 Rwanda 9.6 6.26 17.19 70 20 1,024 28.0 780

149 Cabo Verde 9.6 27.73 58.11 70 20 1,000 15.0 3,450

150 Benin 10.4 7.54 19.38 84 20 500 18.0 870

151 Honduras 10.4 20.26 39.74 1,200 20 3,200 15.0 2,330

152 Lesotho 10.5 12.04 32.58 248 20 750 9.0 1,380

153 Micronesia 10.6 31.50 32.23 70 900 2,048 0.0 3,580

154 Guatemala 10.9 40.03 66.86 70 20 2,500 12.0 4,410

155 Madagascar 11.4 4.20 14.70 1,680 560 560 20.0 440

156 Kiribati 11.5 30.04 70 20 2,800 0.0 3,140

157 Vanuatu 11.6 28.68 26.92 70 20 2,560 15.0 2,970

158 Djibouti 12.4 22.51 39.72 240 100 500 10.0 2,180

159 Gambia 12.5 7.29 23.52 70 20 750 21.3 700

160 Afghanistan 13.5 6.17 21.01 70 20 1,024 0.0 550

161 Haiti 13.8 9.20 19.68 70 20 1,600 10.0 800

162 Yemen 14.5 11.63 300 100 500 5.0 960

163 Comoros 15.3 16.80 420 350 700 0.0 1,320

164 Papua New Guinea 19.2 40.56 49.26 70 20 2,400 10.0 2,530

165 Mali 20.4 14.14 36.06 70 20 500 18.0 830

166 Burkina Faso 20.9 11.52 29.99 480 480 500 18.0 660

167 Solomon Islands 22.6 37.64 38.80 70 20 3,276 10.0 2,000

168 Mozambique 22.6 8.29 1,750 500 500 17.0 440

169 Togo 24.9 13.50 33.18 285 237 1,050 18.0 650

170 Senegal 25.3 29.73 72.17 1,400 Unlimited 4,200 23.0 1,410

171 Uganda 26.0 13.42 40.15 900 1,000 1,024 18.0 620

172 Guinea-Bissau 26.3 16.47 37.79 70 20 600 17.0 750

173 Malawi 35.2 10.57 31.16 70 20 600 26.5 360

174 Chad 38.7 21.59 1,000 1,000 1,024 18.0 670

175 Burundi 38.8 9.06 22.12 70 60 500 2.0 280

176 Central African Rep. 48.1 19.25 70 20 1,800 19.0 480

177 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 49.0 20.00 120 25 600 26.0 490

178 Niger 56.8 17.99 44.81 2,500 Unlimited 4,096 22.6 380

179 Liberia 60.0 30.00 28.68 9,000 600 18,432 14.0 600

Andorra** 18.52 200 100 500

Anguilla** 37.03 1,000 1,000 1,024 7.0

Cayman Islands** 56.88 300 20 600

Cuba** 23.70 70 20 600

Gibraltar** 30.69 70 100 500 0.0

Liechtenstein** 29.76 70 Unlimited 1,024 7.7

Monaco** 59.04 Unlimited Unlimited 51,200 20.0

Saint Kitts and Nevis** 37.04 1,000 1,000 10,000 18,640

Saint Lucia** 32.78 Unlimited Unlimited 8,000 9,460

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines** 31.70 500 20 3,072 7,940

Somalia** 8.70 70 20 2,000 10.0

Syrian Arab Republic** 13.04 70 25 600 5.0

Taiwan, Province of China** 20.52 70 20 1,024 5.0

Note: Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. * Data correspond to the GNI p.c. in 2017. ** Country not ranked because

data on GNI p.c. are not available.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. and PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Mobile-voice basket

This section analyses the prices for a basket combining voice and text messages, but without a data

allowance. The revised basket for mobile-voice prices corresponds to the non-data part of a low-

consumption data-and-voice basket, i.e. 70 voice minutes and 20 SMSs.

The previous mobile-voice

basket, applied until 2017, contained 30 calls and 100 SMSs.

Global trends

Between 2008 and 2019, the global average price of a mobile-voice basket decreased from USD

21.4 to USD 11.8, equivalent to a CAGR of -5.3 per cent. Growth rates for the period 2008-2019

should be analysed with caution, as there is a break in series between 2017 and 2018. Since the

growth rates for 2009-2017 are very similar to the growth rates for 2008-2019, it is assumed that the

impact of the change in basket is minimal, and growth rates are therefore reported nevertheless.

Over the same period, mobile-voice penetration increased from 60 to 109 subscriptions per 100

inhabitants, a CAGR of 5.5 per cent.

Chart 4: Global mobile-voice price basket in USD (left axis) and mobile-voice

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2008-2019

100

125

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Subscriptionsper100inhabitants

USD

Mobile‐cellularprice Mobile‐cellulartelephonesubscriptions

Note: Prices are calculated based on simple averages of data from 138 economies for which data on mobile-voice

prices were available for 2008-2019. There is a break in series between 2017 and 2018. Up to 2017, data are for a

basket of 30 calls and 100 SMSs.

Source: ITU. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Converted to USD, the average price of the mobile-voice basket in LDCs, at USD 8, was USD

3 cheaper than the average price in developing countries and only half the price in developed

countries. The CIS region had the lowest prices, at only USD 3, whereas the most expensive baskets

were found in the Americas (USD 17) and Europe (USD 15).

Chart 5: Mobile-voice basket in USD, 2019

USD

Note: Simple averages. Based on 195 economies for which data on mobile-voice prices in USD are available for the

year 2019.

Source: ITU. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Taking purchasing power into account, the mobile-voice basket fell from PPP$ 30.6 to PPP$ 18.7

between 2008 and 2019, a CAGR of -4.4 per cent, compared with a CAGR of 5.5 per cent for the

number of subscriptions.

Chart 6: Global mobile-voice price basket in PPP$ (left axis) and mobile-voice

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2008-2019

100

125

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Subscriptionsper100inhabitants

PPP$

Mobile‐cellularprice Mobile‐cellulartelephonesubscriptions

Note: Prices are calculated based on simple averages of data from 130 economies for which data on mobile-voice

prices were available for 2008-2019. There is a break in series between 2017 and 2018. Up to 2017, data are for a

basket of 30 calls and 100 SMSs.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank.

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Correcting for purchasing power has the effect of eliminating the price differences between

developed countries (PPP$ 19), developing countries (PPP$ 18) and LDCs (PPP$ 18). The CIS region is

still the region with the most affordable prices, with an average of PPP$ 10, but much closer to the next

most affordable region, Asia and the Paciﬁc (PPP$ 13). The Americas is still the most expensive region

(PPP$ 25), followed by Europe (PPP$ 19) but also Africa (also at PPP$ 19). The average for the Arab

States is inﬂuenced by the very high value for Mauritania (PPP$ 44.9). Excluding Mauritania, average

mobile-voice prices in the Arab states are virtually the same as in Asia and the Paciﬁc in PPP$ terms.

Chart 7: Mobile-voice basket in PPP$, 2019

PPP$

Note: Simple averages. Based on 166 economies for which data on mobile-voice prices in PPP$ are available for the

year 2019.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank.

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Taking income levels into account saw a greater reduction in prices, from 8.5 per cent of GNI p.c.

to 2.9 per cent, or a CAGR of -9.3 per cent. Although causality is difﬁcult to prove, these price

reductions have certainly helped contribute to the rapid rise in the mobile-voice penetration rate, to

the effect that globally there are now more mobile-cellular subscriptions than people.

Chart 8: Global mobile-voice price basket as a % of GNI p.c. (left axis) and

mobile-voice subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2008-2019

100

120

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Subscriptionsper100inhabitants

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Mobile‐cellularprice Mobile‐cellulartelephonesubscriptions

Note: Prices are calculated based on simple averages of data from 137 economies for which data on mobile-voice

prices were available for 2008-2019. There is a break in series between 2017 and 2018. Up to 2017, data are for a

basket of 30 calls and 100 SMSs.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. data are from the World Bank.

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Expressing prices as a share of GNI p.c. completely changes the perspective on the differences

between the various regions of the world. In developed countries, the cost of a mobile-voice basket

represented less than one per cent of GNI p.c. In developing countries, this ratio stood above 5 per

cent, whereas in LDCs it was just over 12 per cent. Europe was the region with the most affordable

prices, at 0.9 per cent of GNI p.c. on average, closely followed by the CIS region at 1 per cent. The

next three regions had affordability levels between 2.5 and 3.2 per cent of GNI p.c., but in Africa it

was as much as 12 per cent.

Chart 9: Mobile-voice basket as a % of GNI p.c., 2019

12.0

2.9

2.5

1.0

0.9

3.2

4.3

0.9

5.3

12.1

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Note: Simple averages. Based on 184 economies for which data on mobile-voice prices as a % of GNI p.c. are

available for the year 2019.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. data are from the World Bank.

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In 2008, the average price of a mobile-voice basket in developing countries stood at 11.4 per cent

of GNI p.c., compared with 2.4 per cent in developed countries (see Chart 10). The difference

between these two ﬁgures, 9 percentage points, can be considered as the affordability gap between

developed and developing countries for mobile-voice services. In 2019, the average price of a

mobile-voice basket in developing countries had gone down to 3.8 per cent of GNI p.c., whereas

the average price in developed countries had shrunk to 0.9 per cent. As such, the affordability

gap between developed and developing countries was reduced from 9 to 2.9 percentage points

between 2008 and 2019. This is very positive, as it provides an avenue for developing countries to

catch-up to penetration levels observed in more developed countries.

Chart 10: Global mobile-voice price basket as a % of GNI p.c. by development

level (left axis) and affordability gap for mobile-voice (right axis), 2008-2019

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Affordabilitygap

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Affordabilitygap Developed Developing

Note: Simple averages. Based on 137 economies for which data on mobile-voice prices as a % of GNI p.c. are

available for all years. The affordability gap is deﬁned as the difference between the average price as a % of GNI p.c.

for developing countries and the average price for developed countries.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. data are from the World Bank.

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The global average price reductions have undoubtedly helped contribute to the rapid rise in the

mobile-voice penetration rate (see Chart 11), alongside the entry of new operators into the market

and better monitoring and evaluation by regulators, many of whom now monitor local market prices

and affordability. Globally, the number of mobile-voice subscriptions increased from 60 to 108 per

100 inhabitants between 2008 and 2019.

The most spectacular growth in subscribers has been recorded in the LDCs, where penetration more

than tripled from 2008 to 2019, from 22 to 75 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants. Such subscriber

growth has contributed substantially to the doubling of penetration in developing countries, from 49

to 104 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants. In mobile markets in developed countries, saturation levels

are being reached, with a comparatively small increase recorded from 108 to 129 subscriptions

per 100 inhabitants. In these countries, average penetration exceeds total population as a result of

multiple SIM-card ownership, on which subscription ﬁgures are based.

Chart 11: Mobile-voice subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, 2008-2019*

100

120

140

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019*

Subscriptionsper100inhabitants

Developed Developing World LDCs

Note: * Estimate.

Source: ITU.

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Benchmarking countries

In most countries, an entry-level mobile-voice basket remains fairly affordable. In 70 countries, a

low-usage mobile-voice basket was available for less than 1 per cent of GNI p.c., and in a further

37 countries it stood below 2 per cent. On the other hand, in 20 countries with the least affordable

baskets the cost rose above 10 per cent of GNI p.c. – almost exclusively African countries, with the

exception of Haiti and Nicaragua.

Table 4: Mobile-voice basket, 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Tax rate

included (%)

GNI p.c.,

USD, 2018

1 Hong Kong, China 0.1 2.46 3.01 0.0 50,310

2 Macao, China 0.1 4.09 5.09 0.0 78,320

3 Luxembourg 0.1 5.89 5.13 77,820

4 Austria 0.1 4.25 4.29 20.0 49,250

5 United Arab Emirates 0.1 3.70 4.82 5.0 41,010

6 Norway 0.2 10.22 7.71 25.0 80,790

7 Qatar 0.2 12.72 16.68 0.0 61,190

8 Bahrain 0.3 4.68 7.73 5.0 21,890

9 Sri Lanka 0.3 0.93 2.83 37.7 4,060

10 France 0.3 9.44 9.44 20.0 41,070

11 Singapore 0.3 14.83 17.64 7.0 58,770

12 Belgium 0.3 11.81 11.67 21.0 45,430

13 Israel 0.3 11.11 9.42 17.0 40,850

14 Russian Federation 0.3 2.81 6.73 20.0 10,230

15 Brunei Darussalam 0.3 8.53 15.19 0.0 31,020

16 Estonia 0.3 5.90 8.28 20.0 20,990

17 Iceland* 0.4 18.37 12.85 24.0 60,740

18 Iran (Islamic Republic of)* 0.4 1.73 5.53 9.0 5,470

19 China 0.4 3.01 5.22 0.0 9,470

20 Sudan 0.4 0.50 35.0 1,560

21 Kazakhstan 0.4 2.62 7.55 12.0 7,830

22 Finland 0.4 16.66 14.90 24.0 47,820

23 Kuwait 0.4 11.76 18.05 0.0 33,690

24 Egypt 0.4 1.01 5.18 23.0 2,800

25 Netherlands 0.4 18.90 18.45 21.0 51,280

26 Mauritius 0.4 4.45 7.58 15.0 12,050

27 New Zealand 0.5 15.91 14.33 15.0 40,820

28 Japan 0.5 16.63 16.91 8.0 41,340

29 Switzerland 0.5 34.01 24.19 7.7 83,580

30 Tunisia 0.5 1.44 4.32 19.0 3,500

31 United Kingdom 0.5 17.34 16.47 20.0 41,330

32 Mexico 0.5 3.98 7.53 16.0 9,180

33 Costa Rica 0.5 5.00 7.78 13.0 11,510

34 Denmark 0.5 26.76 21.15 25.0 60,140

35 Malta 0.5 11.81 15.83 18.0 26,220

36 Canada 0.6 21.80 21.08 13.0 44,860

37 Sweden 0.6 26.80 24.91 25.0 55,070

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Tax rate

included (%)

GNI p.c.,

USD, 2018

38 Portugal 0.6 10.63 13.53 23.0 21,680

39 Cyprus 0.6 12.99 15.89 19.0 26,300

40 Greece 0.6 10.04 12.86 24.0 19,540

41 United States 0.6 32.66 32.66 8.9 62,850

42 Thailand 0.6 3.46 8.96 7.0 6,610

43 Lithuania 0.6 9.33 15.82 21.0 17,360

44 Turkmenistan 0.7 3.65 15.0 6,740

45 Uzbekistan 0.7 1.11 20.0 2,020

46 Saudi Arabia 0.7 11.87 24.35 5.0 21,540

47 Slovakia 0.7 10.13 15.89 20.0 18,330

48 Spain 0.7 16.40 19.42 21.0 29,450

49 Maldives 0.7 5.36 7.05 6.0 9,310

50 Turkey 0.7 6.01 17.25 25.5 10,380

51 Panama 0.7 8.40 14.64 7.0 14,370

52 Malaysia 0.7 6.20 15.05 0.0 10,460

53 Latvia 0.7 10.03 15.08 21.0 16,880

54 Bhutan 0.7 1.86 5.59 5.0 3,080

55 Mongolia 0.8 2.25 6.20 10.0 3,580

56 Armenia 0.8 2.68 6.64 20.0 4,230

57 Oman 0.8 9.62 18.95 0.0 15,110

58 Bahamas* 0.8 20.02 17.67 12.0 30,210

59 Libya 0.8 4.32 0.0 6,330

60 Australia 0.8 36.61 31.86 10.0 53,190

61 Morocco 0.8 2.13 4.85 20.0 3,090

62 Ireland 0.8 41.33 35.58 23.0 59,360

63 Georgia 0.8 2.89 18.0 4,130

64 Italy 0.8 23.50 25.50 22.0 33,560

65 Slovenia 0.9 17.70 23.14 22.0 24,670

66 Belarus 0.9 4.16 16.42 25.0 5,670

67 Poland 0.9 10.80 20.91 23.0 14,150

68 Myanmar 0.9 1.02 4.02 5.0 1,310

69 Seychelles 1.0 12.45 19.68 15.0 15,600

70 Azerbaijan 1.0 3.33 13.58 18.0 4,050

71 Palau 1.0 14.15 15.21 16,910

72 Hungary 1.0 12.55 22.49 27.0 14,590

73 Germany 1.0 41.32 43.48 19.0 47,450

74 Botswana 1.0 6.76 12.92 12.0 7,750

75 Bangladesh 1.1 1.55 3.80 21.0 1,750

76 Jamaica 1.1 4.42 6.91 25.0 4,990

77 India 1.1 1.83 6.05 18.0 2,020

78 Trinidad and Tobago 1.1 14.70 17.58 12.5 16,240

79 Romania 1.1 10.63 22.53 19.0 11,290

80 Pakistan 1.2 1.54 5.59 0.0 1,580

81 Korea (Rep. of) 1.2 29.88 34.19 10.0 30,600

82 Chile 1.3 15.28 21.25 14,670

83 Ukraine 1.3 2.83 10.73 20.0 2,660

84 Aruba* 1.3 26.50 31.64 23,630

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Tax rate

included (%)

GNI p.c.,

USD, 2018

85 Uruguay 1.4 17.73 21.28 15,650

86 Colombia 1.4 7.13 14.92 23.0 6,190

87 Czech Republic 1.4 24.34 38.08 21.0 20,250

88 Serbia 1.5 7.98 16.39 20.0 6,390

89 Jordan 1.5 5.44 11.28 46.0 4,210

90 South Africa 1.6 7.40 14.84 15.0 5,720

91 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.6 24.56 32.59 18,640

92 Eswatini 1.6 5.21 12.41 14.0 3,850

93 Algeria 1.7 5.64 16.26 19.0 4,060

94 Nauru 1.7 16.33 15.0 11,240

95 Samoa 1.8 6.11 8.40 15.0 4,190

96 Ecuador 1.8 9.10 15.66 12.0 6,120

97 Brazil 1.8 13.68 22.23 40.2 9,140

98 Nepal (Republic of) 1.8 1.45 4.24 26.0 960

99 Albania 1.8 7.41 15.47 20.0 4,860

100 Montenegro 1.9 13.02 25.65 21.0 8,400

101 Ethiopia 1.9 1.23 3.62 15.0 790

102 Indonesia 1.9 6.03 16.80 10.0 3,840

103 Iraq 1.9 7.95 15.83 0.0 5,030

104 Puerto Rico 1.9 33.45 11.5 21,100

105 Tajikistan 1.9 1.64 23.0 1,010

106 Namibia 2.0 8.54 16.95 15.0 5,250

107 Antigua and Barbuda 2.0 26.33 32.40 15,810

108 Dominican Rep. 2.0 12.41 26.96 30.0 7,370

109 Peru 2.0 11.04 21.02 6,530

110 Bulgaria 2.0 15.08 33.30 20.0 8,860

111 Croatia 2.1 23.73 38.28 25.0 13,830

112 Barbados* 2.1 26.61 21.17 15,240

113 Curacao* 2.2 34.61 44.05 6.0 19,070

114 North Macedonia 2.4 10.88 24.86 18.0 5,450

115 Tonga 2.5 8.94 11.67 15.0 4,300

116 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.5 12.01 25.28 17.0 5,690

117 Kyrgyzstan 2.6 2.60 8.55 17.0 1,220

118 Lebanon 2.6 16.50 25.88 10.0 7,690

119 Viet Nam 2.7 5.33 12.97 10.0 2,400

120 Grenada 2.7 22.26 30.27 9,780

121 Moldova 2.8 6.96 16.28 20.0 2,990

122 Paraguay 2.9 13.71 29.39 10.0 5,680

123 Saint Lucia 2.9 22.96 30.04 12.5 9,460

124 Philippines 3.0 9.46 24.39 12.0 3,830

125 Fiji 3.0 14.78 23.36 9.0 5,860

126 Guyana 3.2 12.64 20.29 14.0 4,760

127 Suriname 3.2 13.37 8.0 4,990

128 Ghana 3.3 5.86 16.23 23.5 2,130

129 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.3 9.39 18.81 13.0 3,370

130 Angola 3.5 9.75 12.54 10.0 3,370

131 El Salvador 3.5 11.10 22.08 18.0 3,820

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Tax rate

included (%)

GNI p.c.,

USD, 2018

132 Nigeria 3.7 6.02 11.95 5.0 1,960

133 Dominica 3.7 22.20 30.97 15.0 7,210

134 Gabon 3.7 21.00 30.69 18.0 6,800

135 Lao P.D.R. 3.7 7.64 20.33 10.0 2,460

136 Palestine 3.9 11.94 17.17 16.0 3,710

137 Argentina 3.9 40.36 26.3 12,370

138

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines 4.1 27.44 38.12 7,940

139 Micronesia 4.2 12.50 12.79 0.0 3,580

140 Rwanda 4.5 2.90 7.97 28.0 780

141 Kenya 4.5 6.14 12.37 31.0 1,620

142 Tanzania 5.2 4.42 11.86 32.5 1,020

143 Belize 5.5 21.70 12.5 4,720

144 Cambodia 5.5 6.35 15.54 10.0 1,380

145 Zambia 5.6 6.70 17.09 33.5 1,430

146 Kiribati 5.8 15.09 0.0 3,140

147 Sao Tome and Principe 6.0 9.51 13.35 5.0 1,890

148 Yemen 6.4 5.12 5.0 960

149 Guinea 6.5 4.51 8.91 18.0 830

150 Marshall Islands 6.7 26.65 0.0 4,740

151 Gambia 6.8 3.94 12.72 21.3 700

152 Timor-Leste 6.8 10.35 16.10 5.0 1,820

153 Lesotho 6.8 7.88 21.32 9.0 1,380

154 Solomon Islands 6.9 11.45 11.81 10.0 2,000

155 Afghanistan 7.1 3.23 11.01 0.0 550

156 Guatemala 7.3 26.86 44.87 12.0 4,410

157 Madagascar 7.3 2.69 9.42 20.0 440

158 Cabo Verde 7.8 22.37 46.89 15.0 3,450

159 Vanuatu 7.9 19.61 18.40 15.0 2,970

160 Uganda 8.0 4.16 12.45 18.0 620

161 Honduras 8.2 15.85 31.10 15.0 2,330

162 Cameroon 8.7 10.41 24.91 0.0 1,440

163 Papua New Guinea 8.8 18.60 22.59 10.0 2,530

164 Djibouti 9.3 16.88 29.79 10.0 2,180

165 Haiti 10.4 6.95 14.87 10.0 800

166 Benin 10.7 7.74 19.92 18.0 870

167 Comoros 10.7 11.80 0.0 1,320

168 Côte d'Ivoire 10.9 14.67 35.86 18.0 1,610

169 Senegal 11.2 13.15 31.93 23.0 1,410

170 Sierra Leone 14.8 6.16 16.04 15.0 500

171 Mauritania 16.0 15.86 44.85 18.0 1,190

172 Mali 17.3 11.97 30.52 18.0 830

173 Nicaragua 17.8 30.05 80.87 15.0 2,030

174 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 18.4 7.51 26.0 490

175 Guinea-Bissau 19.1 11.93 27.38 17.0 750

176 Mozambique 20.6 7.56 17.0 440

177 Burkina Faso 21.1 11.61 30.24 18.0 660

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Tax rate

included (%)

GNI p.c.,

USD, 2018

178 Togo 22.7 12.32 30.29 18.0 650

179 Malawi 25.6 7.67 22.61 26.5 360

180 Central African Rep. 28.5 11.40 19.0 480

181 Chad 31.6 17.62 18.0 670

182 Burundi 32.0 7.48 18.25 52.0 280

183 Liberia 34.8 17.39 16.63 14.0 600

184 Niger 48.6 15.39 38.31 22.6 380

Andorra** 18.52

Anguilla** 21.23

Cayman Islands** 28.03

Cuba** 17.55 0.0

Gibraltar** 19.85 0.0

Liechtenstein** 25.78 7.7

Monaco** 29.51 20.0

San Marino** 8.33 9.25

Somalia** 3.70 10.0

Syrian Arab Republic** 2.25 5.0

Taiwan, Province of China** 9.92 5.0

Note: Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. * Data correspond to the GNI p.c. in 2017. ** Country not ranked because

data on GNI p.c. are not available.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. and PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Mobile-data basket

The mobile-data basket uses the cheapest price with the largest operator for a data plan with a

monthly allowance of at least 1.5 GB, irrespective of the device used, over a 3G or higher data

transmission network. This is a departure from the previous baskets, which consisted of two different

plans. The ﬁrst was a USB/dongle, computer-based, post-paid subscription of at least 1 GB, while the

second was a handset-based, prepaid subscription of at least 500 MB. The time series in the analysis

below are for the 1GB USB/dongle, computer-based subscription up to 2017, mapped to the 1.5 GB

subscription, irrespective of the device used, for 2018 and 2019.

Global trends

The global average price of a mobile-data basket of at least 1.5 GB dropped from USD 20.4 in

2013 to USD 13.2 in 2019, equivalent to a CAGR of -7 per cent – driven mostly by the 2013 to 2015

sub-period, followed by relative stability over the past four years .

Over the past six years, there has

been an explosion in the number of active mobile-data subscriptions, increasing from 27.4 to 83 per

100 inhabitants, or a CAGR of 20.3 per cent.

Chart 12: Global mobile-data price basket in USD (left axis) and active mobile-

data subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2013-2019

100

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Subscriptionsper100inhabitants

USD

Mobile‐broadbandprice Activemobile‐broadbandsubscriptions

Note: Prices are calculated based on simple averages of data from 145 economies for which data on mobile data

prices in USD were available for 2013-2019. There is a break in series between 2017 and 2018. Up to 2017, prices are

for 1 GB of data for a USB/dongle, computer-based subscription.

Source: ITU. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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In developed countries, the price of a mobile-data basket of 1.5 GB stood at USD 17 in 2019, which

was above the global average of USD 14. However, as most people in developed countries will have

a data-and-voice bundle, a data-only plan will not be very common. In developing countries, the

nominal price remained just under the global average, at USD 13, whereas in LDCs the cost was only

USD 8 for such a plan.

Expressed in USD, the price of a mobile-data basket was the lowest in the CIS region, at USD 7,

followed by Africa (USD 10), Asia and the Paciﬁc (USD 11) and the Arab States (USD 14). The two

most expensive regions were Europe at USD 16 and the Americas at USD 18.

Chart 13: Mobile-data basket in USD, 2019

USD

Note: Simple averages. Based on 193 economies for which data on mobile-data prices in USD are available for the

year 2019.

Source: ITU. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Correcting for differences in purchasing power (PPP$), the CAGR of a mobile-data broadband basket

of 1.5 GB between 2013 and 2019 was -6.6 per cent, slightly less than the CAGR in USD (-7 per cent).

Chart 14: Global mobile-data price basket in PPP$ (left axis) and active mobile-

data subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2013-2019

100

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Subscriptionsper100inhabitants

PPP$

Mobile‐broadbandprice Activemobile‐broadbandsubscriptions

Note: Prices are calculated based on simple averages of data from 133 economies for which data on mobile-data

prices in PPP$ were available for 2013-2019. There is a break in series between 2017 and 2018. Up to 2017, prices are

for 1 GB of data for a USB/dongle, computer-based subscription.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank.

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

The global average price of a 1.5 GB mobile-data basket in 2019 stood at PPP$ 20 in 2019. The

average price in developed countries was below the global average (PPP$ 18), whereas the average

price in developing countries was above (PPP$ 21). In LDCs, however, a 1.5 GB mobile-data

basket cost PPP$ 16, below the global average and below the average for developed countries.

Nevertheless, Internet uptake in LDCs is still very low at only 19.1 per cent of individuals, compared

with 54.6 per cent globally.

This indicates that affordability is not the only barrier to Internet use,

but that other barriers are important too, such as low level of education, lack of relevant content, lack

of skills, in addition to a potentially low-quality Internet connection, preventing effective use.

The CIS region still had the most affordable mobile-data baskets, at an average of PPP$ 14, just

ahead of Asia and the Paciﬁc (PPP$ 15) and Europe (PPP$ 18). Mobile-data baskets in the Americas

were the most expensive, at PPP$ 28, followed by the Arab States (PPP$ 25) and Africa (PPP$ 20).

Chart 15: Mobile-data basket in PPP$, 2019

PPP$

Note: Simple averages. Based on 166 economies for which data on mobile-data prices in PPP$ are available for the

year 2019.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank.

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Taking into account GNI p.c. levels, the reduction in prices over the period 2013-2019 has been

signiﬁcant. The global average price of a mobile-data basket of 1.5 GB shrank from 8.4 per cent of

GNI p.c. in 2013 to 3.2 per cent of GNI p.c. in 2019, a CAGR of almost -15 per cent.

Chart 16: Global mobile-data price basket as a % of GNI p.c. (left axis) and active

mobile-data subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2013-2019

100

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Subscriptionsper100inhabitants

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Mobile‐broadbandprice Activemobile‐broadbandsubscriptions

Note: Prices are calculated based on simple averages of data from 140 economies for which data on mobile data

prices as a % of GNI p.c. were available for 2013-2019. There is a break in series between 2017 and 2018. Up to 2017,

prices are for 1 GB of data for a USB/dongle, computer-based subscription.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. data are from the World Bank.

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

In 2018, the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development set as a target for 2025 that entry-

level broadband services should be made affordable in developing countries, corresponding to less

than 2 per cent of monthly GNI p.c. Globally, a mobile-data basket accounted for 4.3 per cent of GNI

p.c., which is substantially above the target. In developed countries, these baskets are generally very

affordable, costing the equivalent of 0.8 per cent of GNI p.c. in 2019. In developing countries, the

cost of a 1.5 GB mobile-data basket stood at 5.5 per cent of GNI p.c., while in the LDCs it was as high

as 12.1 per cent.

Regionally, the least affordable baskets relative to income are found in Africa, at 11.4 per cent of GNI

p.c. on average. The other regions are considerably less expensive. Europeans have access to the

cheapest baskets, at 0.8 per cent of GNI p.c., followed by the CIS region (2.2 per cent), Asia and the

Paciﬁc (2.7 per cent), the Americas (2.9 per cent) and the Arab States (4.1 per cent).

Chart 17: Mobile-data basket as a % of GNI p.c., 2019

11.4

4.1

2.7

2.2

0.8

2.9

4.3

0.8

5.5

12.1

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Note: Simple averages. Based on 183 economies for which data on mobile-data prices as a % of GNI p.c. are available

for the year 2019.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. data are from the World Bank.

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It is interesting to note that the average prices for the mobile-voice basket and the mobile-

data basket are very similar, across levels of development and regions. However, the gap in the

penetration rate for mobile broadband and Internet uptake between developed and developing

countries is much larger than the gap in mobile-cellular uptake (see Chart 18). This is particularly the

case in LDCs. One conclusion that could be drawn is that if people in low-income countries have

the choice between a mobile-cellular or a mobile-broadband subscription, preference goes to the

latter. This is a further indicator that affordability is not the only, or even the most important, barrier

to Internet uptake in developing countries and LDCs.

Chart 18: Mobile-cellular subscriptions, active mobile-broadband subscriptions

and Internet users, by level of development, 2019*

129

122

104

100

120

140

Mobile‐cellulartelephone

subscriptions

Activemobile‐broadband

subscriptions

Individualsusingthe

Internet

per100inhabitants/%

Developed Developing LDCs

Note: * Estimate. Source: ITU.

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

In 2013, the average price of a mobile-data basket in developing countries stood at 11.8 per cent

of GNI p.c., compared with 1.1 per cent in developed countries (see Chart 19), translating into

an affordability gap of 10.7 percentage points for mobile-data. In 2019, just six years later, the

affordability gap had been reduced signiﬁcantly to 3.5 percentage points, owing to falling relative

prices in the developing countries. Nevertheless, the gap in Internet uptake remains substantial.

Chart 19: Global mobile-data price basket in terms of GNI p.c. by development

level (left axis) and affordability gap for mobile-data (right axis), 2008-2019

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Affordabilitygap

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Affordabilitygap Developed Developing

Note: Simple averages. Based on 140 economies for which data on mobile-data prices as a % of GNI p.c. are available

for all years. The affordability gap is deﬁned as the difference in the average price as a % of GNI p.c. for developing

countries and the average price for developed countries.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. data are from the World Bank.

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

The price reductions observed between 2013 and 2019, as well as the relative affordability of

mobile-data plans, are certainly a contributing factor driving rapid growth in active mobile-data

subscriptions since 2008 (see Chart 20), although – as mentioned above – in LDCs this growth is

much slower, compared with growth in mobile-cellular subscriptions.

Chart 20: Active mobile-data subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, 2008-2019*

100

120

140

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019*

Subscriptionsper100inhabitants

Developed Developing World LDCs

Note: * Estimate.

Source: ITU.

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Benchmarking countries

In 61 economies, consisting of 45 high-income and 16 middle-income economies, a mobile-data

basket cost less than 1 per cent of GNI p.c. in 2019.

The most affordable basket, relative to income,

was available in Luxembourg, followed by Macao (China) and Poland, all at 0.2 per cent of GNI p.c.

At the other end of the scale, in 20 countries a mobile-data basket accounted for more than 10 per

cent of GNI p.c. Sixteen of the twenty countries with the least affordable baskets are in Africa.

Table 5: Mobile-data basket, 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

1 Luxembourg 0.2 11.81 10.27 2.0 77,820

2 Macao, China 0.2 12.14 15.12 2.0 0.0 78,320

3 Poland 0.2 2.77 5.36 10.0 23.0 14,150

4 Italy 0.3 7.07 7.67 10.0 22.0 33,560

5 Austria 0.3 11.81 11.91 8.0 20.0 49,250

6 Hong Kong, China 0.3 12.25 14.99 2.0 0.0 50,310

7 Singapore 0.3 14.83 17.64 3.0 7.0 58,770

8 Qatar 0.3 16.48 21.62 3.5 0.0 61,190

9 Israel 0.3 11.11 9.42 30.0 17.0 40,850

10 Spain 0.3 8.21 9.72 3.0 21.0 29,450

11 France 0.3 11.80 11.80 2.0 20.0 41,070

12 Norway 0.4 24.47 18.45 5.0 25.0 80,790

13 Germany 0.4 14.75 15.52 4.0 19.0 47,450

14 Sweden 0.4 17.14 15.93 10.0 25.0 55,070

15 Denmark 0.4 18.85 14.89 15.0 25.0 60,140

16 New Zealand 0.4 13.15 11.84 1.8 15.0 40,820

17 United States 0.4 21.78 21.78 2.0 8.9 62,850

18 Kazakhstan 0.4 2.87 8.27 3.0 12.0 7,830

19 Korea (Rep. of) 0.4 11.24 12.86 10.0 10.0 30,600

20 Belgium 0.5 17.71 17.50 2.0 21.0 45,430

21 Australia 0.5 21.67 18.85 10.0 10.0 53,190

22 Latvia 0.5 7.07 10.64 10.0 21.0 16,880

23 Czech Republic 0.5 9.16 14.32 1.5 21.0 20,250

24 Iceland* 0.5 27.61 19.31 5.0 24.0 60,740

25 Brunei Darussalam 0.6 14.83 26.42 3.0 0.0 31,020

26 Bahamas* 0.6 14.55 12.84 2.0 12.0 30,210

27 United Kingdom 0.6 20.01 19.01 5.0 20.0 41,330

28 Kuwait 0.6 16.56 25.42 5.0 0.0 33,690

29 Sri Lanka 0.6 2.15 6.56 2.0 19.7 4,060

30 Canada 0.7 26.16 25.30 2.0 13.0 44,860

31 Switzerland 0.7 50.11 35.64 30.0 7.7 83,580

32 Mauritius 0.7 7.25 12.36 1.7 15.0 12,050

33 Costa Rica 0.7 6.93 10.79 2.0 13.0 11,510

34 Slovenia 0.7 15.34 20.05 5.0 22.0 24,670

35 Iran (Islamic Republic of)* 0.7 3.40 10.86 2.0 9.0 5,470

36 Indonesia 0.7 2.39 6.66 2.0 10.0 3,840

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

37 Pakistan 0.7 0.99 3.58 4.9 0.0 1,580

38 Algeria 0.8 2.57 7.42 2.0 19.0 4,060

39 Slovakia 0.8 11.81 18.53 1.5 20.0 18,330

40 Georgia 0.8 2.76 2.0 18.0 4,130

41 Lithuania 0.8 11.69 19.83 30.0 21.0 17,360

42 Estonia 0.8 14.17 19.86 5.0 20.0 20,990

43 Malta 0.8 17.71 23.74 3.0 18.0 26,220

44 Montenegro 0.8 5.76 11.35 1.5 21.0 8,400

45 Netherlands 0.8 35.43 34.60 10.0 21.0 51,280

46 Belarus 0.8 3.95 15.59 2.0 25.0 5,670

47 Ireland 0.8 41.33 35.58 20.0 23.0 59,360

48 United Arab Emirates 0.8 28.59 37.25 1.5 5.0 41,010

49 India 0.9 1.43 4.75 2.0 18.0 2,020

50 Malaysia 0.9 7.43 18.05 10.0 0.0 10,460

51 Finland 0.9 35.19 31.47 Unlimited 24.0 47,820

52 Chile 0.9 10.90 15.15 5.0 14,670

53 Bulgaria 0.9 6.63 14.64 1.5 20.0 8,860

54 Greece 0.9 15.06 19.29 1.5 24.0 19,540

55 Turkey 0.9 8.08 23.20 2.5 25.5 10,380

56 China 1.0 7.56 13.11 3.0 0.0 9,470

57 Myanmar 1.0 1.05 4.12 1.5 5.0 1,310

58 Saudi Arabia 1.0 17.33 35.57 2.0 5.0 21,540

59 Cyprus 1.0 21.26 26.00 1.5 19.0 26,300

60 Portugal 1.0 17.58 22.39 1.5 23.0 21,680

61 Japan 1.0 34.23 34.82 2.0 8.0 41,340

62 Mexico 1.0 7.79 14.75 1.5 16.0 9,180

63 Russian Federation 1.0 8.78 21.01 10.0 20.0 10,230

64 Oman 1.0 13.00 25.61 2.0 0.0 15,110

65 Egypt 1.0 2.41 12.35 1.8 23.0 2,800

66 Viet Nam 1.1 2.21 5.39 3.0 10.0 2,400

67 Romania 1.1 10.63 22.53 30.0 19.0 11,290

68 Bhutan 1.1 2.91 8.76 1.9 5.0 3,080

69 Albania 1.1 4.63 9.67 3.0 20.0 4,860

70 Barbados* 1.2 15.00 11.93 1.5 15,240

71 Hungary 1.2 14.77 26.47 6.0 5.0 14,590

72 Ukraine 1.2 2.76 10.46 2.0 20.0 2,660

73 Tunisia 1.3 3.78 11.37 2.5 25.0 3,500

74 Serbia 1.3 6.98 14.34 5.0 20.0 6,390

75 Argentina 1.3 13.53 4.0 12,370

76 Croatia 1.4 15.77 25.43 10.0 25.0 13,830

77 Aruba* 1.4 27.37 32.68 4.0 23,630

78 Azerbaijan 1.4 4.71 19.19 1.5 18.0 4,050

79 Thailand 1.4 7.91 20.51 2.0 7.0 6,610

80 Armenia 1.5 5.18 12.84 2.0 20.0 4,230

81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.5 7.06 14.86 2.0 17.0 5,690

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

82 Tonga 1.5 5.37 7.00 2.0 15.0 4,300

83 Bahrain 1.5 27.93 46.09 20.0 5.0 21,890

84 Uruguay 1.6 20.99 25.19 15.0 15,650

85 Panama 1.7 20.00 34.87 6.0 14,370

86 Peru 1.7 9.13 17.37 2.9 6,530

87 Cambodia 1.7 2.00 4.89 1.5 10.0 1,380

88 Palau 1.8 25.00 26.86 8.0 0.0 16,910

89 Philippines 1.8 5.68 14.64 2.0 12.0 3,830

90 Brazil 1.8 13.68 22.23 3.0 40.2 9,140

91 Bangladesh 1.9 2.74 6.73 1.5 21.0 1,750

92 North Macedonia 1.9 8.62 19.69 1.5 18.0 5,450

93 Gabon 1.9 10.80 15.78 2.0 18.0 6,800

94 Suriname 1.9 8.04 3.0 8.0 4,990

95 Curacao* 2.0 31.28 39.82 3.5 6.0 19,070

96 Maldives 2.0 15.84 20.82 2.5 6.0 9,310

97 Morocco 2.1 5.33 12.12 5.0 20.0 3,090

98 Palestine 2.1 6.46 9.29 2.5 16.0 3,710

99 Moldova 2.1 5.36 12.52 1.5 20.0 2,990

100 Ecuador 2.2 11.20 19.28 2.0 12.0 6,120

101 Seychelles 2.2 28.68 45.33 2.0 15.0 15,600

102 Libya 2.2 11.72 2.0 0.0 6,330

103 Mongolia 2.2 6.67 18.39 3.0 10.0 3,580

104 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.4 37.04 49.15 10.0 18,640

105 Nigeria 2.4 3.92 7.77 1.5 0.0 1,960

106 Nauru 2.5 23.16 1.8 15.0 11,240

107 Puerto Rico 2.5 44.60 8.0 11.5 21,100

108

Bolivia (Plurinational State

of)

2.6 7.24 14.49 2.0 16.0 3,370

109 Colombia 2.7 14.14 29.61 2.0 19.0 6,190

110 Fiji 2.7 13.39 21.17 12.0 9.0 5,860

111 Nepal (Republic of) 2.8 2.20 6.46 1.5 26.0 960

112 Antigua and Barbuda 2.8 37.04 45.57 7.0 15,810

113 Saint Lucia 2.8 22.22 29.08 2.3 9,460

114 Kyrgyzstan 2.9 2.91 9.56 4.1 17.0 1,220

115 Botswana 2.9 18.53 35.39 5.0 12.0 7,750

116 Uzbekistan 3.0 5.07 2.0 20.0 2,020

117 Senegal 3.1 3.60 8.74 2.5 23.0 1,410

118 Trinidad and Tobago 3.1 41.54 49.70 3.0 12.5 16,240

119 Lao P.D.R. 3.2 6.48 17.23 1.5 10.0 2,460

120 Cabo Verde 3.2 9.10 19.07 2.9 15.0 3,450

121 Lebanon 3.3 20.90 32.78 1.8 10.0 7,690

122 Dominica 3.4 20.37 28.42 1.5 7,210

123 Dominican Rep. 3.4 21.01 45.62 3.0 30.0 7,370

124 Grenada 3.5 28.15 38.28 4.0 9,780

125 Guatemala 3.6 13.17 21.99 2.5 12.0 4,410

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

126 Kenya 3.7 4.94 9.95 2.0 31.0 1,620

127 Vanuatu 3.7 9.08 8.52 2.5 15.0 2,970

128 Jordan 3.7 12.93 26.82 4.0 16.0 4,210

129 South Africa 3.9 18.82 37.74 1.5 15.0 5,720

130 Haiti 4.0 2.65 5.66 1.6 10.0 800

131 Zambia 4.0 4.78 12.19 1.5 33.5 1,430

132 Namibia 4.1 17.76 35.25 1.5 15.0 5,250

133 Turkmenistan 4.3 24.29 1.5 15.0 6,740

134 El Salvador 4.4 14.00 27.85 6.0 3,820

135 Guinea 4.4 3.05 6.02 1.5 18.0 830

136 Paraguay 4.4 20.93 44.86 3.0 10.0 5,680

137 Samoa 4.4 15.46 21.24 12.0 15.0 4,190

138 Belize 4.4 17.50 5.5 12.5 4,720

139 Tajikistan 4.5 3.82 1.5 23.0 1,010

140

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

4.6 30.37 42.19 3.0 7,940

141 Guyana 4.6 18.29 29.36 3.5 14.0 4,760

142 Cameroon 4.7 5.60 13.40 1.5 0.0 1,440

143 Ghana 4.9 8.72 24.15 2.5 23.5 2,130

144 Iraq 5.0 21.14 42.11 2.0 0.0 5,030

145 Timor-Leste 5.3 8.00 12.44 1.8 5.0 1,820

146 Côte d'Ivoire 5.4 7.20 17.60 1.6 18.0 1,610

147 Eswatini 5.4 17.37 41.38 1.5 14.0 3,850

148 Jamaica 5.6 23.28 36.35 1.5 25.0 4,990

149 Angola 5.6 15.82 20.34 2.0 10.0 3,370

150 Kiribati 5.7 14.94 2.7 0.0 3,140

151 Sao Tome and Principe 6.1 9.64 13.53 3.0 5.0 1,890

152 Benin 6.2 4.50 11.58 1.5 18.0 870

153 Rwanda 7.1 4.65 12.76 2.0 18.0 780

154 Mozambique 7.2 2.65 1.5 17.0 440

155 Tanzania 7.8 6.63 17.79 2.0 18.0 1,020

156 Nicaragua 7.9 13.31 35.82 2.0 15.0 2,030

157 Lesotho 7.9 9.06 24.53 2.0 9.0 1,380

158 Mauritania 8.5 8.41 23.77 3.0 18.0 1,190

159 Honduras 8.6 16.73 32.83 3.2 15.0 2,330

160 Djibouti 8.7 15.76 27.81 2.7 10.0 2,180

161 Comoros 8.7 9.60 2.0 0.0 1,320

162 Afghanistan 9.1 4.16 14.17 2.0 0.0 550

163 Gambia 9.2 5.38 17.36 1.5 21.3 700

164 Liberia 10.0 5.00 4.78 2.0 15.0 600

165 Micronesia 10.1 30.00 30.70 2.0 0.0 3,580

166 Uganda 10.4 5.37 16.06 2.0 18.0 620

167 Papua New Guinea 10.4 21.96 26.67 2.3 10.0 2,530

168 Ethiopia 10.5 6.93 20.37 2.0 15.0 790

169 Mali 13.0 9.00 22.94 2.0 18.0 830

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

170 Congo (Rep. of the) 13.2 17.99 31.00 2.0 18.0 1,640

171 Solomon Islands 16.6 27.66 28.52 3.2 10.0 2,000

172 Togo 16.6 9.00 22.12 1.7 18.0 650

173 Sierra Leone 16.6 6.93 18.06 2.0 15.0 500

174 Burkina Faso 19.6 10.80 28.12 3.0 18.0 660

175 Burundi 20.4 4.77 11.64 1.5 2.0 280

176 Madagascar 20.4 7.50 26.25 2.0 20.0 440

177 Niger 22.7 7.20 17.92 2.0 22.6 380

178 Malawi 22.8 6.83 20.13 2.0 26.5 360

179 Guinea-Bissau 25.9 16.20 37.17 1.5 17.0 750

180 Yemen 26.2 20.94 3.0 5.0 960

181 Central African Rep. 27.0 10.80 1.8 19.0 480

182 Chad 32.2 17.99 4.0 18.0 670

183 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 61.2 25.00 5.0 26.0 490

Andorra** 20.99 3.0

Anguilla** 34.81 2.0 7.0

Cayman Islands** 30.00 2.0

Cuba** 20.00 2.5

Gibraltar** 40.03 2.0 0.0

Liechtenstein** 24.54 20.0 7.7

Monaco** 47.23 20.0 20.0

Somalia** 5.00 2.0 10.0

Syrian Arab Republic** 29.03 1.6 5.0

Taiwan, Province of China** 9.91 1.7 5.0

Note: Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. * Data correspond to the GNI p.c. in 2017. ** Country not ranked

because data on GNI p.c. are not available.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. and PPP$ values are based on World Bank data. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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A key benchmark is the 2 per cent target set by the Broadband Commission for Sustainable

Development. For mobile-data, in 2019, in 95 countries, the cost of a mobile-data basket of 1.5 GB

was less than 2 per cent of GNI p.c. These 95 countries consisted of 44 developed countries, 47

developing countries (non-LDCs), and four LDCs. In 48 countries, of which one developed country,

40 developing countries and seven LDCs, prices were only just above the Broadband Commission

Target, at 2-5 per cent of GNI p.c. In the remaining nine developing countries and 31 LDCs, much

progress still needs to be made in order to reach the 2 per cent target by 2025. In nine LDCs in

particular, prices are more than 20 per cent of GNI p.c.

Chart 21: Number of countries having achieved the Broadband Commission

target with mobile-data services, 2019

100

0‐2% 2‐5% 5‐10% 10‐20% >20%

Numberofcountries

Mobile‐broadband1.5GBpricesasa%ofGNIp.c.

Developed Developing(nonLDCs) LDCs

Broadbandcommission

2025target:2%GNIp.c.

Source: ITU.

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Africa

In Africa, the most affordable baskets are available in Mauritius and Gabon, the only two

countries with a basket below the Broadband Commission target of 2 per cent. In the

next three countries, Seychelles, Nigeria and Botswana, prices accounted for between 2

and 3 per cent of GNI p.c., suggesting that there is a good chance that the Broadband

Commission target may be reached in these countries by 2023. In many African countries

however, mobile-data baskets are still out of reach for a large part of the population,

costing more than 10 per cent of GNI p.c., in situations where incomes are already limited.

In eight out of 10 African countries, the data allowance included in the cheapest price (with

at least 1.5 GB) did not exceed 2 GB. The highest allowance for this price is observed in

Botswana and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, amounting to 5 GB.

Chart 22: Mobile-data prices as a percentage of GNI p.c. and monthly

data allowance, Africa, 2019

1.7GB

2GB

1.5GB

5GB

2.5GB

2.9GB

2GB

1.5GB

2.5GB

1.6GB

1.5GB

2GB

3GB

1.5GB

2GB

1.5GB

2GB

1.5GB

2GB

1.7GB

2GB

3GB

1.5GB

2GB

1.5GB

1.8GB

4GB

5GB

Mauritius

Gabon

Seychelles

Nigeria

Botswana

Senegal

CaboVerde

Kenya

SouthAfrica

Zambia

Namibia

Guinea

Cameroon

Ghana

Côted'Ivoire

Eswatini

Angola

SaoTomeandPrincipe

Benin

Rwanda

Mozambique

Tanzania

Lesotho

Gambia

Liberia

Uganda

Ethiopia

Mali

Congo(Rep.ofthe)

Togo

SierraLeone

BurkinaFaso

Burundi

Madagascar

Niger

Malawi

Guinea‐Bissau

CentralAfricanRep.

Chad

Dem.Rep.oftheCongo

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. values are World Bank data.

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Arab States

Relative to income, the most affordable mobile-data baskets in the Arab States in 2019

were available in Qatar, Kuwait, Algeria, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, all

below 1 per cent of GNI p.c. In Iraq, Mauritania, Djibouti and Comoros on the other hand,

prices accounted for between 5 and 10 per cent of GNI p.c. The least affordable country

was Yemen, where a mobile-data basket cost around 26.2 per cent of GNI p.c. With the

exception of Bahrein with 20 GB, data allowance for these lowest prices ranged between

1.5 and 5 GB.

Chart 23: Mobile-data prices as a percentage of GNI p.c. and monthly

data allowance, Arab States, 2019

3.5GB

5GB

2GB

1.5GB

2GB

1.8GB

2.5GB

20GB

5GB

2.5GB

2GB

1.8GB

4GB

2GB

3GB

2.7GB

2GB

3GB

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Note: Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99

(Rev. Dubai, 2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. values are World Bank data.

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Asia and the Paciﬁc

Asia and the Paciﬁc is a very diverse region, consisting of high-income, middle-income and

low-income countries. In 16 economies, led by Macao (China) and Hong Kong (China), the

price of a mobile-data basket was below 1 per cent of GNI p.c. In three countries, it was

above 10 per cent. In the Republic of Korea, Australia and Malaysia, the prices below 1 per

cent of GNI p.c. also come with a monthly data allowance of 10 GB, which is ﬁve times the 2

GB median data allowance in the region.

Chart 24: Mobile-data prices as a percentage of GNI p.c. and monthly

data allowance, Asia and the Paciﬁc, 2019

2GB

3GB

1.8GB

10GB

3GB

2GB

4.9GB

2GB

10GB

3GB

1.5GB

2GB

3GB

1.9GB

2GB

1.5GB

2GB

1.5GB

2.5GB

3GB

1.8GB

12GB

1.5GB

2.5GB

12GB

1.8GB

2.7GB

2GB

2.3GB

3.2GB

Macao,China

HongKong,China

Singapore

NewZealand

Korea(Rep.of)

Australia

BruneiDarussalam

SriLanka

Iran(IslamicRepublicof)*

Indonesia

Pakistan

India

Malaysia

China

Myanmar

Japan

VietNam

Bhutan

Thailand

Tonga

Cambodia

Philippines

Bangladesh

Maldives

Mongolia

Nauru

Fiji

Nepal(Republicof)

LaoP.D.R.

Vanuatu

Samoa

Timor‐Leste

Kiribati

Afghanistan

Micronesia

PapuaNewGuinea

SolomonIslands

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Note: *Data correspond to the GNI p.c. (Atlas method) in 2017.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. values are World Bank data.

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Commonwealth of Independent States

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a relatively homogeneous region,

with all countries having a mobile-data basket costing less than 5 per cent of GNI p.c. Five

CIS countries have achieved the Broadband Commission target. The most affordable

basket can be found in Kazakhstan, whereas the least affordable baskets can be found in

Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.

Chart 25: Mobile-data prices as a percentage of GNI p.c. and monthly

data allowance, CIS, 2019

3GB

2GB

10GB

1.5GB

2GB

4.1GB

2GB

1.5GB

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

5.0

Kazakhstan Belarus Russian

Federation

Azerbaijan Armenia Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Tajikistan

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. values are World Bank data.

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Europe

Europe is the region with the most affordable mobile-data baskets relative to income

with 32 countries having a basket costing less than 1 per cent of GNI p.c. and all countries

below 2.1 per cent of GNI p.c. Only Moldova is borderline with regard to the Broadband

Commission target. Monthly data allowances included in the relevant plans in the region

are high, at least 5 GB in more than half of the countries. Finland is a global leader with no

data limit applied. Israel, Lithuania, Romania and Switzerland are also worth mentioning, all

offering a 30 GB data cap.

Chart 26: Mobile-data prices as a percentage of GNI p.c. and monthly

data allowance, Europe, 2019

2GB

10GB

8GB

30GB

3GB

2GB

5GB

4GB

10GB

15GB

2GB

10GB

1.5GB

5GB

30GB

5GB

1.5GB

2GB

30GB

5GB

3GB

1.5GB

10GB

20GB

Unlimited

1.5GB

2.5GB

1.5GB

30GB

3GB

6GB

2GB

5GB

10GB

2GB

1.5GB

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

Luxembourg

Poland

Italy

Austria

Israel

Spain

France

Norway

Germany

Sweden

Denmark

Belgium

Latvia

CzechRepublic

Iceland*

UnitedKingdom

Switzerland

Slovenia

Slovakia

Georgia

Lithuania

Estonia

Malta

Montenegro

Netherlands

Ireland

Finland

Bulgaria

Greece

Turkey

Cyprus

Portugal

Romania

Albania

Hungary

Ukraine

Serbia

Croatia

BosniaandHerzegovina

NorthMacedonia

Moldova

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Note: *Data correspond to the GNI p.c. (Atlas method) in 2017.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. values are World Bank data.

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The Americas

In ﬁve countries in the Americas, the United States, Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica and

Chile, a mobile-data basket accounted for less than 1 per cent of GNI p.c. In Jamaica,

Nicaragua and Honduras, mobile-data baskets were less affordable, at 5.6 per cent, 7.9 per

cent and 8.6 per cent of GNI p.c. respectively. The median monthly data allowance for the

relevant plans in the region was 3 GB.

Chart 27: Mobile-data prices as a percentage of GNI p.c. and monthly

data allowance, the Americas, 2019

2GB

5GB

1.5GB

4GB

15GB

6GB

2.9GB

3GB

2GB

10GB

2GB

7GB

2.3GB

3GB

1.5GB

3GB

4GB

2.5GB

1.6GB

6GB

3GB

5.5GB

3GB

3.5GB

1.5GB

2GB

3.2GB

UnitedStates

Bahamas*

Canada

CostaRica

Chile

Mexico

Barbados*

Argentina

Uruguay

Panama

Peru

Brazil

Suriname

Ecuador

SaintKittsandNevis

Bolivia(PlurinationalStateof)

Colombia

AntiguaandBarbuda

SaintLucia

TrinidadandTobago

Dominica

DominicanRep.

Grenada

Guatemala

Haiti

ElSalvador

Paraguay

Belize

SaintVincentandthe…

Guyana

Jamaica

Nicaragua

Honduras

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Note: *Data correspond to the GNI p.c. (Atlas method) in 2017.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. values are World Bank data

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Fixed-broadband basket

This section analyses ﬁxed-broadband prices. The ﬁxed-broadband basket is based on the cheapest

ﬁxed-broadband subscription offered in a country with as a minimum a 5 GB monthly usage and an

advertised download speed of at least 256 Kbit/s.

Fixed broadband networks remain important despite the growth of wireless data. Wireless

broadband networks still carry far less trafﬁc than ﬁxed networks, and they generally offer lower

speeds and reliability. Moreover, the growth of mobile data actually increases demand for ﬁxed

networks. Mobile connections only travel over the air for a short distance, after which they are carried

on high-capacity wired connections. The growth of Wi-Fi and other mechanisms for ofﬂoading

cellular trafﬁc will place greater demands on wired networks.

The monitoring of ﬁxed-broadband

prices therefore remains important as well.

Global trends

There has been a steady growth in the penetration rate of ﬁxed-broadband subscriptions, with just

over six subscriptions per 100 inhabitants in 2008 increasing to almost 15 in 2019, a CAGR of 8.5

per cent.

During the same period, the average price of an entry-level ﬁxed-broadband basket,

converted into USD using market exchange rates, decreased from USD 44 to USD 27, equal to a

CAGR of -4.4 per cent over this period (see Chart 28).

Interestingly, prices levelled out and in fact

increased slightly from 2016 onwards, but this small increase in average price does not seem to have

inﬂuenced the global average ﬁxed-broadband subscription rate, which has continued to rise.

Chart 28: Global ﬁxed-broadband price basket in USD (left axis) and ﬁxed-

broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2008-2019

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Subscriptionsper100inhabitants

USD

Fixed‐broadbandprice Fixed‐broadbandsubscriptions

Note: Prices are calculated based on simple averages of data from 142 economies for which data on ﬁxed-broadband

prices were available for 2008-2019.

Source: ITU. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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In 2019, the average price for an entry-level ﬁxed-broadband basket with a minimum of 5 GB

monthly usage stood at USD 28 globally.

In developed countries, the price was somewhat higher,

at USD 31 monthly, whereas in developing countries (USD 27) it was just below the global average.

In LDCs (USD 29), it was just above the global average (see Chart 29).

From a regional perspective, what stands out are the low prices in the CIS region, at an average of

only USD 11. In the Americas and Africa, ﬁxed-broadband prices are highest (USD 33), followed by

Europe (USD 29), the Arab States (USD 22) and Asia and the Paciﬁc (USD 22).

Chart 29: Fixed-broadband basket in USD, 2019

USD

Note: Simple averages. Based on 184 economies for which data on ﬁxed-broadband prices in USD are available for

the year 2019.

Source: ITU. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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When converting into international dollars using purchasing power parities (PPP$), a different picture

emerges. The price drop between 2011 and 2019 is much less pronounced, with a CAGR of -2.5 per

cent only, compared with -4.4 per cent when converted into USD (see Chart 30). However, the same

levelling-out trend in average price is evident. Yet despite the modest price fall, ﬁxed-broadband

subscriptions continued to grow steadily.

Chart 30: Global ﬁxed-broadband price basket in PPP$ (left axis) and ﬁxed-

broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2008-2019

0.0

2.5

5.0

7.5

10.0

12.5

15.0

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Subscriptionsper100inhabitants

PPP$

Fixed‐broadbandprice Fixed‐broadbandsubscriptions

Note: Prices are calculated based on simple averages of data from 135 economies for which data on ﬁxed-broadband

prices were available for 2008-2019.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank.

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The global average price stood at some PPP$ 43 for the ﬁxed-broadband basket. Unlike the

comparison in USD, when expressed in purchasing-power terms the price in developed countries

was below the global average, at PPP$ 34. In developing countries, it stood above the global

average (PPP$ 47). In LDCs, the price was even higher, at PPP$ 58 (see Chart 31).

Across the regions, the highest average price was observed in Africa, at PPP$ 62, while the lowest

average price was still in the CIS region (PPP$ 22).

Chart 31: Fixed-broadband basket in PPP$, 2019

PPP$

Note: Simple averages. Based on 162 economies for which data on ﬁxed-broadband prices in PPP$ are available for

the year 2019.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank.

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When prices are expressed in relation to income levels, however, the picture changes dramatically.

A 5 GB ﬁxed-broadband basket has a global average cost of 8.7 per cent of GNI p.c., down from

24.6 per cent in 2008, equivalent to a CAGR of -9 per cent (see Chart 32). Over the past four years,

however, the affordability of the ﬁxed-broadband basket has not changed, whereas ﬁxed-broadband

uptake has continued to grow. At the same time, the advertised download speed offered for the

same price is increasing.

Chart 32: Global ﬁxed-broadband price basket as a % of GNI p.c. (left axis) and

ﬁxed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (right axis), 2008-2019

0.0

2.5

5.0

7.5

10.0

12.5

15.0

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Subscriptionsper100inhabitants

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Fixed‐broadbandprice Fixed‐broadbandsubscriptions

Note: Prices are calculated based on simple averages of data from 141 economies for which data on ﬁxed-broadband

prices were available for 2008-2019.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. data are from the World Bank.

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Affordability, however, is very varied, depending on the development level of countries. In

developed countries, the ﬁxed-broadband basket cost only 1.4 per cent of GNI p.c. In developing

countries, this rises to over 13 per cent, and in LDCs to almost 36 per cent, or more than a third of

average GNI p.c. (see Chart 33). This explains why ﬁxed-broadband penetration in LDCs stands at

just 1.6 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, compared with 33.6 in developed countries (see Chart

35). It needs to be said, however, that the LDC average is signiﬁcantly skewed upwards, because of

seven countries with very high prices at over 70 per cent of GNI p.c.

One way to correct for outliers is to look at the median rather than the average price. For LDCs,

the median price for the ﬁxed-broadband basket was 23.4 per cent of GNI p.c., still high, but

considerably less than the average price of 35.9 per cent of GNI p.c. For developing countries, the

median price is only 5.0 per cent of GNI p.c., compared with the average price of 13.4 per cent of

GNI p.c. For developed countries, the difference is minimal, with a median price of 1.2 per cent of

GNI p.c. and an average price of 1.4 per cent.

The regional perspective also changes substantially. Europe is the region with the lowest ﬁxed-

broadband basket price as a percentage of GNI p.c. (1.5 per cent), followed by the CIS region (3.7).

In Africa, the ﬁxed-broadband basket cost the equivalent of no less than 33.3 per cent of GNI p.c.

Very high prices in six African countries impact this ﬁgure too.

Chart 33: Fixed-broadband basket as a % of GNI p.c., 2019

33.3

7.2

6.4

3.7

1.5

7.5

10.3

1.4

13.4

35.9

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Note: Simple averages. Based on 173 economies for which data on ﬁxed-broadband prices as a % of GNI p.c. are

available for the year 2019. Source: ITU. GNI p.c. data are from the World Bank.

In 2008, the average price of the ﬁxed-broadband basket stood at a hefty 34.7 per cent of GNI p.c.

in developing countries, 32.4 percentage points higher than in developed countries. Although the

affordability gap between developed and developing countries fell signiﬁcantly in the following

decade, decreasing to 10.6 percentage points in 2019, the ﬁxed-broadband basket was still

expensive in developing countries, at 13.4 per cent of GNI p.c.

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Chart 34: Global ﬁxed-broadband price basket as a % of GNI p.c. by

development level (left axis) and affordability gap for ﬁxed-broadband (right

axis), 2008-2019

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Affordabilitygap

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

Affordabilitygap Developed Developing

Notes: Simple averages. Based on 141 economies for which data on ﬁxed-broadband prices as a % of GNI p.c. are

available for all years. The affordability gap is deﬁned as the difference in the average price as a % of GNI p.c. for

developing countries and the price for developed countries. Source: ITU. GNI p.c. data are from the World Bank.

Chart 35: Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, 2008-2019*

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019*

Subscriptionsper100inhabitants

Developed Developing World LDCs

Note: * Estimate.

Source: ITU.

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A difference in quality can be observed when studying the advertised download speeds. Chart 36

shows the median entry-level speeds of the selected plan in each country, by level of development

and by region. The global median advertised speed was 6.5 Mbit/s in 2019. In developed countries,

this was much higher, at 20 Mbit/s, whereas in developing countries it stood at 3.5 Mbit/s, and

in LDCs at only 1 Mbit/s. From a regional perspective, the median speed was highest in Europe

(20Mbit/s), followed by the Americas (6 Mbit/s), Asia and the Paciﬁc (5 Mbit/s), the Arab States (3

Mbit/s), the CIS region (2 Mbit/s) and Africa (1.5 Mbit/s).

Chart 36: Entry-level ﬁxed-broadband median speeds, 2019

1.5

6.5

3.5

Mbit/s

Source: ITU.

Benchmarking countries

The top 27 countries with the most affordable ﬁxed-broadband basket all had prices that

corresponded to less than 1 per cent of GNI p.c. in 2019. The list is a mixture of high-income

economies from Asia and the Paciﬁc, the Arab States, Europe and the Americas, as well as a few

middle-income countries with particularly low prices, such as China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the

Russian Federation, Romania, Sri Lanka and Belarus. The economy with the most affordable ﬁxed-

broadband basket is Macao, China.

At the other end of the scale, in ﬁve countries, the ﬁxed-broadband basket cost more than 100

per cent of GNI p.c. (Malawi, Rwanda, Niger, Madagascar and Burundi). In dollar terms, the ﬁxed-

broadband baskets in these LDCs cost between USD 36 and 225, which is unaffordable for the vast

majority of the population.

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Table 6: Fixed-broadband basket, 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Speed,

in Mbit/s

Cap per

month,

in GB

Most value

for money

(PPP$ per

Mbit/s)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

1 Macao, China 0.1 7.80 9.72 3 Unlimited 3.2 0 78,320

2 Kuwait 0.3 9.37 14.39 1 Unlimited 14.4 0 33,690

3 Hong Kong, China 0.5 21.43 26.23 500 Unlimited 0.1 0 50,310

4 China 0.6 4.53 7.87 20 Unlimited 0.4 0 9,470

5 United Arab Emirates 0.6 19.73 25.70 0.26 Unlimited 98.9 5 41,010

6 Croatia 0.7 7.77 12.53 4 15 3.1 25 13,830

7 Norway 0.7 46.60 35.15 0.26 Unlimited 132.6 80,790

8 Brunei Darussalam 0.7 18.53 33.02 10 50 3.3 0 31,020

9 Iran (Islamic Republic of)* 0.7 3.33 10.64 0.51 10 20.9 9 5,470

10 Luxembourg 0.7 48.42 42.11 20 Unlimited 2.1 77,820

11 Russian Federation 0.7 6.38 15.28 100 Unlimited 0.2 20 10,230

12 Singapore 0.8 36.99 44.01 1024 Unlimited 0.0 7 58,770

13 France 0.8 27.15 27.15 15 Unlimited 1.8 20 41,070

14 Austria 0.8 32.95 33.22 20 Unlimited 1.7 20 49,250

15 Romania 0.8 7.61 16.13 300 Unlimited 0.1 11,290

16 Israel 0.8 27.57 23.36 15 Unlimited 1.6 17 40,850

17 United States 0.8 43.54 43.54 100 1024 0.4 8.89 62,850

18 Slovakia 0.8 12.87 20.19 15 Unlimited 1.3 20 18,330

19 Belgium 0.9 32.48 32.08 50 100 0.6 21 45,430

20 Cyprus 0.9 18.94 23.17 5 Unlimited 4.6 19 26,300

21 Denmark 0.9 44.18 34.92 50 Unlimited 0.7 25 60,140

22 Lithuania 0.9 13.65 23.15 8 Unlimited 2.9 21 17,360

23 Switzerland 1.0 66.47 47.27 50 Unlimited 0.9 7.7 83,580

24 Finland 1.0 38.85 34.74 50 Unlimited 0.7 24 47,820

25 Sweden 1.0 44.75 41.59 100 Unlimited 0.4 25 55,070

26 Sri Lanka 1.0 3.32 10.12 21 15 0.5 19.7 4,060

27 Belarus 1.0 4.66 18.42 10 25 5,670

28 Japan 1.0 35.21 35.81 1024 Unlimited 0.0 8 41,340

29 Kazakhstan 1.0 6.67 19.20 1 Unlimited 19.2 12 7,830

30 Germany 1.0 41.27 43.43 16 Unlimited 2.7 19 47,450

31 Estonia 1.1 18.90 26.48 10 Unlimited 2.6 20 20,990

32 Malta 1.1 23.61 31.64 30 Unlimited 1.1 18 26,220

33 Seychelles 1.1 14.47 22.86 1 8 22.9 15 15,600

34 Canada 1.1 42.68 41.27 10 100 4.1 13 44,860

35 Netherlands 1.2 50.19 49.02 50 Unlimited 1.0 51,280

36 Australia 1.2 52.30 45.51 20 100 2.3 10 53,190

37 Korea (Rep. of) 1.2 31.48 36.02 100 Unlimited 0.4 10 30,600

38 Saudi Arabia 1.2 22.40 45.96 2 20 23.0 5 21,540

39 Ireland 1.3 62.58 53.87 100 Unlimited 0.5 23 59,360

40 United Kingdom 1.3 44.01 41.80 10 Unlimited 4.2 20 41,330

41 New Zealand 1.3 44.97 40.49 50 60 0.8 15 40,820

42 Greece 1.3 21.95 28.13 4 Unlimited 7.0 30.2 19,540

43 Czech Republic 1.4 22.96 35.92 20 Unlimited 1.8 21 20,250

44 Bahamas* 1.4 34.71 30.64 8 Unlimited 3.8 12 30,210

45 Brazil 1.4 10.92 17.74 2 Unlimited 8.9 40.2 9,140

46 Portugal 1.4 25.97 33.07 30 Unlimited 1.1 23 21,680

47 Puerto Rico 1.5 25.63 3 Unlimited 11.5 21,100

48 Mauritius 1.5 14.70 25.08 10 15 2.5 15 12,050

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Speed,

in Mbit/s

Cap per

month,

in GB

Most value

for money

(PPP$ per

Mbit/s)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

49 Italy 1.5 41.33 44.85 200 Unlimited 0.2 22 33,560

50 Bahrain 1.5 27.93 46.09 10 70 4.6 5 21,890

51 Trinidad and Tobago 1.5 20.97 25.09 5 Unlimited 5.0 12.5 16,240

52 Albania 1.6 6.48 13.53 1 Unlimited 13.5 20 4,860

53 Qatar 1.6 82.42 108.09 50 Unlimited 2.2 0 61,190

54 Bulgaria 1.6 11.95 26.38 30 Unlimited 0.9 20 8,860

55 Turkey 1.6 14.08 40.45 4 20 10.1 25.5 10,380

56 Latvia 1.6 23.03 34.64 100 Unlimited 0.3 21 16,880

57 Iceland* 1.6 83.10 58.11 50 50 1.2 24 60,740

58 Poland 1.6 19.38 37.52 100 Unlimited 0.4 23 14,150

59 Hungary 1.7 20.72 37.15 150 Unlimited 0.2 5 14,590

60 Azerbaijan 1.7 5.88 23.99 1 Unlimited 24.0 18 4,050

61 Costa Rica 1.8 17.16 26.72 1 Unlimited 26.7 13 11,510

62 Ukraine 1.8 4.04 15.34 20 Unlimited 0.8 20 2,660

63 Spain 1.9 47.24 55.93 50 Unlimited 1.1 21 29,450

64 Montenegro 2.0 13.76 27.11 2 Unlimited 13.6 21 8,400

65 Slovenia 2.0 41.33 54.02 100 Unlimited 0.5 22 24,670

66 Curacao* 2.0 32.37 41.19 8 Unlimited 5.1 6 19,070

67 Tonga 2.2 7.71 10.07 5 15 4,300

68 Mongolia 2.2 6.43 17.72 1 200 17.7 10 3,580

69 Uzbekistan 2.2 3.72 2 6 20 2,020

70 Nepal (Republic of) 2.3 1.84 5.38 5 15 1.1 13 960

71 Mexico 2.4 18.14 34.31 10 Unlimited 3.4 16 9,180

72 Malaysia 2.4 20.75 50.40 30 60 1.7 6 10,460

73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.5 12.01 25.28 5 Unlimited 5.1 17 5,690

74 Uruguay 2.6 34.50 41.40 3 350 13.8 15,650

75 Panama 2.7 31.95 55.70 10 Unlimited 5.6 14,370

76 Chile 2.7 32.73 45.51 30 Unlimited 1.5 19 14,670

77 Lebanon 2.7 17.51 27.46 4 40 6.9 10 7,690

78 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.8 42.90 56.94 6 Unlimited 9.5 17 18,640

79 Libya 2.8 14.65 2 20 6,330

80 Bangladesh 2.8 4.13 10.15 0.5 Unlimited 20.3 15 1,750

81 Bhutan 2.8 7.30 21.96 2 9 11.0 5 3,080

82 Serbia 2.9 15.46 31.78 10 Unlimited 3.2 20 6,390

83 Armenia 2.9 10.33 25.62 5 Unlimited 5.1 20 4,230

84 Egypt 3.0 7.06 36.09 5 100 7.2 14 2,800

85 India 3.1 5.16 17.08 8 Unlimited 2.1 18 2,020

86 Aruba* 3.1 60.72 72.48 100 Unlimited 0.7 3.5 23,630

87 Oman 3.1 39.01 76.82 4 20 19.2 0 15,110

88 Maldives 3.1 24.11 31.68 5 30 6.3 6 9,310

89 Dominican Rep. 3.2 19.69 42.77 4 Unlimited 10.7 30 7,370

90 Barbados* 3.3 42.50 33.81 40 Unlimited 0.8 15,240

91 Georgia 3.4 11.84 20 Unlimited 18 4,130

92 Peru 3.5 18.86 35.89 10 Unlimited 3.6 6,530

93 Tunisia 3.5 10.16 30.58 4 Unlimited 7.6 7 3,500

94 Thailand 3.6 19.84 51.41 50 Unlimited 1.0 7 6,610

95 Viet Nam 3.7 7.30 17.77 2.5 Unlimited 7.1 10 2,400

96 Antigua and Barbuda 3.7 48.15 59.24 10 Unlimited 5.9 15,810

97 Cabo Verde 3.7 10.60 22.21 12 5 1.9 15 3,450

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Speed,

in Mbit/s

Cap per

month,

in GB

Most value

for money

(PPP$ per

Mbit/s)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

98 North Macedonia 3.8 17.25 39.42 20 50 2.0 18 5,450

99 Fiji 3.8 18.68 29.53 20 150 1.5 9 5,860

100 Algeria 4.1 13.72 39.58 2 Unlimited 19.8 0 4,060

101 Morocco 4.1 10.55 23.99 4 Unlimited 6.0 20 3,090

102 Philippines 4.2 13.27 34.23 3 30 11.4 12 3,830

103 Colombia 4.2 21.62 45.27 5 Unlimited 9.1 0 6,190

104 Palau 4.3 60.00 64.48 5 Unlimited 12.9 16,910

105 Botswana 4.4 28.44 54.31 0.5 Unlimited 108.6 12 7,750

106 Saint Lucia 4.4 34.82 45.56 10 Unlimited 4.6 12.5 9,460

107 Ecuador 4.6 23.41 40.30 5 Unlimited 8.1 12 6,120

108 Moldova 4.8 11.90 27.82 100 Unlimited 0.3 20 2,990

109 Paraguay 5.0 23.55 50.47 20 Unlimited 2.5 10 5,680

110 Iraq 5.0 21.14 42.11 10 Unlimited 4.2 0 5,030

111 Grenada 5.5 44.44 60.44 15 Unlimited 4.0 9,780

112 Argentina 5.5 56.95 25 250 21 12,370

113 Dominica 5.9 35.19 49.10 15 Unlimited 3.3 15 7,210

114 Jamaica 6.4 26.67 41.64 1 Unlimited 41.6 16.5 4,990

115 Guatemala 6.5 23.81 39.76 3 Unlimited 13.3 12 4,410

116 Lesotho 6.5 7.48 20.24 256 5 0.1 9 1,380

117 South Africa 6.5 31.18 62.54 2 20 31.3 15 5,720

118 Micronesia 6.7 20.00 20.47 0.5 Unlimited 40.9 0 3,580

119

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

6.7 44.44 61.74 50 Unlimited 1.2 16 7,940

120 Suriname 6.8 28.14 3 Unlimited 8 4,990

121 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7.6 21.27 42.60 3 Unlimited 14.2 13 3,370

122 Turkmenistan 7.6 42.86 0.25 Unlimited 15 6,740

123 Tajikistan 7.8 6.56 4 30 18 1,010

124 El Salvador 7.9 25.00 49.73 5 Unlimited 9.9 3,820

125 Gabon 7.9 44.99 65.74 10 Unlimited 6.6 18 6,800

126 Guyana 8.0 31.77 50.99 1.5 Unlimited 34.0 14 4,760

127 Kyrgyzstan 8.3 8.41 27.68 2 Unlimited 13.8 12 1,220

128 Palestine 8.4 25.85 37.16 4 50 9.3 16 3,710

129 Djibouti 8.5 15.47 27.31 1 30 27.3 10 2,180

130 Namibia 8.6 37.71 74.86 2 Unlimited 37.4 0 5,250

131 Indonesia 8.7 27.81 10 Unlimited 10 3,840

132 Belize 8.8 34.50 10 Unlimited 12.5 4,720

133 Lao P.D.R. 8.8 18.14 48.25 3 Unlimited 16.1 10 2,460

134 Samoa 8.9 30.92 42.48 6 15 4,190

135 Angola 9.3 26.10 33.56 1 30 33.6 10 3,370

136 Jordan 9.6 33.80 70.11 4 Unlimited 17.5 16 4,210

137 Cambodia 10.4 12.00 29.36 4 Unlimited 7.3 10 1,380

138 Pakistan 10.6 13.95 50.69 4 Unlimited 12.7 0 1,580

139 Yemen 12.2 9.77 0.5 6 5 960

140 Marshall Islands 12.6 49.95 0.25 Unlimited 0 4,740

141 Myanmar 12.8 13.99 55.01 1 Unlimited 55.0 5 1,310

142 Eswatini 14.8 47.35 112.81 0.25 6 451.2 14 3,850

143 Afghanistan 15.1 6.94 23.61 0.25 Unlimited 94.4 0 550

144 Guinea 16.8 11.65 23.02 5 18 830

145 Honduras 17.5 34.00 66.70 5 Unlimited 13.3 15 2,330

146 Kenya 18.3 24.67 49.74 5 Unlimited 9.9 31 1,620

Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Speed,

in Mbit/s

Cap per

month,

in GB

Most value

for money

(PPP$ per

Mbit/s)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

147 Sao Tome and Principe 18.7 29.52 41.43 1 12 41.4 5 1,890

148 Nicaragua 19.0 32.19 86.63 1 Unlimited 86.6 15 2,030

149 Congo (Rep. of the) 19.8 26.99 46.49 2 Unlimited 23.2 16 1,640

150 Senegal 19.8 23.21 56.36 1 Unlimited 56.4 23 1,410

151 Zambia 20.1 23.90 60.95 2 10 30.5 33.5 1,430

152 Vanuatu 22.3 55.21 51.82 0.5 Unlimited 103.6 15 2,970

153 Cameroon 22.3 26.81 64.18 1 Unlimited 64.2 0 1,440

154 Tanzania 23.4 19.88 53.37 1 8 53.4 32.5 1,020

155 Nigeria 25.2 41.17 81.63 8 Unlimited 10.2 5 1,960

156 Côte d'Ivoire 25.5 34.19 83.61 1 Unlimited 83.6 18 1,610

157 Mali 25.8 17.81 45.42 1 Unlimited 45.4 18 830

158 Ethiopia 30.5 20.05 58.95 2 6 29.5 15 790

159 Papua New Guinea 30.7 64.65 78.52 24 5 3.3 10 2,530

160 Mauritania 32.2 31.95 90.34 2 Unlimited 45.2 14 1,190

161 Timor-Leste 32.3 49.00 76.22 2 20 38.1 5 1,820

162 Comoros 32.7 36.01 0.5 Unlimited 0 1,320

163 Benin 39.7 28.81 74.10 0.5 Unlimited 148.2 18 870

164 Burkina Faso 40.9 22.49 58.58 0.5 Unlimited 117.2 18 660

165 Togo 41.5 22.49 55.30 2 Unlimited 27.6 18 650

166 Uganda 41.5 21.46 64.24 0.5 5 128.5 18 620

167 Guinea-Bissau 72.6 45.38 104.15 0.25 Unlimited 416.6 17 750

168 Haiti 82.5 55.00 117.62 2 Unlimited 58.8 10 800

169 Malawi 120.4 36.13 106.53 5 20 21.3 26.5 360

170 Rwanda 125.1 81.29 223.25 10 Unlimited 22.3 18 780

171 Niger 169.1 53.53 133.30 0.25 Unlimited 533.2 19 380

172 Madagascar 203.6 74.67 261.49 100 Unlimited 2.6 20 440

173 Burundi 964.3 225.00 549.19 1 Unlimited 549.2 18 280

Andorra** 18.90 1 7 4.5

Anguilla** 55.19 10 Unlimited

Cayman Islands** 87.59 8 Unlimited

Cuba** 50.00 0.5 Unlimited 0

Gibraltar** 32.02 16 Unlimited 0

Liechtenstein** 61.36 40 Unlimited 7.7

Monaco** 47.23 100 Unlimited

San Marino** 19.65 21.82 20 Unlimited 1.1

Somalia** 10.00 0.5 6 10

Syrian Arab Republic** 3.39 0.5 Unlimited 5

Taiwan, Province of China** 10.38 16 Unlimited 5

Note: Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. * Data correspond to the GNI p.c. in 2017. ** Country not ranked because

data on GNI p.c. are not available.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. and PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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As mentioned above, in 2018 the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development set as

a target for 2025 that entry-level broadband services should be made affordable in developing

countries, corresponding to less than 2 per cent of monthly GNI p.c. The Broadband Commission

did not specify whether this target should apply to ﬁxed or mobile broadband. Mobile broadband

is generally more affordable than ﬁxed broadband. Furthermore, ﬁxed broadband requires an

infrastructure that is not necessarily present in all countries, or all parts thereof. Nevertheless, for

the reasons outlined above, ﬁxed broadband remains important, which is why this publication

also reports on the number of countries reaching the Broadband Commission target for ﬁxed

broadband. In 2019, a ﬁxed-broadband basket including 5 GB of data cost less than 2 per cent

of GNI p.c. in 64 countries only These 64 countries included 40 developed countries and 24

developing countries, but no LDCs. In 45 countries, of which ﬁve developed, 37 developing

and three LDCs, prices stood just above the Broadband Commission target. In the remaining 34

developing countries and 30 LDCs, much progress still needs to be made in order to reach the 2 per

cent target by 2025. In 23 countries in particular, prices are above 20 per cent of GNI p.c.

Chart 37: Number of countries having achieved the Broadband Commission

target with ﬁxed-broadband services, 2019

0‐2% 2‐5% 5‐10% 10‐20% >20%

Numberofcountries

Fixed‐broadband5GBpricesasa%ofGNIp.c.

Developed Developing(nonLDCs) LDCs

Broadbandcommission

Source: ITU.

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Africa

Fixed-broadband prices in Africa range from a cost representing less than 2 per cent of

GNI p.c. in the Seychelles and Mauritius, to over 100 per cent in Malawi, Rwanda, Niger,

Madagascar and Burundi. As such, those ﬁrst two countries are the only African countries to

have achieved the Broadband Commission target for 2025.

Chart 38: Fixed-broadband prices as a percentage of GNI p.c., speeds

and caps, Africa, 2019



8GB

15GB

5GB

20GB

30GB

6GB

5GB

12GB

10GB

8GB

6GB

5GB

100

Botswana

Gabon

Namibia

Kenya

Congo(Rep.ofthe)

Senegal

Cameroon

Nigeria

Côted'Ivoire

Mali

Benin

BurkinaFaso

Togo

Guinea‐Bissau

Rwanda

Niger

Madagascar

Burundi

Seychelles

Mauritius

CaboVerde

Lesotho

SouthAfrica

Angola

Eswatini

Guinea

SaoTomeandPrincipe

Zambia

Tanzania

Ethiopia

Uganda

Malawi

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

20GB

Note: Speeds and caps/month refer to the advertised speeds and the amount of data included in the entry-

level ﬁxed-broadband subscription.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. values are World Bank data.

Almost half of the countries in the region offer entry-level ﬁxed-broadband plans with

capped monthly data allowances. This allows operators to offer plans at a reduced cost,

but the implication for users is that they are limited in their use of the Internet. In addition,

in about half of the countries, entry-level ﬁxed-broadband speeds are only provided

between 256 kbit/s and 2 Mbit/s, signiﬁcantly reducing the usefulness of Internet access.

Low bandwidth will prevent the meaningful use of many applications, which in turn will

have a negative impact on the development of a digital economy. In six of the countries for

which data are available, speeds are 10 Mbit/s or above, although in two of those countries

that package is unaffordable for most of the population.

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Arab States

In the Arab States, ﬁve countries have already achieved the Broadband Commission target

of entry-level broadband access for less than 2 per cent of GNI p.c. by 2025: Kuwait, the

United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar. In Comoros and Mauritania, the

ﬁxed-broadband basket cost more than 30 per cent of GNI p.c. in 2019.

Chart 39: Fixed-broadband prices as a percentage of GNI p.c., speeds

and caps, Arab States, 2019



20GB

70GB

40GB

20GB

100GB

20GB

30GB

6GB

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

256kbit/s‐ 2Mbit/s

≥2‐10Mbit/s

≥10‐30Mbit/s

≥30Mbit/s

N/A

Fixedca

Noca

Note: Speeds and caps/month refer to the advertised speeds and the amount of data included in the entry-

level ﬁxed-broadband subscription.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. values are World Bank data.

Also in the Arab States, almost half of the countries offer entry-level ﬁxed-broadband plans

with capped monthly data allowances, although the caps in most cases are higher than

in Africa. In ﬁve of the countries, the United Arab Emirates, Comoros, Yemen, Kuwait and

Djibouti, the advertised download speeds are below 2 Mbit/S, whereas in three countries,

Iraq, Bahrain and Qatar, the advertised speeds are 10 Mbit/s or higher.

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Asia and the Paciﬁc

Asia and the Paciﬁc is a very diverse region, with a mix of high-income developed countries,

emerging economies and developing countries, including a number of LDCs. This is also

reﬂected in the prices of the ﬁxed-broadband baskets. In eleven economies, the ﬁxed-

broadband basket cost less than 2 per cent of GNI p.c., while the advertised download

speeds of those plans were 10 Mbit/s or above. At the same time, in the four countries

offering unlimited access with prices above 10 per cent of GNI p.c., the Marshall Islands,

Myanmar, Afghanistan and Vanuatu, advertised download speeds were below 2 Mbit/s.

Chart 40: Fixed-broadband prices as a percentage of GNI p.c., speeds

and caps, Asia and the Paciﬁc, 2019



50GB

10GB

15GB

100GB

60GB

5GB

200GB

15GB

60GB

9GB

30GB

150GB

30GB

6.25GB

5GB

20GB

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

256kbit/s‐ 2Mbit/s

≥2‐10Mbit/s

≥10‐30Mbit/s

≥30Mbit/s

N/A

Fixedcap

Nocap

Note: Speeds and caps/month refer to the advertised speeds and the amount of data included in the entry-

level ﬁxed-broadband subscription. *Data correspond to the GNI p.c. (Atlas method) in 2017.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. values are World Bank data.

As in Africa and the Arab States, almost half of the countries in the region offered plans

with a limited monthly data allowance, ranging from 5 GB per month in Tonga and Papua

New Guinea to 200 GB in Mongolia.

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Commonwealth of Independent States

In most of the countries in the CIS region, the ﬁxed-broadband baskets are relatively

affordable, with four countries already having achieved the Broadband Commission target:

the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. Except in the Russian Federation,

however, the advertised download speeds are not very high. In three countries, Belarus,

Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, data caps are in place ranging from 5.85 GB per month to 30 GB.

Chart 41: Fixed-broadband prices as a percentage of GNI p.c., speeds

and caps, CIS, 2019



10GB

5.85GB

30GB

Russian

Federation

Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Armenia Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan Belarus Uzbekistan Tajikistan

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

256kbit/s‐ 2Mbit/s

≥2‐10Mbit/s

≥10‐30Mbit/s

≥30Mbit/s

N/A

Fixed



cap

No cap

Note: Speeds and caps/month refer to the advertised speeds and the amount of data included in the entry-

level ﬁxed-broadband subscription.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. values are World Bank data.

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Europe

In Europe, the ﬁxed-broadband basket costs more than the Broadband Commission target

of 2 per cent of GNI p.c. in six countries only: Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia,

Georgia, North Macedonia and Moldova. In almost all countries, the advertised download

speed is 10 Mbit/s or more. In ﬁve countries, monthly data allowances are capped.

Chart 42: Fixed-broadband prices as a percentage of GNI p.c., speeds

and caps, Europe, 2019



15GB

100GB

20GB

50GB

Norway

Luxembourg

France

Austria

Romania

Israel

Slovakia

Cyprus

Denmark

Lithuania

Switzerland

Finland

Sweden

Germany

Estonia

Malta

Netherlands

Ireland

UnitedKingdom

Greece

CzechRepublic

Portugal

Italy

Albania

Bulgaria

Latvia

Poland

Hungary

Ukraine

Spain

Montenegro

Slovenia

Bosniaand…

Serbia

Georgia

Moldova

Croatia

Belgium

Turkey

Iceland*

NorthMacedonia

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

256kbit/s‐ 2Mbit/s

≥2‐10Mbit/s

≥10‐30Mbit/s

≥30Mbit/s

N/A

Fixedca

Noca

Note: Speeds and caps/month refer to the advertised speeds and the amount of data included in the entry-

level ﬁxed-broadband subscription. *Data correspond to the GNI p.c. (Atlas method) in 2017.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. values are World Bank data.

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The Americas

In the Americas, six countries have already achieved the Broadband Commission target:

the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica. In

Haiti, however, ﬁxed broadband is unaffordable for the vast majority of the population.

In four countries, advertised download speeds remain below 2 Mbit/s. In another four

countries, there are also limitations on the monthly data allowance, but these caps are

generally quite high, ranging from 100 GB in Canada to 1024 GB in the United States.

Chart 43: Fixed-broadband prices as a percentage of GNI p.c., speeds

and caps, the Americas, 2019



1024GB

100GB

350GB

250GB

Bahamas*

Brazil

TrinidadandTobago

CostaRica

Mexico

Panama

Chile

SaintKittsandNevis

DominicanRep.

Barbados*

Peru

AntiguaandBarbuda

Colombia

SaintLucia

Ecuador

Paraguay

Grenada

Dominica

Jamaica

Guatemala

SaintVincentand…

Suriname

Bolivia(Plurinational…

ElSalvador

Guyana

Belize

Honduras

Nicaragua

Haiti

UnitedStates

Canada

Uruguay

Argentina

Asa%ofGNIp.c.

82.5

256kbit/s‐ 2Mbit/s

≥2‐10Mbit/s

≥10‐30Mbit/s

≥30Mbit/s

N/A

Fixedca

Noca

Note: Speeds and caps/month refer to the advertised speeds and the amount of data included in the entry-

level ﬁxed-broadband subscription. *Data correspond to the GNI p.c. (Atlas method) in 2017.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. values are World Bank data.

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Conclusion

This report has found that on average, mobile-voice, mobile-data and ﬁxed-broadband prices are

falling steadily around the world, and in some countries even dramatically. The reduction in price

relative to income is even more dramatic, suggesting that globally, telecommunication/ICT services

are becoming more affordable. However, this trend in annual average prices is not necessarily

true of all countries or for the entire population in each country. Furthermore, falling prices are not

translated into rapidly increasing Internet penetration rates, especially in LDCs, pointing to the fact

that affordability may not be the only barrier to Internet uptake.

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EGTI was created in May 2009 with the mandate to revise the list of ITU supply-side indicators (i.e. data

collected from operators), as well as to discuss outstanding methodological issues and new indicators. EGTI

is open to all ITU members and experts in the ﬁeld of ICT statistics and data collection. It works through an

online discussion forum (http:// www .itu .int/ ITU -D/ ict/ ExpertGroup/ default .asp) and face-to-face meetings.

EGTI reports to the World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS).

For example, if country A and country B have the same price in USD for any given ICT service, but in country

A the prices of other products are generally cheaper (in USD), then applying PPP exchange rates to the

price of the ICT service in country A will make this service more expensive. This is because, compared with

country B, in country A the same amount of USD (exchanged into national currency at market exchange

rates) can buy more products or services. Therefore, the ICT service in country A is more expensive in terms

of what could be bought with the same amount in each country. The International Comparison Program is

the major global initiative to produce internationally comparable price levels. For more information on the

PPP methodology and data, see http:// icp .worldbank .org.

GNI takes into account all production in the domestic economy (i.e. gross domestic product) plus the net

ﬂows of factor income (such as rents, proﬁts and labour income) from abroad. The Atlas method smooths

exchange-rate ﬂuctuations by using a three-year moving average, price-adjusted conversion factor. See

http:// data .worldbank .org/ indicator/ NY .GNP .PCAP .CD.

We are however not using the word “bundle” for the combined voice and data baskets, because bundles

are not offered in all countries, in which case prices for the separate services are simply added up.

See https:// datahelpdesk .worldbank .org/ knowledgebase/ articles/ 906519 -world -bank -country -and -lending

-groups for the thresholds of the different income levels, and the countries in each group.

Please note that LDCs are a subset of developing countries. The list of LDCs can be found in this Excel ﬁle.

Please see here for the composition of the ITU regions and the classiﬁcation of developed/developing

countries, according toUN M49.

Country tables for the year 2018 for each of the ﬁve baskets can be found in Annex 3.

For the low-usage data-and-voice basket, however, for some of the countries only on-net prices have been

taken into account, whereas for the mobile-voice basket a mix of on-net, off-net and calls to ﬁxed-line

numbers have been taken into account. As a result, in some cases the price of a data-and-voice basket is

cheaper than the mobile-voice basket, even if theoretically this should not be the case.

Growth rates for the period 2013-2019 should be analysed with caution, as there is a break in series

between 2017 and 2018, but since the old and the new baskets are reasonably close, this is reported

nevertheless.

See https:// itu .foleon .com/ itu/ measuring -digital -development/ ofﬂine -population/ .

As mentioned above, however, a data-only plan will not be very common in developed countries, as most

people will have a data-and-voice bundle.

As mentioned above, however, a data-only plan will not be very common in developed countries, as most

people will have a data-and-voice bundle.

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Endnotes

OECD (2015), The Development of Fixed Broadband Networks, Working Party on Communication

Infrastructures and Services Policy, DSTI/ICCP/CISP(2013)8/FINAL, available at http:// www .oecd .org/

ofﬁcialdocuments/ publicdisplaydocumentpdf/ ?cote = DSTI/ ICCP/ CISP(2013)8/ FINAL & docLanguage = En.

Subscription levels for ﬁxed broadband should not be compared with subscription levels for mobile

broadband. Fixed-broadband connections are usually shared with several people, while mobile-broadband

subscriptions are usually for one person only, and sometimes people have even more than one mobile-

broadband subscription.

Before the revision in 2017, the ﬁxed-broadband basket was based on a monthly data usage of a minimum

of 1 GB. In 2017, which was the last time data were collected with a 1 GB minimum monthly usage, in 154 of

177 countries the data cap was 5 GB or higher. Therefore, the impact of raising the minimum usage from 1

GB to 5 GB is minimal, and time series are therefore presented without a break in series.

As in previous sections, there can be a difference between the global price as presented in the time series

chart and the price shown in the chart for 2019 alone, because the country coverage is different. The note

under the chart indicates the number of countries used for the aggregate.

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Annex 1: ICT price data methodology

ICT price baskets

ICT price data are collected for ﬁve baskets, as shown in Annex Figure 1.

Annex Figure 1: New ICT price baskets (from 2018)

These baskets were introduced in 2018, following a revision of the ICT price baskets in place up to

2017, as shown in Annex Figure 2.

Annex Figure 2: ICT price baskets up to 2017

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Annex 1

At the 2017 meeting of the Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (EGTI)

, a

subgroup was created to review consumption patterns and any changes that had occurred over

the previous seven years and propose, if needed, new baskets for implementation. The subgroup

collected evidence on the average consumption of voice, SMS and data services from a large set

of economies, which resulted in two different consumption groupings (low/high) based on the

countries for which evidence was available. The ICT price basket revision was approved by the 2018

meeting of EGTI. The main changes made include the following:

• Two baskets with a combination of voice and data (broadband) were introduced, with two

different usage patterns:

a. Low-consumption data-and-voice basket: 70 minutes, 20 SMSs and 500 MB.

b. High-consumption data-and-voice basket: 140 minutes, 70 SMSs and 1.5 GB.

• Up to 2018, a distinction was made based on the device used for mobile-broadband (computer-

based vs. smartphone-based). As from 2018, this distinction has been eliminated.

• Based on the trends towards decreasing usage, the SMS allowance was reduced from 100 to 20

SMSs for the mobile-cellular low-usage basket.

• The number of minutes included in the mobile-cellular low-usage basket was increased from 50

to 70.

• The amount of data consumed for the ﬁxed-broadband basket was increased from 1 GB to 5 GB.

The mobile-cellular low-usage basket

The mobile-cellular basket

refers to the price of a standard basket of 70 minutes and 20 SMS

messages per month in predetermined on-net/off-net/ﬁxed ratios.

The mobile-cellular basket is

based on the most common contract modality (prepaid or postpaid) in the economy in question,

i.e. if more than 50 per cent of subscriptions are prepaid, then prepaid is selected. Otherwise, a

postpaid plan is selected.

The previous mobile-cellular basket was based on the 2009 methodology of the Organisation for

Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) low-usage basket, which is the entry-level basket

with the lowest number of calls included. In light of the changes in the market, at the 2017 meeting of

EGTI a subgroup was created to study how to improve the baskets to better reﬂect the consumption

patterns in the markets. The subgroup collected evidence on average consumption of voice, SMS

and data services from a large set of countries. Based on this exercise, the mobile-cellular basket

composition was updated to a low-usage mobile-cellular basket that includes 70 minutes and 20

SMSs per month, in predetermined ratios (Annex Table 1.1). The prices are collected for the largest

mobile operator. The ITU mobile-cellular basket does not take into account calls to voicemail or non-

recurring charges, such as the one-time charge for a SIM card. The cost of a national SMS is the charge

to the consumer for sending a single SMS text message. Both on-net and off-net SMS prices are taken

into account. The basket considers on-net and off-net calls as well as calls to a ﬁxed telephone.

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Annex Table 1.1: Revised mobile-cellular low-usage basket, call and SMS distribution

To ﬁxed On-net Off-net TOTAL

Call distribution (%) 7 67 26 100

Call distribution (minutes) 4.9 46.9 18.2 70

SMS 10 10 20

Source: ITU.

Another signiﬁcant change to the new mobile-cellular basket is the contract modality. In previous

years, only prepaid prices were collected for mobile-cellular prices. However, in order to reﬂect

market reality, prices in the updated mobile-cellular basket refer to the most common contract

modality (prepaid/postpaid) in the economy concerned. If more than 50 per cent of mobile-cellular

subscriptions are postpaid, then a postpaid plan should be chosen. Otherwise a prepaid plan is

selected. Data-collection rules for the low-usage mobile-cellular basket can be found in AnnexBox 1.1.

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Annex 1

Annex Box 1.1: Rules applied in collecting mobile-cellular price data

1. The prices of the operator with the largest market share (measured by the number of

subscriptions) are used. If prices vary between different regions of the country, prices

refer to those applied in the largest city (in terms of population) or in the capital city.

2. Prices should be collected in the currency they are advertised in, including taxes. If prices

are not advertised in local currency, a note should be added specifying the currency.

3. Prices refer to the most common contract modality (prepaid/postpaid) in the country.

If more than 50 per cent of mobile-cellular subscriptions are postpaid, then a postpaid

plan should be chosen. Otherwise a prepaid plan should be selected.

4. Where the operator offers different packages with a certain number of calls and/or SMS

messages included, the cheapest one based on 70 voice minutes and 20 SMSs per

month (i.e. with a 30-day validity) should be selected. If instead of a pay-per-use plan

a package is selected for the whole basket (e.g. a bundle including 100 minutes, 50

SMSs and 100 MB) or for some of its elements (e.g. a package including 100 SMSs), this

should be indicated in the notes.

5. If per-minute prices are only advertised in internal units rather than in national currency,

the price of the top-up/reﬁll charge is used to convert internal units into national

currency. If there are different reﬁll prices, then the “cheapest/smallest” reﬁll card is

used. If different reﬁll charges exist depending on the validity period, the validity period

for 30 days (or closest to 30 days) is used.

6. Prices refer to a regular (non-promotional) plan and exclude special or promotional

offers, limited discounts or options such as special prices for certain numbers or

restricted to new customers, or plans where calls can only be made during a limited

number of (or on speciﬁc) days during the month.

7. If subscribers can choose “favourite” numbers (for family, friends, etc.) with a special

price, this special price will not be taken into consideration, irrespective of how many

numbers are involved.

8. Prices refer to outgoing local calls. If different rates apply for local and national

calls, then the local rate is used. If different charges apply depending on the mobile

operator called, the price of calls to the operator with the second largest market share

(measured by the number of subscriptions) should be used, indicating in the notes the

rates for calling other mobile operators. If charges apply to incoming calls, these are

not taken into consideration.

9. If prices vary between minutes (1st minute = price A, 2nd minute = price B), the per-

minute cost of a two-minute call should be reported (i.e. price per minute = (A+B)/2).

Call set-up rates should not be included in the per-minute price, but reported under

call connection charge.

10. If prices vary beyond two minutes, the average price per minute is calculated based on

the actual cost of the ﬁrst two minutes.

11. If there is a connection cost per call, then this is taken into consideration in the formula

for the mobile-cellular basket, based on 35 calls.

12. If there are different off-peak prices, then the one that is the cheapest before midnight

is used. If the only off-peak period is after midnight, then this is not used. Instead, the

peak price is used.

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13. If there are different peak prices, the most expensive one during daytime is used.

14. If peak and off-peak SMS prices exist, the average of both is used for on-net and

off-net SMS.

15. If calls are charged by call or by hour (and not by minute), the mobile-cellular basket

formula will be calculated on the basis of 35 calls or 70 minutes. Similarly, if calls are

charged by call or by number of minutes for a speciﬁc network/time of day, this will be

taken into account for that particular network/time of day.

16. Where monthly, recurring charges exist, they are added to the basket.

Source: ITU.

The ﬁxed-broadband basket

The ﬁxed-broadband basket refers to the price of a monthly subscription to an entry-level ﬁxed-

broadband plan. For comparability reasons, the ﬁxed-broadband basket is based on a monthly

data usage of a minimum of 5 GB. For plans that limit the monthly amount of data transferred by

including data volume caps below 5 GB, the cost for the additional bytes is added to the basket.

The minimum speed of a broadband connection is 256 kbit/s.

Where several offers are available, preference is given to the cheapest available connection that

offers a speed of at least 256 kbit/s and 5GB of data volume. Where providers set a limit of less than

5GB on the amount of data that can be transferred within a month, then the price per additional

byte is added to the monthly price in order to calculate the cost of 5GB of data per month.

Preference is given to the most widely used ﬁxed (wired)-broadband technology (DSL, ﬁbre, cable,

etc.). The basket does not include the installation charges, modem prices or telephone-line rentals

that may be required for a DSL service. The price represents the broadband entry plan in terms of

the minimum speed of 256 kbit/s, but does not take into account special offers that are limited in

time or to speciﬁc geographical areas. The plan does not necessarily represent the fastest or most

cost-effective connection since the price for a higher-speed plan is often cheaper in relative terms

(i.e. in terms of the price per Mbit/s). The rules applied to collecting ﬁxed-broadband price data may

be found in AnnexBox 1.2.

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Annex 1

Annex Box 1.2: Rules applied in collecting ﬁxed-broadband Internet price

data

1. The prices of the operator with the largest market share (measured by the number of

ﬁxed-broadband subscriptions) should be used.

2. Prices should be collected in the currency they are advertised in, including taxes. If prices

are not advertised in local currency, a note should be added specifying the currency.

3. Only residential, single-user prices should be collected. If prices vary between different

regions of the country, prices applying to the largest city (in terms of the population)

should be provided. If that information is not available, prices applying to the capital

city should be reported. The selected city should be mentioned in a note under the

monthly subscription indicator.

4. From all ﬁxed-broadband plans meeting the above-mentioned criteria, the cheapest

one based on a 5 GB monthly usage and an advertised download speed of at least

256 kbit/s should be selected. If there is a price distinction between residential and

business tariffs, the residential tariff should be used.

5. If the plan selected has no limit on monthly data usage, the cap should be set at 0 and

a note added to that indicator specifying “unlimited”.

6. Plans with limited hours of use will not be considered.

7. If operators propose different commitment periods, the 12-month plan (or the one

closest to this commitment period) should be used. If the plan selected requires a

longer commitment (i.e. above 12 months), this should be indicated in a note under

the monthly subscription. Furthermore, if there are different prices (e.g. a discounted

price for the ﬁrst year and a higher price as of the 13th month), then the price after the

discount period should be selected. The discounted price charged during the initial

period should be indicated in a note under the monthly subscription charge. This is

because the initial price paid is considered a limited/discounted price, and the other is

the regular price.

8. Prices should be collected for the ﬁxed-broadband (access) technology with the

greatest number of subscriptions in the country (FTTH, DSL, cable, etc.).

9. The same price plan should be used for collecting all the data speciﬁed. For example,

if a given Plan A is selected for the ﬁxed-broadband service, according to the criteria

mentioned above, the elements in Plan A apply to the monthly subscription, the excess

charge, the volume of data that can be downloaded, etc.

10. Prices should be collected for regular (non-promotional) plans and should not include

promotional offers or limited or restricted discounts (e.g. students only, already existing

customers only, etc.).

11. With convergence, operators are increasingly providing multiple (bundled) services

such as voice telephony, Internet access and TV reception over their networks. They

often bundle these offers into a single subscription. This can present a challenge for

price-data collection, since it may not be possible to isolate the prices for a given service.

12. The cost of a ﬁxed-telephone line should be excluded if it can be used for other

services too. If a monthly rental for the physical line is not required (e.g. naked DSL),

this should be mentioned in a note. If a monthly rental of a ﬁxed-telephone line is

required, this should also be explained in a note.

Source: ITU.

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The data-only mobile-broadband price basket

The data-only mobile-broadband basket

is based on a monthly data usage of a minimum of 1.5

GB. For plans that limit the monthly amount of data transferred by including data volume caps

below 1.5 GB, the cost for the additional bytes is added to the basket. The minimum speed of

a broadband connection is 256 kbit/s. The data-only mobile-broadband basket is based on the

most common contract modality (prepaid or postpaid) in the economy in question, i.e. if more

than 50 per cent of subscriptions are prepaid, then prepaid is selected. Otherwise, a postpaid

plan is selected.

ITU has been collecting mobile-broadband price data through its annual ICT Price Basket

Questionnaire since 2012. The collection of mobile-broadband price data from ITU Member States

was agreed upon by EGTI in 2012, and revised by EGTI in 2013 in the light of the lessons learned

from the ﬁrst data-collection exercise. The revised methodology was then applied in the 2014 data

collection. Initially, a distinction based on the device used (computer-based, handset-based) as well

as the contract modality (prepaid, postpaid) was applied. This was then further updated with the

2018 revision, whereby only one data-only mobile-broadband basket was kept, with at least a 1.5 GB

monthly data allowance, irrespective of the device used, and prices referring to the most common

contract modality (prepaid/postpaid) in the economy.

For plans that are limited in terms of validity (less than 30 days), the price of the additional days

was calculated and added to the base package in order to obtain the ﬁnal price. Two possibilities

exist, depending on the operator, for extending a plan that is limited in terms of data allowance (or

validity). The customer either (i) continues to use the service and pays an excess usage charge for

additional data

, or (ii) purchases an additional (add-on) package. Thus, for some countries, prices

reﬂect the price of the base package plus an excess-usage charge (e.g. a base package including 1

GB plus the price for 500MB of excess usage for a monthly usage of 1.5 GB), or a multiplication of

the base package price (e.g. three times the price of a 500MB plan for a monthly usage of 1.5 GB).

The plans selected represent the least expensive offers that include the minimum monthly amount

of 1.5 GB of data. The guiding principle is to base each plan on what customers could and would

purchase given the data allowance and validity of each plan.

Prices for the revised data-only mobile-broadband basket are collected using an updated set of

rules (see AnnexBox 1.3).

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Annex Box 1.3: Rules applied in collecting mobile-broadband price data

1. Prices should be collected based on 3G technologies or above, e.g. UMTS, HSDPA+/

HSDPA, CDMA2000, IEEE 802.16e, LTE, LTE-Advanced and WiMAX/WirelessMAN.

Prices applying to Wi-Fi or hotspots should be excluded.

2. Prices should be collected in the currency they are advertised in, including taxes. If prices

are not advertised in local currency, a note should be added specifying the currency.

3. Only residential, single-user prices should be collected. If prices vary between different

regions of the country, prices applying to the largest city (in terms of population) or to

the capital city should be provided.

4. Prices refer to the most common contract modality (prepaid/postpaid) in the country.

If more than 50 per cent of mobile-broadband subscriptions are postpaid, then a

postpaid plan should be chosen. Otherwise a prepaid plan should be selected.

5. Mobile-broadband prices should be collected from the operator with the largest

market share measured by the number of mobile-broadband subscriptions. If this

information is not available, mobile-broadband prices should be collected from the

mobile-cellular operator with the largest market share (measured by the number of

mobile-cellular subscriptions) in the country.

6. The validity period considered for the basket is 30 days or four weeks. If a plan with a

validity of 15 days is selected, it will be taken twice to cover the whole period. Likewise,

if a plan with a validity of a day or a week is selected, it will be taken as many times as

necessary to cover a period of four weeks. The cheapest plan on the basis of a validity

period of 30 days or four weeks should be selected.

7. Price data should be collected for the cheapest plan with a data volume allowance

of a minimum of 1.5 GB per month (irrespective of the device used). The selected

plan should not necessarily be the one with the cap closest to 1.5 GB, but include a

minimum of 1.5 GB. For example, if an operator offers a 500 MB and a 2 GB plan, the

2 GB plan or three times the 500 MB plan (if the package can be purchased thrice for

a monthly capacity of 1.5 GB) could be selected for the data-only mobile-broadband

basket. The cheapest option should be chosen. Data volumes should refer to both

upload and download data volumes. If prices are linked to “hours of use” and not to

data volumes, this information should be added in a separate note. Note: ITU will most

likely not be able to include these cases in a comparison.

8. Pay-as-you-go offers should be used when they are the cheapest option for a given

basket or the only option available. If operators charge different pay-as-you-go rates

depending on the time of day (peak/off-peak), then the average of both should be

recorded. Night-time data allowances will not be considered.

9. Even if the plan is advertised as “unlimited”, the ﬁne print should be carefully reported

since most often there are limits on the data volumes (e.g. fair-usage policies), either

applied by throttling (limiting the speed) or by cutting the service.

10. Data on non-recurrent fees, such as installation/set-up fees, are not collected.

11. Preference should be given to the cheapest available package even if this is bundled

with other services (e.g. voice services). If the plan chosen includes other services

besides mobile-broadband access, these should be speciﬁed in a note. Zero-rated

services (i.e. services that can be consumed besides the monthly data allowance)

should be speciﬁed in a note.

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12. Prices refer to a regular (non-promotional) plan and exclude promotional offers and

limited discounts or special user groups (e.g. existing clients). Special prices that

apply to a certain type of phone (e.g. iPhone, iPad) should be excluded. Night-time

allowances are not included.

Source: ITU.

The data-and-voice price baskets

The low-consumption data-and-voice price basket is based on a monthly data usage of a minimum

of 500 MB of data, 70 voice minutes, and 20 SMSs. The high-consumption data-and-voice price

basket is based on a monthly data usage of a minimum of 1.5 GB, 140 minutes, and 70 SMSs. For

plans that limit the monthly amount of data transferred by including data volume caps below 500

MB (low-consumption) or 1.5 GB (high-consumption), the cost of the additional bytes is added

to the basket. The minimum speed of a broadband connection is 256 kbit/s. The data-and-voice

basket is based on the most common contract modality (prepaid or postpaid) in the economy

in question, i.e. if more than 50 per cent of subscriptions are prepaid, then prepaid is selected.

Otherwise, a postpaid plan is selected.

Price baskets with a combination of data, voice and SMS were added by EGTI in the 2017 revision

of the price baskets. To capture the prices of different data packages, covering low- and high-usage

consumption patterns, data-and-voice price data are collected for two different thresholds for data,

voice and SMS, based on a set of rules (see AnnexBox 1.4):

a. Low-consumption data-and-voice basket: 70 minutes, 20 SMSs and 500 MB.

b. High-consumption data-and-voice basket: 140 minutes, 70 SMSs and 1.5 GB.

For plans that are limited in terms of validity (less than 30 days), the price of the additional days

is calculated and added to the base package in order to obtain the ﬁnal price. Two possibilities

exist, depending on the operator, for extending a plan that is limited in terms of data allowance (or

validity). The customer either (i) continues to use the service and pays an excess usage charge for

additional data,

or (ii) purchases an additional (add-on) package. Thus, for some countries, prices

reﬂect the price of the base package plus an excess-usage charge (e.g. a base package including 1

GB plus the price for 500MB of excess usage for a monthly usage of 1.5 GB), or a multiplication of

the base package price (e.g. twice the price of a 250MB plan for a monthly usage of 500MB).

The plans selected represent the least expensive offers that include the minimum amount of data

for each respective data-and-voice basket. The guiding principle is to base each plan on what

customers could and would purchase given the data allowance and validity of each plan.

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Annex Box 1.4: Rules applied in collecting data-and-voice price data

1. Prices should be collected based on 3G technologies or above, e.g. UMTS, HSDPA+/

HSDPA, CDMA2000, IEEE 802.16e, LTE, LTE-Advanced and WiMAX/WirelessMAN.

Prices applying to Wi-Fi or hotspots should be excluded.

2. Prices should be collected in the currency they are advertised in, including taxes. If prices

are not advertised in local currency, a note should be added specifying the currency.

3. Only residential, single-user prices should be collected. If prices vary between different

regions of the country, prices applying to the largest city (in terms of population) or to

the capital city should be provided.

4. Prices refer to the most common contract modality (prepaid/postpaid) in the country.

If more than 50 per cent of mobile-cellular subscriptions are postpaid, then a postpaid

plan should be chosen. Otherwise a prepaid plan should be selected.

5. Prices should be collected from the operator with the largest market share measured

by the number of mobile-cellular subscriptions.

6. The validity period considered for the basket is 30 days or four weeks. If a plan with a

validity of 15 days is selected, it will be taken twice to cover the whole period. Likewise,

if a plan with a validity of a day or a week is selected, it will be taken as many times as

necessary to cover a period of four weeks. The cheapest plan on the basis of a validity

period of 30 days or four weeks should be selected.

7. Price data should be collected for two data-and-voice baskets separately. The cheapest

plan meeting the requirements of each data-and-voice basket should be selected:

a. Low-consumption data-and-voice basket: 70 minutes, 20 SMSs and 500 MB.

b. High-consumption data-and-voice basket: 140 minutes, 70 SMSs and 1.5 GB.

The selected plan should not necessarily be the one with the data, voice and SMS

allowances closest to the consumption set for each data-and-voice basket, but rather

the cheapest including the minimum allowances set for each consumption proﬁle. For

example, if an operator offers a plan including 35 minutes, 10 SMSs and 250 MB, and a

plan including 1 GB and unlimited domestic voice and SMS, either twice the ﬁrst plan (if

the package can be purchased twice per month) or the second plan could be selected for

the low-consumption data-and-voice basket. The cheapest option should be chosen. Data

volumes should refer to both upload and download data volumes. If prices are linked to

“hours of use” and not to data volumes, this information should be added in a separate

note. Note: ITU will most likely not be able to include these cases in a comparison.

8. The excess price per voice minute should be reported as the on-net price. If different

peak and off-peak prices exist, an average shall be reported. If prices vary between

minutes (1st minute = price A, 2nd minute = price B, call set-up rate = price C), the

per-minute cost of a two-minute call should be reported (i.e. (A+B+C)/2). Call set-up

rates should be included in the per-minute price of excess usage and indicated in the

corresponding note. If the excess price reported corresponds to a package of minutes,

the total price for the package should be reported and the number of minutes included

should be speciﬁed in a note.

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9. The excess price per SMS should be reported as the on-net SMS price. If different peak

and off-peak prices exist, the average should be reported. If the excess price reported

corresponds to a package of SMSs, the total price for the package should be reported

and the number of SMSs included should be speciﬁed in a note.

10. Pay-as-you-go offers should be used when they are the cheapest option for a given

data-and-voice basket or the only option available. If operators charge different pay-as-

you-go rates depending on the time of day (peak/off-peak), then the average of both

should be recorded. Night-time data allowances will not be considered.

11. Even if the plan is advertised as “unlimited”, the ﬁne print should be carefully reported

since most often there are limits on the data volumes (e.g. fair-usage policies), either

applied by throttling (limiting the speed) or by cutting the service.

12. Data on non-recurrent fees, such as installation/set-up fees, are not collected.

13. Preference should be given to the cheapest available package even if this is bundled

with other services (e.g. online TV content). If the plan chosen includes other services

besides data, voice and SMS, these should be speciﬁed in a note. Zero-rated services

(i.e. services that can be consumed besides the monthly allowances) should be

speciﬁed in a note.

14. Prices refer to a regular (non-promotional) plan and exclude promotional offers and

limited discounts or special user groups (e.g. existing clients). Special prices that

apply to a certain type of phone (e.g. iPhone, iPad) should be excluded. Night-time

allowances are not included.

Source: ITU.

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Price-data collection and sources

Up to 2018, price data were collected in the fourth quarter of the year. Starting in 2019, price

data have been collected in the ﬁrst quarter of the year. Up to 2017, data were collected through

the ITU ICT Price Basket Questionnaire, with the exception of data on mobile-broadband prices,

which were collected directly from operator websites. From 2018 onwards, all data were collected

through the ITU ICT Price Basket Questionnaire, which was sent to the administrations and statistics

contacts of 220 economies in October 2018 for 2018 and in April 2019 for 2019 data. Through the

questionnaire, contacts were requested to provide data for ﬁxed-broadband prices; low-usage

mobile-cellular prices; data-only mobile-broadband prices; and voice-and-data-prices (low and

high usage). In 2019, the 2018 prices were included for reference, where available. For those

economies that did not reply to the ITU ICT Price Basket Questionnaire, price data were collected

directly from operator websites and/or through direct correspondence with the operator. Price

data were collected from the operator with the largest market share, as measured by the number

of subscriptions. If it was not clear which Internet service provider (ISP) had the dominant market

share, preference was given to the (former) incumbent telecommunication operator. In some cases,

especially where prices were not clearly advertised or were indicated only in the local language,

and where operators did not respond to queries, alternative operators were chosen. All prices were

converted into United States dollars using IMF’s average annual rate of exchange for 2018

, and into

PPP$ using World Bank conversion factors for 2018 (as published in October 2019). Prices are also

presented as a percentage of countries’ monthly GNI p.c. using GNI p.c. values from the World Bank

(Atlas method) for 2018 (as published in October 2019). Price data for 2008 to 2018, which are also

shown and used in this publication, were collected in previous years (always during the second half

of the respective year), in national currencies, and converted using the same sources.

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The names of the various baskets used in this annex differ slightly different from those used in the main

body of this publication. The terminology in this annex reﬂects that ofﬁcially agreed to by the Expert Group

on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (EGTI), which is also used when collecting the data, whereas the

names of the baskets in the analytical part of this publication are more descriptive. In particular, in the

analysis, the mobile-cellular basket is called “mobile-voice basket” and the data-only mobile-broadband

basket is called “mobile-data basket”.

EGTI was created in May 2009 with the mandate to revise the list of ITU supply-side indicators (i.e. data

collected from operators), as well as to discuss outstanding methodological issues and new indicators. EGTI

is open to all ITU members and experts in the ﬁeld of ICT statistics and data collection. It works through an

online discussion forum (

http:// www .itu .int/ ITU -D/ ict/ ExpertGroup/ default .asp) and face-to-face meetings.

EGTI reports to the World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS).

In the analytical part of this publication this basket is called the “mobile-voice basket”.

On-net refers to a call made to the same mobile network, while off-net and ﬁxed-line refer to calls made to

other (competing) mobile networks and to a ﬁxed-telephone line, respectively.

In the analytical part of this publication this basket is called the “mobile-data basket”.

Some operators throttle speeds after the data allowance included in the base package has been used

up. Customers can then pay an excess-usage charge in order to continue to have full-speed connections.

In some cases, even throttled speeds are still considered to be broadband (i.e. equal to or greater than

256kbit/s, according to ITU’s deﬁnition).

Some operators throttle speeds after the data allowance included in the base package has been used

up. Customers can then pay an excess-usage charge in order to continue to have full-speed connections.

In some cases, even throttled speeds are still considered to be broadband (i.e. equal to or greater than

256kbit/s, according to ITU’s deﬁnition).

For economies where IMF’s average annual rate of exchange was not available, the average annual UN

Operational exchange rate was used when available.

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Endnotes to Annex 1

Annex 2: Detailed ICT price tables, 2019

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Annex Table 2.1: High-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket – plan

details, 2019

Price of the plan

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$

Included

minutes

Included

SMS

Data

allow-

ance

(in GB)

Validity Operator

1 Afghanistan 1.0 3.5 0 0 0.5 7 Roshan

2 Albania 1 11.1 23.2 2,500 2,200 2.0 30 Vodafone Albania

3 Algeria 2 8.6 24.7

140 70

13.0 30

Algérie Télécom Mobile

"MOBILIS"

4 Andorra 29.6 200 100 1.5 30 Andorra Telecom

5 Angola 15.8 20.3 0 0 2.0 31 Unitel

6 Anguilla 44.4 1,000 1,000 3.0 30 Flow

7 Antigua and Barbuda 37.0 45.6 700 700 7.0 30 Flow

8 Argentina 6.8 0 0 2.0 15 Claro

9 Armenia 3 5.2 12.8 2,500 250 3.9 30 MTS Armenia CJSC

10 Aruba 33.5 40.0 1,000 100 4.0 30 SETAR

11 Australia 4 36.6 31.9 140 70 15.0 30 Telstra

12 Austria 5 16.6 16.8 1,000 1,000 4.0 30 A1 Telekom Austria

13 Azerbaijan 2.9 12.0 0 200 2.0 30 Azercell

14 Bahamas 6 10.0 8.8

3,000 3,000

2.0 7

Bahamas

Telecommunication

Company Ltd. (BTC)

15 Bahrain 7 16.8 27.7 500 0 6.0 30 VIVA

16 Bangladesh 3.2 7.8 150 200 1.5 30 Grameenphone

17 Barbados 8 37.5 29.8 150 70 1.5 30 Digicel

18 Belarus 3.1 12.1

250 0

0.5 30

Mobile TeleSystems

Joint Limited Liability

Company (MTS)

19 Belgium 18.9 18.7 120 70 1.5 30 Proximus

20 Belize 9 12.5 90 70 2.7 15 Digi

21 Benin 9.9 25.5 90 0 1.6 30 MTN Bénin

22 Bhutan 10 2.9 8.8 0 0 1.9 30 Bhutan Telecom Ltd

23 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7.2 14.5 0.0 0 0 30 Entel S.A.

Bosnia and

Herzegovina

11 21.2 44.6

0 0

3.0 30 BH Telecom

25 Botswana 12 77.9 148.8 0 0 1.5 60 Mascom

26 Brazil 13 13.7 22.2 0 0 3.0 30 Vivo

27 Brunei Darussalam 14 14.8 26.4 0 0 3.0 30 DST

28 Bulgaria 15 14.5 32.0 200 80 0.1 30 A1 Bulgaria EAD

29 Burkina Faso 16 2.7 7.0 120 120 0.1 7 ONATEL

30 Burundi 6.2 15.1 0 75 1.8 30 ECONET LEO

31 Cabo Verde 8.6 17.9 0 0 2.0 30 CV Movel

32 Cambodia 2.0 4.9 0 0 1.5 30 Metfone

33 Cameroon 17 27.0 64.6 899 500 1.5 30 MTN Cameroon

34 Canada 18 83.4 80.7 140 70 2.0 30 Rogers

35 Cayman Islands 54.0 300 0 3.0 30 Digicel

36 Central African Rep. 0.9 40 100 0.1 1 Orange

37 Chad 32.4 1,000 1,000 1.6 30 Tigo

38 Chile 19 10.9 15.2 350 0 5.0 30 Movistar

39 China 8.8 15.2 150 0 3.0 30 China Mobile

40 Colombia 6.8 14.2 250 1,000 2.2 15 COMCEL S.A. (CLARO)

41 Comoros 20 12.0 180 120 1.0 20 Comores Télécom

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Price of the plan

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$

Included

minutes

Included

SMS

Data

allow-

ance

(in GB)

Validity Operator

42 Costa Rica 21 6.9 10.8

0 0

2.0 30

Instituto Costarricense

de Electricidad

43 Côte d'Ivoire 22 0.4 0.9 20 20 0.8 1 Orange Cote d'Ivoire

44 Croatia 23 23.7 38.3 140 70 5.0 30 Hrvatski Telekom d.d.

45 Cuba 22.5 0 45 2.5 30 ETECSA

46 Curacao 24 82.3 104.8

140 70

5.0 30

United

Telecommunications

Services N.V. (UTS)

47 Cyprus 25 33.1 40.5 140 70 1.0 30 Cyta

48 Czech Republic 26 36.8 57.5

140 70

4.0 30

T-Mobile Czech Republic

a.s.

49 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 45.0 250.0 250 50 30 Vodacom DRC

50 Denmark 27 26.8 21.2 140 70 10.0 30 youSee

51 Djibouti 43.9 77.5 180 100 3.8 30 Djibouti Telecom

52 Dominica 28 22.2 31.0 140 70 1.5 30 Digicel

53 Dominican Rep. 29 28.8 62.4 200 1,000 3.0 30 CLARO

54 Ecuador 30 11.2 19.3 200 0 2.0 30 CONECEL-CLARO

55 Egypt 31 3.2 16.5 330 70 1.5 28 Vodafone

56 El Salvador 32 7.0 13.9 140 0 3.0 14 Tigo

57 Estonia 33 14.2 19.9 140 70 5.0 30 Telia

58 Eswatini 27.2 64.8 300 100 2.0 30 MTN

59 Ethiopia 10.2 30.0 166 0 2.0 30 Ethio Telecom

60 Fiji 13.4 21.2 0 0 3.0 30 Vodafone Fiji

61 Finland 34 9.3 8.3 0 0 0.0 30 Elisa

62 France 35 31.9 31.9 140 70 10.0 30 Orange

63 Gabon 36 25.2 36.8 240 800 2.3 30 Gabon Telecom

64 Gambia 5.4 17.6 0 0 1.5 30 QCELL

65 Georgia 37 2.0 140 70 1.0 7 MagtiCom

66 Germany 38 18.9 19.9 140 0 1.5 30 Vodafone

67 Ghana 10.9 30.2 400 60 2.0 30 MTN

68 Gibraltar 40.0 300 300 2.0 30 Gibtelecom

69 Greece 24.8 31.8 300 100 1.5 30 Cosmote

70 Grenada 39 35.2 47.8 300 140 8.0 30 Digicel

71 Guatemala 40 13.2 22.0

0 0

2.5 30

Comunicaciones

Celulares, S.A.

72 Guinea 1.7 3.3 25 25 0.5 7 Orange Guinea

73 Guinea-Bissau 18.0 41.3 0 0 5.0 30 MTN Bissau

74 Guyana 26.5 42.5 150 150 4.5 30 Digicel

75 Haiti 0.3 0.6 0 0 0.2 3 Digicel

76 Honduras 4.2 8.2 300 0 1.0 7 Tigo

77 Hong Kong, China 41 12.2 15.0 0 0 2.0 30 CSL Mobile Limited

78 Hungary 42 32.5 58.3 140 10 3.0 30 Magyar Telekom

79 Iceland 43 27.6 19.3 140 70 5.0 30 NOVA

80 India 44 1.4 4.7

140 300

2.0 28

Reliance Jio Infocomm

Limited

81 Indonesia 6.7 18.8 100 100 10.0 30 Telkomsel

82 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12.2 39.1 1,000.0 1,000 1,000 30 MCI

83 Iraq 21.1 42.1 0 0 2.0 30 Zain Iraq

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2019 (continued)

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Price of the plan

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$

Included

minutes

Included

SMS

Data

allow-

ance

(in GB)

Validity Operator

84 Ireland 45 41.3 35.6 140 70 20.0 30 Vodafone

85 Israel 11.1 9.4 2,500 2,500 30.0 30 Cellcom

86 Italy 46 21.3 23.1 140 500 20.0 30 TIM

87 Jamaica 47 17.5 27.3 140 0 3.5 28 Digicel

88 Japan 53.8 54.7 140 0 2.0 30 NTT Docomo

89 Jordan 48 12.9 26.8 5,000 200 4.0 30 Zain

90 Kazakhstan 49 6.9 20.0 140 100 12.0 30 Activ (KCell)

91 Kenya 50 4.9 10.0 0 0 2.0 30 Safaricom

92 Kiribati 14.9

0 0

2.7 30

Amalgamated Telecom

Holdings Kiribati

93 Korea (Rep. of) 51 37.3 42.7 150 70 1.5 30 SK Telecom

94 Kuwait 52 23.2 35.6 140 70 5.0 30 Zain

95 Kyrgyzstan 0.7 2.4 300 500 1.0 7 MegaCom

96 Lao P.D.R. 6.5 17.2 0 0 1.5 30 Unitel

97 Latvia 53 14.2 21.3 140 70 2.0 30 TELE 2

98 Lebanon 41.8 65.6 110 110 1.8 30 Touch Lebanon

99 Lesotho 13.9 37.6 248 0 2.0 30 Vodacom Lesotho

100 Liberia 30.0 28.7 1,500 300 20.0 30 MTN Liberia (Lonestar Cell)

101 Libya 5.9 0 0 1.0 15 Libyana

102 Liechtenstein 54 35.7 100 70 5.0 30 Telecom Liechtenstein AG

103 Lithuania 55 12.9 21.8 140 70 2.0 30 Telia

104 Luxembourg 21.2 18.5 500 500 3.0 30 Post Luxembourg

105 Macao, China 12.1 15.1 480 0 2.0 30 CTM

106 Madagascar 7.5 26.3 0 0 2.0 30 Telma Mobile

107 Malawi 6.8 20.1 0 0 2.0 30 Airtel Malawi

108 Malaysia 56 9.9 24.1

140 0

6.0 30

DiGi Telecommunications

Sdn Bhd

109 Maldives 57 14.9 19.6 0 0 2.5 30 Dhiraagu

110 Mali 9.0 22.9 0 0 2.0 30 Orange Mali

111 Malta 58 35.4 47.5 140 70 1.5 30 Vodafone

112 Mauritania 5.6 15.8 120 0 4.0 30 Mauritel

113 Mauritius 59 7.2 12.4

0 1,000

1.7 30

Cellplus Mobile

Communications Ltd (my.t)

114 Mexico 10.4 19.7 140 70 1.5 30 Telcel

115 Micronesia 30.0 30.7

60 900

2.0 30

FSM Telecommunications

Corporation

116 Moldova 6.5 15.3 180 300 2.0 30 Orange Moldova

117 Monaco 60 59.0 140 70 50.0 30 Monaco Telecom

118 Mongolia 6.7 18.4 0 0 3.0 30 MobiCom

119 Montenegro 19.9 39.3 5,200 5,000 4.0 30 Crnogorski Telekom

120 Morocco 61 6.4 14.5 160 100 2.0 28 IAM

121 Mozambique 5.0 1,050 300 0.3 5 mCel

122 Myanmar 1.0 4.1 0 0 1.5 30 MPT

123 Namibia 62 2.4 4.8 100 700 1.0 7 MTC

124 Nauru 23.2 0 0 1.8 30 Digicel

125 Nepal (Republic of) 5.0 14.5

490 300

1.5 28

Nepal Doorsanchar

Company Limited (Nepal

Telecom)

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2019 (continued)

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Price of the plan

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$

Included

minutes

Included

SMS

Data

allow-

ance

(in GB)

Validity Operator

126 Netherlands 63 24.8 24.2 140 70 2.0 30 KPN

127 New Zealand 14.5 13.1 200 500 1.8 28 Vodafone

128 Nicaragua 6.7 17.9 40 100 1.0 15 Claro

129 Niger 64 18.0 44.8 2,500 70 4.0 30 Airtel Niger SA (Ex Celtel)

130 Nigeria 6.5 13.0 140 55 3.0 30 MTN

131 North Macedonia 65 15.3 35.0 140 70 10.0 30 ONE.VIP

132 Norway 66 36.8 27.7 140 70 3.0 30 Telenor

133 Oman 67 13.0 25.6 100 100 1.0 30 Omantel

134 Pakistan 3.8 13.7 2,000 2,000 2.0 30 Jazz

135 Palau 25.0 26.9 190 2,000 2.0 30 PNCC

136 Palestine 68 6.5 9.3 0 0 2.5 30 Jawwal

137 Panama 69 5.0 8.7 25 25 1.5 7 Movistar

138 Papua New Guinea 5.5 6.7 0 0 0.6 7 Digicel Papua New Guinea

139 Paraguay 70 20.9 44.9

140 0

3.0 30

Telefonica Celular del

Paraguay S.A.

140 Peru 9.1 17.4 140 70 2.9 28 Movistar

141 Philippines 71 1.9 4.8 100 70 1.0 7 Smart

142 Poland 72 12.5 24.1 140 70 7.0 30 Orange Polska

143 Portugal 73 4.7 6.0 250 250 3.0 7 MEO

144 Puerto Rico 74 44.6

140 70

8.0 30

AT&T MOBILITY PUERTO

RICO INC

145 Qatar 75 16.5 21.6 140 70 2.0 30 Ooredoo

146 Romania 76 10.6 22.5 140 70 30.0 30 Orange

147 Russian Federation 6.4 15.3 200 200 4.0 30 MTS

148 Rwanda 4.6 12.8 0 0 2.0 30 MTN Rwanda

149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 77 37.0 49.2 1,000 1,000 10.0 30 Flow

150 Saint Lucia 78 32.8 42.9 250 70 8.0 30 Digicel

151

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

79 30.4 42.2

500 0

3.0 30 Digicel

152 Samoa 7.7 10.6 0 0 6.0 15 Digicel Samoa

153 Sao Tome and Principe 9.6 13.5 0.0 0 0 30 CST

154 Saudi Arabia 17.3 35.6 500 0 2.0 30 Saudi Telecom Company

155 Senegal 80 1.1 2.6 50 70 0.1 1 Orange Senegal

156 Serbia 17.9 36.9 140 100 3.0 30 Telekom Srbija

157 Seychelles 28.5 45.1

0 0

1.5 30

Cable and Wireless

(Seychelles) Ltd

158 Sierra Leone 6.9 18.1 0 0 2.0 30 Africall

159 Singapore 81 14.8 17.6 150 500 5.0 30 Singtel

160 Slovakia 82 23.6 37.1 140 70 0.5 30 Orange

161 Slovenia 83 17.7 23.1 140 70 2.0 30 Telekom Slovenije

162 Solomon Islands 13.8 14.3 0 0 1.6 14 Our Telekom

163 Somalia 5.0 0 0 2.0 30 Hormuud Telecom

164 South Africa 18.8 37.7 0 0 1.5 30 Vodacom SA

165 Spain 84 14.1 16.7 140 0 3.0 30 Movistar (Telefonica)

166 Sri Lanka 3.3 10.2 140 70 1.5 30 Dialog Axiata

167 Suriname 85 13.4 300 300 1.5 30 Telesur

168 Sweden 86 22.9 21.3 140 70 2.0 30 Telia

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Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$

Included

minutes

Included

SMS

Data

allow-

ance

(in GB)

Validity Operator

169 Switzerland 87 35.8 25.5 140 70 1.5 30 Swisscom

170 Syrian Arab Republic 3.6 0 100 0.2 30 SyriaTel

171 Taiwan, Province of China 14.5 0.0

0 0

Chunghwa Telecom Co.,

Ltd

172 Tajikistan 5.5 100 100 1.6 30 Babilon-Mobile

173 Tanzania 11.0 29.6 135 1,000 2.1 30 Vodacom Tanzania

174 Thailand 18.5 48.1 300 0 1.5 30 AIS Group

175 Timor-Leste 88 13.6 21.2 700 700 1.8 28 Telemor

176 Togo 18.0 44.2 240 50 1.5 30 Togocel

177 Tonga 14.3 18.7 4,000 4,000 2.0 30 Digicel Tonga

178 Trinidad and Tobago 89 41.5 49.7

300 70

3.0 30

Digicel Trinidad and

Tobago Limited

179 Tunisia 3.7 11.0 140 70 1.5 30 Ooredoo

180 Turkey 8.1 23.2 750 100 2.5 30 Turkcell

181 Turkmenistan 32.9 2,000 500 1.5 30 TMCell

182 Uganda 13.4 40.1 900 1,000 1.0 30 MTN

183 Ukraine 90 2.8 10.7 140 100 1.9 30 Kyivstar

184 United Arab Emirates 91 28.6 37.2 100 0 1.5 30 Etisalat

185 United Kingdom 92 25.3 24.1 140 70 3.0 30 EE

186 United States 93 43.5 43.5 140 70 1.5 30 Verizon

187 Uruguay 94 22.9 27.5 140 70 1.5 30 ANTEL

188 Uzbekistan 95 4.3 2,000 200 1.5 30 UCell

189 Vanuatu 9.1 8.5 0 0 2.5 30 Digicel Vanuatu

190 Viet Nam 4.0 9.7 200 30 3.0 30 Viettel

191 Yemen 25.6 300 100 3.2 30 Yemen Mobile

192 Zambia 4.8 12.2 0 0 1.5 30 MTN Zambia

Note: * Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Annex Table 2.2: High-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket – call and

SMS rate, 2019

Per minute call rate Local SMS

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$

1 Afghanistan 0.035 0.118 0.014 0.047

2 Albania 0.269 0.561 0.120 0.251

3 Algeria 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

4 Andorra 0.000 0.000

5 Angola 0.119 0.153 0.049 0.064

6 Anguilla 0.348 0.093

7 Antigua and Barbuda 0.352 0.433 0.085 0.105

8 Argentina 0.555 0.125

9 Armenia 2 0.010 0.026 0.010 0.026

10 Aruba 3 0.327 0.390 0.089 0.107

11 Australia 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

12 Austria 0.236 0.238 0.236 0.238

13 Azerbaijan 0.012 0.048 0.029 0.120

14 Bahamas 0.269 0.237 0.056 0.049

15 Bahrain 0.043 0.070 0.085 0.140

16 Bangladesh 0.020 0.049 0.007 0.018

17 Barbados 5 0.300 0.239 0.000 0.000

18 Belarus 0.017 0.068 0.022 0.087

19 Belgium 6 0.354 0.350 0.000 0.000

20 Belize 7 0.281 0.000

21 Benin 0.108 0.278 0.009 0.023

22 Bhutan 8 0.023 0.070 0.007 0.020

23 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.174 0.348 0.029 0.058

24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.139 0.292 0.042 0.089

25 Botswana 9 0.088 0.169 0.020 0.037

26 Brazil 10 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

27 Brunei Darussalam 11 0.111 0.198 0.037 0.066

28 Bulgaria 0.211 0.466 0.151 0.333

29 Burkina Faso 0.162 0.422 0.018 0.047

30 Burundi 0.094 0.230 0.014 0.034

31 Cabo Verde 0.289 0.606 0.107 0.224

32 Cambodia 0.075 0.184 0.025 0.061

33 Cameroon 0.110 0.264 0.056 0.134

34 Canada 12 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

35 Cayman Islands 0.540 0.144

36 Central African Rep. 0.108 0.045

37 Chad 0.160 0.022

38 Chile 0.187 0.260 0.109 0.152

39 China 0.029 0.050 0.015 0.026

40 Colombia 13 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

41 Comoros 0.144 0.036

42 Costa Rica 0.070 0.109 0.005 0.008

43 Côte d'Ivoire 0.189 0.462 0.072 0.176

44 Croatia 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

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Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$

45 Cuba 0.220 0.090

46 Curacao 14 0.408 0.519 0.162 0.206

47 Cyprus 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

48 Czech Republic 15 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

49 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 0.095 0.040

50 Denmark 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

51 Djibouti 0.169 0.298 0.056 0.099

52 Dominica 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

53 Dominican Rep. 0.095 0.205 0.026 0.057

54 Ecuador 0.110 0.189 0.070 0.120

55 Egypt 0.011 0.058 0.011 0.058

56 El Salvador 16 0.000 0.000 0.104 0.206

57 Estonia 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

58 Eswatini 0.068 0.162 0.023 0.054

59 Ethiopia 0.015 0.046 0.007 0.021

60 Fiji 0.177 0.280 0.067 0.106

61 Finland 0.081 0.073 0.081 0.073

62 France 17 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

63 Gabon 0.281 0.410 0.045 0.066

64 Gambia 0.048 0.154 0.008 0.027

65 Georgia 18 0.000 0.000

66 Germany 19 0.000 0.000 0.224 0.236

67 Ghana 0.024 0.067 0.010 0.029

68 Gibraltar 0.200 0.053

69 Greece 20 0.024 0.030 0.047 0.061

70 Grenada 21 0.293 0.398 0.000 0.000

71 Guatemala 22 0.346 0.578 0.133 0.222

72 Guinea 0.053 0.105 0.013 0.026

73 Guinea-Bissau 0.117 0.268 0.054 0.124

74 Guyana 0.165 0.264 0.056 0.090

75 Haiti 0.088 0.189 0.019 0.041

76 Honduras 0.176 0.346 0.176 0.346

77 Hong Kong, China 23 0.011 0.014 0.038 0.047

78 Hungary 0.130 0.232 0.130 0.232

79 Iceland 24 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

80 India 0.000 0.000 0.015 0.048

81 Indonesia 0.062 0.173 0.025 0.069

82 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.024 0.076 0.003 0.009

83 Iraq 0.101 0.202 0.042 0.084

84 Ireland 25 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

85 Israel 0.220 0.186 0.220 0.186

86 Italy 26 0.000 0.000 0.224 0.243

87 Jamaica 0.000 0.000 0.031 0.048

88 Japan 0.000 0.000 0.029 0.030

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Per minute call rate Local SMS

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$

89 Jordan 27 0.042 0.088 0.042 0.088

90 Kazakhstan 0.000 0.000 0.020 0.058

91 Kenya 28 0.032 0.065 0.010 0.020

92 Kiribati 0.194 0.075

93 Korea (Rep. of) 29 0.108 0.123 0.020 0.023

94 Kuwait 0.149 0.229 0.066 0.102

95 Kyrgyzstan 0.014 0.045 0.014 0.045

96 Lao P.D.R. 0.104 0.276 0.013 0.034

97 Latvia 30 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

98 Lebanon 0.220 0.345 0.055 0.086

99 Lesotho 0.096 0.260 0.058 0.157

100 Liberia 0.220 0.210 0.050 0.048

101 Libya 0.044 0.037

102 Liechtenstein 31 0.235 0.000

103 Lithuania 32 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

104 Luxembourg 0.236 0.205 0.083 0.072

105 Macao, China 0.050 0.062 0.031 0.039

106 Madagascar 33 0.018 0.063 0.024 0.084

107 Malawi 0.098 0.290 0.020 0.060

108 Malaysia 34 0.000 0.000 0.050 0.120

109 Maldives 0.064 0.085 0.013 0.017

110 Mali 0.140 0.358 0.036 0.092

111 Malta 0.295 0.396 0.059 0.079

112 Mauritania 0.219 0.618 0.028 0.079

113 Mauritius 35 0.035 0.060 0.018 0.030

114 Mexico 36 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

115 Micronesia 0.150 0.153 0.100 0.102

116 Moldova 0.089 0.209 0.036 0.083

117 Monaco 37 0.000 0.000

118 Mongolia 0.028 0.078 0.008 0.021

119 Montenegro 0.176 0.346 0.035 0.070

120 Morocco 38 0.027 0.061 0.011 0.024

121 Mozambique 0.099 0.030

122 Myanmar 0.007 0.029 0.011 0.043

123 Namibia 0.113 0.225 0.030 0.060

124 Nauru 0.205 0.097

125 Nepal (Republic of) 0.017 0.051 0.012 0.034

126 Netherlands 39 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

127 New Zealand 0.339 0.305 0.138 0.125

128 Nicaragua 0.391 1.053 0.082 0.222

129 Niger 0.216 0.538 0.009 0.022

130 Nigeria 0.088 0.175 0.013 0.026

131 North Macedonia 40 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

132 Norway 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

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Per minute call rate Local SMS

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$

133 Oman 41 0.104 0.205 0.026 0.051

134 Pakistan 42 0.020 0.072 0.017 0.061

135 Palau 0.185 0.199 0.060 0.064

136 Palestine 0.139 0.200 0.061 0.088

137 Panama 0.100 0.174 0.070 0.122

138 Papua New Guinea 0.244 0.296 0.076 0.093

139 Paraguay 43 0.000 0.000 0.026 0.056

140 Peru 44 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

141 Philippines 0.123 0.318 0.019 0.049

142 Poland 45 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

143 Portugal 46 0.236 0.301 0.236 0.301

144 Puerto Rico 47 0.000 0.000

145 Qatar 48 0.165 0.216 0.107 0.141

146 Romania 49 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

147 Russian Federation 0.048 0.115 0.032 0.076

148 Rwanda 0.052 0.144 0.014 0.038

149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.330 0.437 0.074 0.098

150 Saint Lucia 50 0.304 0.397 0.000 0.000

151 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.367 0.509 0.067 0.093

152 Samoa 0.070 0.096 0.070 0.096

153 Sao Tome and Principe 0.121 0.170 0.051 0.071

154 Saudi Arabia 0.147 0.301 0.067 0.137

155 Senegal 0.215 0.522 0.036 0.087

156 Serbia 51 0.119 0.244 0.059 0.121

157 Seychelles 0.144 0.227 0.030 0.048

158 Sierra Leone 0.082 0.213 0.011 0.030

159 Singapore 0.119 0.141 0.040 0.047

160 Slovakia 52 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

161 Slovenia 53 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

162 Solomon Islands 0.124 0.128 0.063 0.065

163 Somalia 0.050 0.010

164 South Africa 0.094 0.189 0.039 0.079

165 Spain 54 0.000 0.000 0.114 0.135

166 Sri Lanka 0.013 0.039 0.002 0.005

167 Suriname 0.180 0.040

168 Sweden 55 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

169 Switzerland 56 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

170 Syrian Arab Republic 0.029 0.014

171 Taiwan, Province of China 0.099 0.033

172 Tajikistan 0.007 0.011

173 Tanzania 0.133 0.356 0.022 0.059

174 Thailand 0.050 0.129 0.099 0.258

175 Timor-Leste 57 0.105 0.163 0.070 0.109

176 Togo 58 0.142 0.349 0.054 0.133

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Per minute call rate Local SMS

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$

177 Tonga 0.098 0.128 0.054 0.070

178 Trinidad and Tobago 59 0.214 0.256 0.056 0.067

179 Tunisia 0.013 0.040 0.019 0.057

180 Turkey 0.118 0.339 0.085 0.244

181 Turkmenistan 0.003 0.003

182 Uganda 0.054 0.161 0.016 0.048

183 Ukraine 60 0.000 0.000 0.074 0.279

184 United Arab Emirates 0.038 0.050 0.052 0.067

185 United Kingdom 61 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

186 United States 62 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

187 Uruguay 0.244 0.293 0.032 0.039

188 Uzbekistan 0.012 0.010

189 Vanuatu 0.254 0.239 0.091 0.085

190 Viet Nam 0.070 0.171 0.009 0.022

191 Yemen 0.042 0.019

192 Zambia 0.080 0.205 0.022 0.055

Note: * Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Annex Table 2.3: Low-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket – plan

details, 2019

Price of the plan

Economy

Notes

USD PPP$

Included

minutes

Included

SMS

Data

allowance

(in MB)

Validity Operator

1 Afghanistan 3.5 11.8 0 0 1,024.0 30 Roshan

2 Albania 8.3 17.4 200 200 500.0 30 Vodafone Albania

3 Algeria 1 8.6 24.7 70

13,000.0 30

Algérie Télécom Mobile

"MOBILIS"

4 Andorra 18.5 200 100 500.0 30 Andorra Telecom

5 Angola 5.9 7.6 0 0 500.0 31 Unitel

6 Anguilla 37.0 1,000 1,000 1,024.0 30 Flow

7 Antigua and Barbuda 37.0 45.6 700 700 7,168.0 30 Flow

8 Argentina 0.6 0 0 50.0 1 Claro

9 Armenia 2 3.1 7.7 1,500 150 1,000.0 30 MTS Armenia CJSC

10 Aruba 33.5 40.0 1,000 100 4,096.0 30 SETAR

11 Australia 3 36.6 31.9 70 20 15,360.0 30 Telstra

12 Austria 4 10.7 10.8 700 700 1,024.0 30 A1 Telekom Austria

13 Azerbaijan 2.9 12.0 0 200 2,048.0 30 Azercell

14 Bahamas 5 10.0 8.8 3,000

3,000

2,048.0 7

Bahamas

Telecommunications

Company Ltd (BTC)

15 Bahrain 6 16.8 27.7 500 0 6,000.0 30 VIVA

16 Bangladesh 2.0 5.0 100 50 500.0 30 Grameenphone

17 Barbados 20.0 15.9 100 100 1,024.0 30 Digicel

18 Belarus 3.1 12.1 250

500.0 30

Mobile TeleSystems Joint

Limited Liability Company

(MTS)

19 Belgium 18.9 18.7 120 70 1,536.0 30 Proximus

20 Belize 7 12.5 90 20 2,700.0 15 Digi

21 Benin 0.2 0.5 3 0 3.0 1 MTN Bénin

22 Bhutan 8 1.4 4.4 0 0 959.0 30 Bhutan Telecom Ltd

Bolivia (Plurinational

State of)

2.9 5.8 0

500.0 30 Entel S.A

Bosnia and

Herzegovina

9 10.6 22.3 0

500.0 30 BH Telecom

25 Botswana 29.4 56.2 0 0 500.0 60 Mascom

26 Brazil 10 13.7 22.2 0 0 3,072.0 30 Vivo

27 Brunei Darussalam 11 7.4 13.2 0 0 1,024.0 30 DST

28 Bulgaria 12 11.5 25.3 200 0 600.0 30 A1 Bulgaria EAD

29 Burkina Faso 2.7 7.0 120 120 120.0 7 ONATEL

30 Burundi 1.1 2.7 0 60 250.0 30 ECONET LEO

31 Cabo Verde 5.4 11.2 0 0 1,000.0 30 CV Movel

32 Cambodia 1.0 2.4 0 0 700.0 30 Metfone

33 Cameroon 13 9.0 21.5 277.7 500 500.0 30 MTN Cameroon

34 Canada 14 52.9 51.2 70 20 500.0 30 Rogers

35 Cayman Islands 54.0 300 0 3,072.0 30 Digicel

36 Central African Rep. 2.7 0 0 450.0 7 Orange

37 Chad 21.6 1,000 1,000 1,024.0 30 Tigo

38 Chile 15 10.9 15.2 350 0 5,120.0 30 Movistar

39 China 5.7 10.0 30 0 1,024.0 30 China Mobile

40 Colombia 16 3.5 7.3 70 20 250.0 10 COMCEL S.A. (CLARO)

41 Comoros 2.4 60 50 100.0 4 Huri (Comores Télécom)

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Economy

Notes

USD PPP$

Included

minutes

Included

SMS

Data

allowance

(in MB)

Validity Operator

42 Costa Rica 6.9 10.8 0

2,000.0 30

Instituto Costarricense de

Electricidad

43 Côte d'Ivoire 0.4 0.9 20 20 80.0 1 Orange Cote d'Ivoire

44 Croatia 17 23.7 38.3 70 20 5,120.0 30 Hrvatski Telekom d.d.

45 Cuba 18 8.3 0 20 600.0 30 ETECSA

46 Curacao 19 82.3 104.8 70

5,000.0 30

United Telecommunications

Services N.V. (UTS)

47 Cyprus 20 20.1 24.6 300 300 500.0 30 Cyta

48 Czech Republic 21 23.0 35.9 70 0 500.0 30 T-Mobile Czech Republic a.s.

Dem. Rep. of the

Congo

20.0 120

600.0 30 Vodacom DRC

50 Denmark 26.8 21.2 70 20 10,240.0 30 youSee

51 Djibouti 11.3 19.9 120 50 250.0 30 Djibouti Telecom

52 Dominica 22 22.2 31.0 70 20 1,536.0 30 Digicel

53 Dominican Rep. 23 26.1 56.7 100 1,000 3,072.0 30 CLARO

54 Ecuador 24 11.2 19.3 200 0 2,000.0 30 CONECEL-CLARO

55 Egypt 25 2.0 10.3 280 20 500.0 28 Vodafone

56 El Salvador 26 7.0 13.9 70 0 3,072.0 14 Tigo

57 Estonia 27 5.9 8.3 70 20 1,024.0 30 Telia

58 Eswatini 12.1 28.8 30 30 700.0 30 MTN

59 Ethiopia 4.2 12.3 166 0 500.0 30 Ethio Telecom

60 Fiji 13.4 21.2 0 0 3,072.0 30 Vodafone

61 Finland 28 9.3 8.3 0 0 0.0 30 Elisa

62 France 29 20.1 20.1 120 20 5,120.0 30 Orange

63 Gabon 21.6 31.6 240 1,350 900.0 30 Gabon Telecom

64 Gambia 3.8 12.2 0 0 750.0 30 QCELL

65 Georgia 30 2.0 70 20 1,000.0 7 MagtiCom

66 Germany 31 17.7 18.6 70 0 1,024.0 30 Vodafone

67 Ghana 2.2 6.0 100 40 200.0 30 MTN

68 Gibraltar 16.7 0 100 500.0 30 Gibtelecom

69 Greece 11.8 15.1 300 50 600.0 30 Cosmote

70 Grenada 32 35.2 47.8 300 20 8,000.0 30 Digicel

71 Guatemala 13.2 22.0 0

2,500.0 30

Comunicaciones Celulares,

S.A.

72 Guinea 33 1.1 2.2 15 15 300.0 7 Orange Guinea

73 Guinea-Bissau 1.8 4.1 0 0 150.0 7 MTN Guinea-Bissau

74 Guyana 18.3 29.4 80 80 3,500.0 30 Digicel

75 Haiti 0.3 0.6 0 0 160.0 3 Digicel

76 Honduras 34 4.2 8.2 300 0 800.0 7 Tigo

77 Hong Kong, China 35 6.1 7.5 0 0 1,024.0 30 CSL Mobile Limited

78 Hungary 36 11.4 20.5 70 10 1,024.0 30 Magyar Telekom

79 Iceland 37 18.4 12.8 70 20 500.0 30 Nova

80 India 38 1.4 4.7 70 300 2,048.0 28 Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited

81 Indonesia 4.1 11.4 60 60 2,048.0 30 Telkomsel

Iran (Islamic Republic

of)

6.1 19.5 400

400

1,000.0 30 MCI

83 Iraq 10.1 20.2 0 0 500.0 30 Zain Iraq

84 Ireland 39 41.3 35.6 70 20 20,480.0 30 Vodafone

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Economy

Notes

USD PPP$

Included

minutes

Included

SMS

Data

allowance

(in MB)

Validity Operator

85 Israel 11.1 9.4 2,500 2,500 30,720.0 30 Cellcom

86 Italy 40 21.3 23.1 70 500 20,480.0 30 TIM

87 Jamaica 41 17.5 27.3 70 0 3,500.0 30 Digicel

88 Japan 42 47.9 48.7 70 0 1,024.0 30 NTT Docomo

89 Jordan 12.9 26.8 5,000 200 4,096.0 30 Zain

90 Kazakhstan 43 4.3 12.4 70 0 4,096.0 30 Activ (KCell)

91 Kenya 4.9 10.0 0 0 2,048.0 30 Safaricom PLC

92 Kiribati 14.9 0

2,800.0 30

Amalgamated Telecom

Holdings Kiribati

93 Korea (Rep. of) 28.5 32.6 100 0 700.0 30 SK Telecom

94 Kuwait 44 16.6 25.4 100 0 5,120.0 30 XTRA (ZAIN)

95 Kyrgyzstan 0.7 2.4 300 500 1,050.0 7 MegaCom

96 Lao P.D.R. 2.6 6.9 0 0 540.0 30 Unitel

97 Latvia 45 10.0 15.1 70 20 500.0 30 TELE 2

98 Lebanon 15.4 24.2 60 440 600.0 30 Touch Lebanon

99 Lesotho 10.9 29.4 248 0 750.0 30 Vodacom Lesotho

100 Liberia 5.0 4.8 1,500 100 3,072.0 5 MTN Liberia (Lonestar Cell)

101 Libya 5.9 0 0 1,000.0 15 Libyana

102 Liechtenstein 46 20.4 30 20 1,024.0 30 Telecom Liechtenstein AG

103 Lithuania 47 12.9 21.8 70 20 2,048.0 30 Telia

104 Luxembourg 5.9 5.1 70 30 1,024.0 30 Post Luxembourg

105 Macao, China 5.9 7.4 480 0 880.0 30 CTM

106 Madagascar 48 0.1 0.5 8.3 20 20.0 1 Telma

107 Malawi 0.8 2.4 0 0 150.0 7 Airtel Malawi

108 Malaysia 49 9.9 24.1 70

6,144.0 30

DiGi Telecommunications

SdnBhd

109 Maldives 50 7.5 9.8 0 0 700.0 30 Dhiraagu

110 Mali 3.6 9.2 0 0 500.0 30 Orange Mali

111 Malta 51 23.6 31.7 70 20 500.0 30 Vodafone

112 Mauritania 5.6 15.8 120 0 2,048.0 30 Mauritel

113 Mauritius 52 1.4 2.5 0

200

300.0 7

Cellplus Mobile

Communications Ltd (my.t)

114 Mexico 7.8 14.7 70 20 1,000.0 28 Telcel

115 Micronesia 30.0 30.7 60

900

2,048.0 30

FSM Telecommunications

Corporation

116 Moldova 4.5 10.4 120 150 500.0 30 Orange Moldova

117 Monaco 53 59.0 70 20 51,200.0 30 Monaco Telecom

118 Mongolia 6.7 18.4 0 0 3,072.0 30 MobiCom

119 Montenegro 12.9 25.3 5,100 100 2,048.0 30 Crnogorski Telekom

120 Morocco 54 3.7 8.5 100 100 1,040.0 28 IAM

121 Mozambique 0.3 70 20 20.0 2 mCel

122 Myanmar 0.6 2.5 0 0 900.0 30 MPT

123 Namibia 2.4 4.8 350 700 200.0 7 MTC

124 Nauru 23.2 0 0 1,843.2 30 Digicel

125 Nepal (Republic of) 2.2 6.5 0

1,500.0 28

Nepal Doorsanchar Company

Limited (Nepal Telecom)

126 Netherlands 55 24.8 24.2 70 20 2,048.0 30 KPN

127 New Zealand 10.4 9.3 200 50 500.0 28 Vodafone

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Price of the plan

Economy

Notes

USD PPP$

Included

minutes

Included

SMS

Data

allowance

(in MB)

Validity Operator

128 Nicaragua 7.7 20.6 60 100 1,000.0 15 CLARO

129 Niger 56 18.0 44.8 2,500 20 4,096.0 30 Airtel Niger SA (Ex Celtel)

130 Nigeria 6.5 13.0 253 253 650.0 30 MTN Nigeria Limited

131 North Macedonia 57 8.6 19.7 70 0 1,536.0 30 ONE.VIP

132 Norway 30.6 23.1 70 20 1,024.0 30 Telenor

133 Oman 7.8 15.4 50 50 500.0 30 Omantel

134 Pakistan 58 3.2 11.6 10,000 10,000 1,000.0 30 Jazz

135 Palau 25.0 26.9 190

2,000

2,048.0 30

Palau National

Communications Corporation

136 Palestine* 59 6.5 9.3 0 0 2,500.0 30 Jawwal

137 Panama 60 5.0 8.7 25 25 500.0 7 Movistar

138 Papua New Guinea 5.5 6.7 0 0 600.0 7 Digicel Papua New Guinea

139 Paraguay 61 13.1 28.0 70

1,024.0 30

Telefonica Celular del

Paraguay

140 Peru 9.1 17.4 70 20 3,000.0 28 Movistar

141 Philippines 62 1.9 4.8 100 20 1,024.0 7 Smart

142 Poland 63 9.7 18.8 70 0 3,072.0 30 Orange Polska

143 Portugal 64 8.9 11.3 70 5 500.0 30 MEO

144 Puerto Rico 65 33.5 70

1,024.0 30

AT&T MOBILITY PUERTO

RICO INC.

145 Qatar 66 16.5 21.6 70 20 2,867.0 30 Ooredoo

146 Romania 67 9.0 22.5 70 20 30,720.0 30 Orange

147 Russian Federation 6.4 15.3 200 200 4,096.0 30 MTS

148 Rwanda 2.3 6.4 0 0 1,024.0 30 MTN Rwanda

149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 68 37.0 49.2 1,000 1,000 10,000.0 30 Flow

150 Saint Lucia 69 32.8 42.9 250 20 8,000.0 30 Digicel

151

Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines

70 30.4 42.2 500

3,072.0 30 Digicel

152 Samoa 7.7 10.6 0 0 6,144.0 15 Digicel Samoa

153

Sao Tome and

Principe

7.2 10.1 1,800

1,800

900.0 30 CST

154 Saudi Arabia 17.3 35.6 500 0 2,000.0 30 Saudi Telcom Company

155 Senegal 71 1.1 2.6 50 20 150.0 1 Orange Senegal

156 Serbia 11.0 22.5 70 100 500.0 30 Telekom Srbija

157 Seychelles 14.3 22.6 0

1,024.0 30

Cable and Wireless

(Seychelles) Ltd

158 Sierra Leone 2.6 6.9 0 0 585.0 30 Africell

159 Singapore 14.8 17.6 150 500 5,120.0 30 SingTel

160 Slovakia 11.8 18.5 100 0 250.0 30 Orange

161 Slovenia 72 17.7 23.1 70 20 2,048.0 30 Telekom Slovenije

162 Solomon Islands 13.8 14.3 0 0 1,638.4 14 Our Telekom

163 Somalia 5.0 0 0 2,000.0 30 Hormuud Telecom

164 South Africa 7.6 15.2 0 0 500.0 30 Vodacom SA

165 Spain 73 14.1 16.7 140 0 3,072.0 30 Movistar (Telefonica)

166 Sri Lanka 1.5 4.7 70 50 500.0 30 Dialog Axiata

167 Suriname 10.7 60 60 550.0 30 Telesur

168 Sweden 74 22.9 21.3 70 20 2,048.0 30 Telia

169 Switzerland 75 25.6 18.2 70 20 500.0 30 Swisscom

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Economy

Notes

USD PPP$

Included

minutes

Included

SMS

Data

allowance

(in MB)

Validity Operator

170 Syrian Arab Republic 3.6 0 25 0.2 30 SyriaTel

171

Taiwan, Province of

China

19.9 70

1,024.0 30 Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd

172 Tajikistan 5.5 100 100 1,600.0 30 Babilon-Mobile

173 Tanzania 6.6 17.8 135 1,000 600.0 30 Vodacom Tanzania

174 Thailand 9.3 24.0 100 0 500.0 30 AIS Group

175 Timor-Leste 76 9.6 14.9 700 700 856.0 28 Telemor

176 Togo 77 4.5 11.1 94.9 50 350.0 10 Togocel

177 Tonga 14.3 18.7 4,000 4,000 2,000.0 30 Digicel Tonga

178 Trinidad and Tobago 78 33.2 39.8 100

1,000.0 30

Digicel Trinidad and

Tobago Limited

179 Tunisia 1.7 5.2 0 0 0.0 30 Ooredoo

180 Turkey 8.1 23.2 750 100 2,560.0 30 Turkcell

181 Turkmenistan 17.1 2,000 500 500.0 30 TMCell

182 Uganda 79 13.4 40.1 900 1,000 1,024.0 30 MTN Uganda

183 Ukraine 80 2.8 10.5 70 0 2,000.0 30 Kyivstar

184 United Arab Emirates 81 10.0 13.0 15 0 500.0 30 Etisalat

185 United Kingdom 82 21.3 20.3 70 20 1,024.0 30 EE

186 United States 83 32.7 32.7 70 20 500.0 30 Verizon

187 Uruguay 13.8 16.6 93 20 512.0 30 ANTEL

188 Uzbekistan 2.9 1,150 0 800.0 30 UCell

189 Vanuatu 9.1 8.5 0 0 2,560.0 30 Digicel Vanuatu

190 Viet Nam 4.0 9.7 200 30 3,072.0 30 Viettel

191 Yemen 84 11.6 300 100 500.0 30 Yemen Mobile

192 Zambia 4.8 12.2 0 0 1,536.0 30 MTN Zambia

Note: * Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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SMS rate, 2019

Per minute call rate Local SMS

Economy Notes Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$

1 Afghanistan 0.035 0.118 0.014 0.047

2 Albania 0.269 0.561 0.120 0.251

3 Algeria 1 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

4 Andorra 0.307 0.189

5 Angola 0.119 0.153 0.049 0.064

6 Anguilla 0.348 0.093

7 Antigua and Barbuda 0.352 0.433 0.085 0.105

8 Argentina 0.555 0.125

9 Armenia 2 2 0.010 0.026 0.010 0.026

10 Aruba 3 0.327 0.390 0.089 0.107

11 Australia 3 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

12 Austria 4 0.236 0.238 0.236 0.238

13 Azerbaijan 0.012 0.048 0.029 0.120

14 Bahamas 5 5 0.269 0.237 0.056 0.049

15 Bahrain 6 0.043 0.070 0.085 0.140

16 Bangladesh 0.020 0.049 0.007 0.018

17 Barbados 0.300 0.239 0.165 0.131

18 Belarus 0.017 0.068 0.022 0.087

19 Belgium 0.354 0.350 0.000 0.000

20 Belize 7 6 0.281 0.000

21 Benin 0.108 0.278 0.009 0.023

22 Bhutan 8 0.023 0.070 0.007 0.020

23 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.174 0.348 0.029 0.058

24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 0.139 0.292 0.042 0.089

25 Botswana 0.088 0.169 0.020 0.037

26 Brazil 10 7 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

27 Brunei Darussalam 11 8 0.111 0.198 0.037 0.066

28 Bulgaria 12 0.211 0.466 0.151 0.333

29 Burkina Faso 0.162 0.422 0.018 0.047

30 Burundi 0.094 0.230 0.014 0.034

31 Cabo Verde 0.289 0.606 0.107 0.224

32 Cambodia 0.075 0.184 0.025 0.061

33 Cameroon 13 0.110 0.264 0.056 0.134

34 Canada 14 9 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

35 Cayman Islands 0.540 0.144

36 Central African Rep. 0.108 0.045

37 Chad 0.160 0.022

38 Chile 15 0.187 0.260 0.109 0.152

39 China 0.029 0.050 0.015 0.026

40 Colombia 16 10 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

41 Comoros 0.144 0.036

42 Costa Rica 0.070 0.109 0.005 0.008

43 Côte d'Ivoire 0.189 0.462 0.072 0.176

44 Croatia 17 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

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Economy Notes Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$

45 Cuba 18 0.220 0.090

46 Curacao 19 11 0.408 0.519 0.162 0.206

47 Cyprus 20 0.083 0.101 0.024 0.029

48 Czech Republic 21 0.000 0.000 0.069 0.108

49 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 0.095 0.040

50 Denmark 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

51 Djibouti 0.169 0.298 0.056 0.099

52 Dominica 22 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

53 Dominican Rep. 23 0.095 0.205 0.026 0.057

54 Ecuador 24 0.110 0.189 0.070 0.120

55 Egypt 25 0.011 0.058 0.011 0.058

56 El Salvador 26 12 0.000 0.000 0.104 0.206

57 Estonia 27 13 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

58 Eswatini 0.068 0.162 0.023 0.054

59 Ethiopia 0.015 0.046 0.007 0.021

60 Fiji 0.177 0.280 0.067 0.106

61 Finland 28 0.081 0.073 0.081 0.073

62 France 29 14 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

63 Gabon 0.281 0.410 0.045 0.066

64 Gambia 0.048 0.154 0.008 0.027

65 Georgia 30 15 0.000 0.000

66 Germany 31 16 0.000 0.000 0.224 0.236

67 Ghana 0.024 0.067 0.010 0.029

68 Gibraltar 0.200 0.053

69 Greece 0.024 0.031 0.048 0.061

70 Grenada 32 17 0.293 0.398 0.000 0.000

71 Guatemala 0.346 0.578 0.133 0.222

72 Guinea 33 18 0.053 0.105 0.013 0.026

73 Guinea-Bissau 0.117 0.268 0.054 0.124

74 Guyana 0.165 0.264 0.056 0.090

75 Haiti 0.088 0.189 0.019 0.041

76 Honduras 34 0.176 0.346 0.176 0.346

77 Hong Kong, China 35 19 0.011 0.014 0.038 0.047

78 Hungary 36 0.130 0.232 0.130 0.232

79 Iceland 37 20 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

80 India 38 21 0.000 0.000 0.015 0.048

81 Indonesia 0.062 0.173 0.025 0.069

82 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22 0.024 0.076 0.003 0.009

83 Iraq 0.101 0.202 0.042 0.084

84 Ireland 39 23 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

85 Israel 0.220 0.186 0.220 0.186

86 Italy 40 24 0.000 0.000 0.224 0.243

87 Jamaica 41 25 0.000 0.000 0.031 0.048

88 Japan 42 0.000 0.000 0.029 0.030

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Per minute call rate Local SMS

Economy Notes Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$

89 Jordan 26 0.042 0.088 0.042 0.088

90 Kazakhstan 43 0.000 0.000 0.020 0.058

91 Kenya 27 0.032 0.065 0.010 0.020

92 Kiribati 0.194 0.075

93 Korea (Rep. of) 0.108 0.123 0.020 0.023

94 Kuwait 44 0.149 0.229 0.066 0.102

95 Kyrgyzstan 0.014 0.045 0.014 0.045

96 Lao P.D.R. 0.104 0.276 0.013 0.034

97 Latvia 45 28 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

98 Lebanon 0.220 0.345 0.055 0.086

99 Lesotho 0.096 0.260 0.058 0.157

100 Liberia 0.220 0.210 0.050 0.048

101 Libya 0.044 0.037

102 Liechtenstein 46 29 0.235 0.000

103 Lithuania 47 30 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

104 Luxembourg 0.236 0.205 0.083 0.072

105 Macao, China 0.050 0.062 0.031 0.039

106 Madagascar 48 31 0.018 0.063 0.024 0.084

107 Malawi 0.098 0.290 0.020 0.060

108 Malaysia 49 32 0.000 0.000 0.050 0.120

109 Maldives 50 0.064 0.085 0.013 0.017

110 Mali 0.140 0.358 0.036 0.092

111 Malta 51 0.295 0.396 0.059 0.079

112 Mauritania 0.219 0.618 0.028 0.079

113 Mauritius 52 33 0.035 0.060 0.018 0.030

114 Mexico 34 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

115 Micronesia 0.150 0.153 0.100 0.102

116 Moldova 0.089 0.209 0.036 0.083

117 Monaco 53 35 0.000 0.000

118 Mongolia 0.028 0.078 0.008 0.021

119 Montenegro 0.176 0.346 0.035 0.070

120 Morocco 54 36 0.027 0.061 0.011 0.024

121 Mozambique 0.099 0.030

122 Myanmar 0.007 0.029 0.011 0.043

123 Namibia 0.113 0.225 0.030 0.060

124 Nauru 0.205 0.097

125 Nepal (Republic of) 0.017 0.051 0.012 0.034

126 Netherlands 55 37 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

127 New Zealand 0.339 0.305 0.138 0.125

128 Nicaragua 0.471 1.268 0.082 0.221

129 Niger 56 0.216 0.538 0.009 0.022

130 Nigeria 0.088 0.175 0.013 0.026

131 North Macedonia 57 38 0.000 0.000 0.113 0.259

132 Norway 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

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Economy Notes Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$

133 Oman 39 0.104 0.205 0.026 0.051

134 Pakistan 58 40 0.015 0.054 0.017 0.061

135 Palau 0.185 0.199 0.060 0.064

136 Palestine* 59 0.139 0.200 0.061 0.088

137 Panama 60 0.100 0.174 0.070 0.122

138 Papua New Guinea 0.244 0.296 0.076 0.093

139 Paraguay 61 41 0.000 0.000 0.026 0.056

140 Peru 42 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

141 Philippines 62 0.123 0.318 0.019 0.049

142 Poland 63 43 0.000 0.000 0.055 0.107

143 Portugal 64 0.118 0.150 0.118 0.150

144 Puerto Rico 65 44 0.000 0.000

145 Qatar 66 45 0.165 0.216 0.107 0.141

146 Romania 67 46 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

147 Russian Federation 0.048 0.115 0.032 0.076

148 Rwanda 0.052 0.144 0.014 0.038

149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 68 0.330 0.437 0.074 0.098

150 Saint Lucia 69 47 0.304 0.397 0.000 0.000

151 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70 0.367 0.509 0.067 0.093

152 Samoa 0.070 0.096 0.070 0.096

153 Sao Tome and Principe 0.121 0.170 0.051 0.071

154 Saudi Arabia 0.147 0.301 0.067 0.137

155 Senegal 71 0.215 0.522 0.036 0.087

156 Serbia 48 0.119 0.244 0.059 0.121

157 Seychelles 0.144 0.227 0.030 0.048

158 Sierra Leone 0.082 0.213 0.011 0.030

159 Singapore 0.119 0.141 0.040 0.047

160 Slovakia 0.118 0.185 0.071 0.111

161 Slovenia 72 49 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

162 Solomon Islands 0.124 0.128 0.063 0.065

163 Somalia 0.050 0.010

164 South Africa 0.094 0.189 0.039 0.079

165 Spain 73 50 0.000 0.000 0.114 0.135

166 Sri Lanka 0.013 0.039 0.002 0.005

167 Suriname 0.180 0.040

168 Sweden 74 51 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

169 Switzerland 75 52 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

170 Syrian Arab Republic 0.029 0.014

171 Taiwan, Province of China 0.099 0.033

172 Tajikistan 0.007 0.011

173 Tanzania 0.133 0.356 0.022 0.059

174 Thailand 0.050 0.129 0.099 0.258

175 Timor-Leste 76 53 0.105 0.163 0.070 0.109

176 Togo 77 54 0.142 0.349 0.054 0.133

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Per minute call rate Local SMS

Economy Notes Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$

177 Tonga 0.098 0.128 0.054 0.070

178 Trinidad and Tobago 78 55 0.220 0.263 0.056 0.067

179 Tunisia 0.013 0.040 0.019 0.057

180 Turkey 0.118 0.339 0.085 0.244

181 Turkmenistan 0.003 0.003

182 Uganda 79 0.054 0.161 0.016 0.048

183 Ukraine 80 56 0.000 0.000 0.074 0.279

184 United Arab Emirates 81 57 0.038 0.050 0.052 0.067

185 United Kingdom 82 58 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

186 United States 83 59 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

187 Uruguay 0.244 0.293 0.032 0.039

188 Uzbekistan 0.012 0.010

189 Vanuatu 0.254 0.239 0.091 0.085

190 Viet Nam 0.070 0.171 0.009 0.022

191 Yemen 84 0.042 0.019

192 Zambia 0.080 0.205 0.022 0.055

Note: * Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Annex Table 2.5: Mobile-voice basket – on-net and off-net, 2019

Per minute local call, on-net Per minute local call, off-net

Call connection

charge

Peak Off-peak Peak Off-peak

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$

1 Afghanistan 0.035 0.118 0.035 0.118 0.049 0.165 0.049 0.165

2 Albania 0.361 0.754 0.361 0.754 0.269 0.561 0.269 0.561

3 Algeria 0.068 0.197 0.068 0.197 0.068 0.197 0.068 0.197

4 Andorra 0.307 0.307 0.307 0.307

5 Angola 0.119 0.153 0.119 0.153 0.142 0.183 0.142 0.183

6 Anguilla 0.252 0.252 0.348 0.348

Antigua and

Barbuda

0.352 0.433 0.352 0.433 0.352 0.433 0.352 0.433

8 Argentina 0.249 0.555 0.555 0.555 0.555

9 Armenia 1 0.010 0.026 0.010 0.026 0.072 0.180 0.072 0.180

10 Aruba 0.441 0.527 0.212 0.253 0.497 0.594 0.263 0.313

11 Australia 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

12 Austria 0.047 0.048 0.047 0.048 0.047 0.048 0.047 0.048

13 Azerbaijan 0.024 0.096 0.024 0.096 0.024 0.096 0.035 0.144 0.035 0.144

14 Bahamas 3 0.370 0.327 0.170 0.150 0.370 0.327 0.170 0.150

15 Bahrain 0.043 0.070 0.043 0.070 0.043 0.070 0.043 0.070

16 Bangladesh 0.020 0.049 0.020 0.049 0.020 0.049 0.020 0.049

17 Barbados 0.300 0.239 0.300 0.239 0.400 0.318 0.400 0.318

18 Belarus 0.039 0.155 0.039 0.155 0.079 0.310 0.079 0.310

19 Belgium 0.354 0.350 0.354 0.350 0.354 0.350 0.354 0.350

20 Belize 0.264 0.264 0.281 0.281

21 Benin 0.108 0.278 0.108 0.278 0.108 0.278 0.108 0.278

22 Bhutan 4 0.029 0.088 0.018 0.053 0.029 0.088 0.023 0.070

23 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.174 0.348 0.078 0.157 0.174 0.348 0.078 0.157

Bosnia and

Herzegovina

0.139 0.292 0.139 0.292 0.139 0.292 0.139 0.292

25 Botswana 0.118 0.225 0.059 0.112 0.118 0.225 0.059 0.112

26 Brazil 5 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

27 Brunei Darussalam 0.148 0.264 0.074 0.132 0.148 0.264 0.074 0.132

28 Bulgaria 0.211 0.466 0.211 0.466 0.211 0.466 0.211 0.466

29 Burkina Faso 0.162 0.422 0.162 0.422 0.162 0.422 0.162 0.422

30 Burundi 0.094 0.230 0.094 0.230 0.118 0.288 0.118 0.288

31 Cabo Verde 0.289 0.606 0.289 0.606 0.289 0.606 0.289 0.606

32 Cambodia 0.075 0.184 0.075 0.184 0.090 0.220 0.090 0.220

33 Cameroon 0.110 0.264 0.110 0.264 0.163 0.390 0.163 0.390

34 Canada 6 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

35 Cayman Islands 0.300 0.300 0.540 0.420

36 Central African Rep. 0.108 0.108 0.216 0.216

37 Chad 0.160 0.160 0.382 0.382

38 Chile 0.187 0.260 0.187 0.260 0.187 0.260 0.187 0.260

39 China 7 0.029 0.050 0.029 0.050 0.029 0.050 0.029 0.050

40 Colombia 8 0.081 0.170 0.081 0.170 0.081 0.170 0.081 0.170

41 Comoros 9 0.002 0.144 0.144 0.194 0.194

42 Costa Rica 10 0.070 0.109 0.070 0.109 0.070 0.109 0.070 0.109

43 Côte d'Ivoire 0.189 0.462 0.189 0.462 0.189 0.462 0.189 0.462

44 Croatia 11 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

45 Cuba 12 0.350 0.100 0.350 0.100

46 Curacao 13 0.006 0.007 0.447 0.569 0.447 0.569 0.447 0.569 0.447 0.569

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Call connection

charge

Peak Off-peak Peak Off-peak

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$

47 Cyprus 0.083 0.101 0.083 0.101 0.083 0.101 0.083 0.101

48 Czech Republic 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

Dem. Rep. of the

Congo

0.002 0.095 0.095 0.095 0.095

50 Denmark 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

51 Djibouti 14 0.169 0.298 0.169 0.298 0.113 0.199 0.169 0.298 0.113 0.199

52 Dominica 0.259 0.362 0.259 0.362 0.370 0.517 0.370 0.517

53 Dominican Rep. 15 0.158 0.342 0.158 0.342 0.205 0.445 0.158 0.342

54 Ecuador 16 0.110 0.189 0.110 0.189 0.110 0.189 0.110 0.189

55 Egypt 17 0.011 0.058 0.011 0.058 0.011 0.058 0.011 0.058

56 El Salvador 0.125 0.248 0.125 0.248 0.147 0.293 0.147 0.293

57 Estonia 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

58 Eswatini 0.091 0.216 0.045 0.108 0.091 0.216 0.045 0.108

59 Ethiopia 0.018 0.054 0.013 0.038 0.018 0.054 0.013 0.038

60 Fiji 0.192 0.303 0.163 0.257 0.230 0.363 0.201 0.318

61 Finland 0.081 0.073 0.081 0.073 0.081 0.073 0.081 0.073

62 France 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

63 Gabon 0.281 0.410 0.281 0.410 0.281 0.410 0.281 0.410

64 Gambia 0.048 0.154 0.048 0.154 0.060 0.194 0.060 0.194

65 Georgia 0.039 0.000 0.000 0.028 0.028

66 Germany 18 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

67 Ghana 0.109 0.302 0.024 0.067 0.024 0.067 0.030 0.082 0.030 0.082

68 Gibraltar 0.133 0.200 0.200 0.213 0.213

69 Greece 19 0.874 1.120 0.874 1.120 0.874 1.120 0.874 1.120

70 Grenada 0.293 0.398 0.293 0.398 0.293 0.398 0.293 0.398

71 Guatemala 0.346 0.578 0.346 0.578 0.346 0.578 0.346 0.578

72 Guinea 0.053 0.105 0.053 0.105 0.073 0.145 0.073 0.145

73 Guinea-Bissau 0.110 0.252 0.082 0.189 0.275 0.630 0.275 0.630

74 Guyana 0.165 0.264 0.165 0.264 0.165 0.264 0.165 0.264

75 Haiti 0.088 0.189 0.088 0.189 0.093 0.198 0.093 0.198

76 Honduras 0.176 0.346 0.176 0.346 0.176 0.346 0.176 0.346

77 Hong Kong, China 20 0.015 0.019 0.008 0.009 0.015 0.019 0.008 0.009

78 Hungary 0.130 0.232 0.130 0.232 0.130 0.232 0.130 0.232

79 Iceland 21 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

80 India 22 0.022 0.073 0.022 0.073 0.022 0.073 0.022 0.073

81 Indonesia 0.069 0.192 0.055 0.154 0.126 0.353 0.101 0.282

Iran (Islamic

Republic of)

0.024 0.076 0.024 0.076 0.024 0.076 0.024 0.076

83 Iraq 0.101 0.202 0.101 0.202 0.101 0.202 0.101 0.202

84 Ireland 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

85 Israel 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

86 Italy 0.272 0.295 0.272 0.295 0.272 0.295 0.272 0.295

87 Jamaica 0.054 0.085 0.054 0.085 0.054 0.085 0.054 0.085

88 Japan 23 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

89 Jordan 0.042 0.088 0.042 0.088 0.113 0.234 0.113 0.234

90 Kazakhstan 0.026 0.075 0.026 0.075 0.035 0.100 0.035 0.100

91 Kenya 0.099 0.199 0.042 0.086 0.022 0.044 0.042 0.086 0.042 0.086

92 Kiribati 0.194 0.194 0.194 0.194

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Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$

93 Korea (Rep. of) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

94 Kuwait 0.149 0.229 0.149 0.229 0.149 0.229 0.149 0.229

95 Kyrgyzstan 0.015 0.050 0.015 0.050 0.059 0.196 0.059 0.196

96 Lao P.D.R. 0.104 0.276 0.104 0.276 0.104 0.276 0.104 0.276

97 Latvia 0.130 0.195 0.130 0.195 0.130 0.195 0.130 0.195

98 Lebanon 0.275 0.431 0.165 0.259 0.275 0.431 0.165 0.259

99 Lesotho 0.096 0.260 0.096 0.260 0.096 0.260 0.096 0.260

100 Liberia 0.220 0.210 0.220 0.210 0.250 0.239 0.250 0.239

101 Libya 0.044 0.044 0.066 0.066

102 Liechtenstein 24 0.000 0.000 0.235 0.235

103 Lithuania 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

104 Luxembourg 0.236 0.205 0.236 0.205 0.236 0.205 0.236 0.205

105 Macao, China 0.050 0.062 0.050 0.062 0.050 0.062 0.050 0.062

106 Madagascar 0.018 0.063 0.018 0.063 0.054 0.189 0.054 0.189

107 Malawi 25 0.098 0.290 0.098 0.290 0.109 0.322 0.109 0.322

108 Malaysia 0.074 0.181 0.074 0.181 0.074 0.181 0.074 0.181

109 Maldives 0.064 0.085 0.064 0.085 0.090 0.119 0.090 0.119

110 Mali 0.194 0.495 0.086 0.220 0.194 0.495 0.194 0.495

111 Malta 0.295 0.396 0.295 0.396 0.295 0.396 0.295 0.396

112 Marshall Islands 0.500 0.250 0.500 0.250

113 Mauritania 0.219 0.618 0.219 0.618 0.219 0.618 0.219 0.618

114 Mauritius 26 0.035 0.060 0.035 0.060 0.106 0.181 0.106 0.181

115 Mexico 0.044 0.084 0.044 0.084 0.044 0.084 0.044 0.084

116 Micronesia 27 0.150 0.153 0.150 0.153 0.150 0.153 0.150 0.153

117 Moldova 0.089 0.209 0.089 0.209 0.089 0.209 0.089 0.209

118 Monaco 28 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

119 Mongolia 29 0.028 0.078 0.028 0.078 0.032 0.089 0.032 0.089

120 Montenegro 0.176 0.346 0.176 0.346 0.176 0.346 0.176 0.346

121 Morocco 30 0.027 0.061 0.027 0.061 0.027 0.061 0.027 0.061

122 Mozambique 0.099 0.099 0.099 0.099

123 Myanmar 0.007 0.029 0.007 0.029 0.020 0.078 0.020 0.078

124 Namibia 0.113 0.225 0.113 0.225 0.113 0.225 0.113 0.225

125 Nauru 0.224 0.187 0.224 0.187

126 Nepal (Republic of) 0.017 0.051 0.017 0.051 0.017 0.051 0.017 0.051

127 Netherlands 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

128 New Zealand 0.208 0.187 0.208 0.187 0.208 0.187 0.208 0.187

129 Nicaragua 0.380 1.023 0.380 1.023 0.460 1.238 0.460 1.238

130 Niger 0.216 0.538 0.216 0.538 0.216 0.538 0.216 0.538

131 Nigeria 0.082 0.163 0.082 0.163 0.082 0.163 0.082 0.163

132 North Macedonia 31 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

133 Norway 0.122 0.092 0.122 0.092 0.122 0.092 0.122 0.092

134 Oman 0.156 0.307 0.104 0.205 0.156 0.307 0.104 0.205

135 Pakistan 32 0.001 0.004 0.015 0.054 0.015 0.054 0.021 0.075 0.021 0.075

136 Palau 0.220 0.236 0.150 0.161 0.220 0.236 0.150 0.161

137 Palestine* 0.139 0.200 0.139 0.200 0.167 0.240 0.167 0.240

138 Panama 0.100 0.174 0.100 0.174 0.100 0.174 0.100 0.174

139 Papua New Guinea 0.244 0.296 0.244 0.296 0.244 0.296 0.244 0.296

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Call connection

charge

Peak Off-peak Peak Off-peak

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$

140 Paraguay 0.188 0.404 0.188 0.404 0.188 0.404 0.188 0.404

141 Peru 0.149 0.284 0.149 0.284 0.149 0.284 0.149 0.284

142 Philippines 0.123 0.318 0.123 0.318 0.142 0.367 0.142 0.367

143 Poland 33 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

144 Portugal 34 0.118 0.150 0.118 0.150 0.118 0.150 0.118 0.150

145 Puerto Rico 35 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

146 Qatar 36 0.151 0.198 0.151 0.198 0.151 0.198 0.151 0.198

147 Romania 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

148 Russian Federation 0.028 0.067 0.028 0.067 0.040 0.095 0.040 0.095

149 Rwanda 37 0.052 0.144 0.001 0.003 0.052 0.144 0.052 0.144

150 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.330 0.437 0.330 0.437 0.330 0.437 0.330 0.437

151 Saint Lucia 0.304 0.397 0.304 0.397 0.304 0.397 0.304 0.397

152

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

0.367 0.509 0.367 0.509 0.367 0.509 0.367 0.509

153 Samoa 0.070 0.096 0.070 0.096 0.070 0.096 0.070 0.096

154 San Marino 0.077 0.085 0.077 0.085 0.118 0.131 0.118 0.131

155

Sao Tome and

Principe

38 0.121 0.170 0.121 0.170 0.121 0.170 0.121 0.170

156 Saudi Arabia 0.147 0.301 0.147 0.301 0.147 0.301 0.147 0.301

157 Senegal 0.215 0.522 0.140 0.341 0.215 0.522 0.140 0.341

158 Serbia 0.119 0.244 0.119 0.244 0.119 0.244 0.119 0.244

159 Seychelles 0.201 0.318 0.086 0.136 0.284 0.449 0.158 0.250

160 Sierra Leone 0.082 0.213 0.082 0.213 0.088 0.229 0.088 0.229

161 Singapore 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

162 Slovakia 0.106 0.167 0.106 0.167 0.106 0.167 0.106 0.167

163 Slovenia 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

164 Solomon Islands 0.124 0.128 0.124 0.128 0.189 0.194 0.189 0.194

165 Somalia 0.050 0.050 0.050 0.050

166 South Africa 0.094 0.189 0.094 0.189 0.094 0.189 0.094 0.189

167 Spain 39 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

168 Sri Lanka 0.013 0.039 0.013 0.039 0.013 0.039 0.013 0.039

169 Sudan 0.006 0.006 0.008 0.008

170 Suriname 0.180 0.180 0.180 0.180

171 Sweden 0.114 0.106 0.114 0.106 0.114 0.106 0.114 0.106 0.114 0.106

172 Switzerland 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.409 0.291 0.409 0.291

173

Syrian Arab

Republic

0.030 0.025 0.030 0.025

174

Taiwan, Province of

China

0.099 0.099 0.199 0.199

175 Tajikistan 0.008 0.007 0.033 0.022

176 Tanzania 0.119 0.320 0.119 0.320 0.146 0.391 0.146 0.391

177 Thailand 40 0.030 0.079 0.030 0.079 0.030 0.079 0.030 0.079

178 Timor-Leste 0.140 0.218 0.070 0.109 0.170 0.264 0.170 0.264

179 Togo 0.142 0.349 0.142 0.349 0.198 0.487 0.198 0.487

180 Tonga 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

181

Trinidad and

Tobago

0.191 0.228 0.191 0.228 0.191 0.228 0.191 0.228

182 Tunisia 0.015 0.045 0.015 0.045 0.015 0.045 0.015 0.045

183 Turkey 41 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

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Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$

184 Turkmenistan 0.040 0.040 0.057 0.057

185 Uganda 0.054 0.161 0.054 0.161 0.054 0.161 0.054 0.161

186 Ukraine 42 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.037 0.139 0.037 0.139

187

United Arab

Emirates

43 0.038 0.050 0.038 0.050 0.038 0.050 0.038 0.050

188 United Kingdom 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

189 United States 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

190 Uruguay 0.244 0.293 0.244 0.293 0.244 0.293 0.244 0.293

191 Uzbekistan 0.012 0.012 0.015 0.015

192 Vanuatu 0.254 0.239 0.254 0.239 0.254 0.239 0.254 0.239

193 Viet Nam 0.070 0.171 0.070 0.171 0.079 0.193 0.079 0.193

194 Yemen 0.074 0.023 0.102 0.102

195 Zambia 0.105 0.268 0.055 0.141 0.129 0.329 0.080 0.205

Note: * Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Per minute local call, to ﬁxed telephone Local SMS

Peak Off-peak On-net Off-net

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$

1 Afghanistan 0.049 0.165 0.049 0.165 0.014 0.047 0.035 0.118

2 Albania 0.269 0.561 0.269 0.561 0.120 0.251 0.120 0.251

3 Algeria 0.068 0.197 0.068 0.197 0.043 0.124 0.043 0.124

4 Andorra 0.307 0.307 0.189 0.189

5 Angola 0.142 0.183 0.107 0.137 0.049 0.064 0.049 0.064

6 Anguilla 0.252 0.252 0.093 0.093

7 Antigua and Barbuda 0.352 0.433 0.352 0.433 0.085 0.105 0.085 0.105

8 Argentina 0.555 0.555 0.125 0.125

9 Armenia 1 0.072 0.180 0.072 0.180 0.010 0.026 0.041 0.103

10 Aruba 0.497 0.594 0.263 0.313 0.089 0.107 0.151 0.180

11 Australia 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

12 Austria 0.047 0.048 0.047 0.048 0.047 0.048 0.047 0.048

13 Azerbaijan 0.035 0.144 0.035 0.144 0.029 0.120 0.029 0.120

14 Bahamas 3 0.370 0.327 0.170 0.150 0.056 0.049 0.056 0.049

15 Bahrain 4 0.043 0.070 0.043 0.070 0.085 0.140 0.085 0.140

16 Bangladesh 0.020 0.049 0.020 0.049 0.007 0.018 0.007 0.018

17 Barbados 0.400 0.318 0.400 0.318 0.165 0.131 0.165 0.131

18 Belarus 0.079 0.310 0.079 0.310 0.010 0.039 0.010 0.039

19 Belgium 5 0.354 0.350 0.354 0.350 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

20 Belize 0.281 0.281 0.140 0.140

21 Benin 0.108 0.278 0.108 0.278 0.009 0.023 0.009 0.023

22 Bhutan 6 0.029 0.088 0.029 0.088 0.007 0.020 0.007 0.022

23 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.174 0.348 0.078 0.157 0.029 0.058 0.029 0.058

24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.121 0.254 0.121 0.254 0.042 0.089 0.042 0.089

25 Botswana 0.118 0.225 0.059 0.112 0.020 0.037 0.039 0.075

26 Brazil 7 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

27 Brunei Darussalam 0.148 0.264 0.074 0.132 0.037 0.066 0.037 0.066

28 Bulgaria 0.211 0.466 0.211 0.466 0.151 0.333 0.151 0.333

29 Burkina Faso 0.108 0.281 0.108 0.281 0.018 0.047 0.036 0.094

30 Burundi 0.118 0.288 0.118 0.288 0.014 0.034 0.020 0.048

31 Cabo Verde 0.289 0.606 0.289 0.606 0.107 0.224 0.107 0.224

32 Cambodia 0.090 0.220 0.090 0.220 0.025 0.061 0.050 0.122

33 Cameroon 0.163 0.390 0.163 0.390 0.056 0.134 0.092 0.220

34 Canada 8 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

35 Cayman Islands 0.540 0.420 0.144 0.144

36 Central African Rep. 0.216 0.216 0.045 0.090

37 Chad 0.382 0.382 0.022 0.108

38 Chile 0.187 0.260 0.187 0.260 0.109 0.152 0.109 0.152

39 China 9 0.029 0.050 0.029 0.050 0.015 0.026 0.015 0.026

40 Colombia 0.081 0.170 0.081 0.170 0.046 0.097 0.098 0.205

41 Comoros 10 0.144 0.144 0.036 0.036

42 Costa Rica 0.070 0.109 0.070 0.109 0.005 0.008 0.005 0.008

43 Côte d'Ivoire 0.189 0.462 0.189 0.462 0.072 0.176 0.072 0.176

44 Croatia 11 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

45 Cuba 12 0.350 0.100 0.090 0.090

46 Curacao 13 0.447 0.569 0.447 0.569 0.156 0.199 0.156 0.199

47 Cyprus 0.083 0.101 0.083 0.101 0.041 0.051 0.041 0.051

48 Czech Republic 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.069 0.108 0.069 0.108

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49 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 0.095 0.095 0.040 0.040

50 Denmark 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

51 Djibouti 0.169 0.298 0.113 0.199 0.056 0.099 0.056 0.099

52 Dominica 0.370 0.517 0.370 0.517 0.074 0.103 0.074 0.103

53 Dominican Rep. 14 0.205 0.445 0.205 0.445 0.026 0.057 0.046 0.100

54 Ecuador 15 0.110 0.189 0.110 0.189 0.070 0.120 0.070 0.120

55 Egypt 16 0.011 0.058 0.011 0.058 0.011 0.058 0.011 0.058

56 El Salvador 0.102 0.204 0.102 0.204 0.104 0.206 0.104 0.206

57 Estonia 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

58 Eswatini 0.091 0.216 0.045 0.108 0.023 0.054 0.023 0.054

59 Ethiopia 0.018 0.054 0.013 0.038 0.007 0.021 0.007 0.021

60 Fiji 0.220 0.348 0.192 0.303 0.067 0.106 0.086 0.136

61 Finland 0.081 0.073 0.081 0.073 0.081 0.073 0.081 0.073

62 France 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

63 Gabon 0.281 0.410 0.281 0.410 0.045 0.066 0.090 0.131

64 Gambia 0.060 0.194 0.060 0.194 0.008 0.027 0.023 0.074

65 Georgia 0.028 0.028 0.024 0.024

66 Germany 17 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

67 Ghana 0.030 0.082 0.030 0.082 0.010 0.029 0.013 0.035

68 Gibraltar 0.187 0.160 0.053 0.053

69 Greece 18 0.874 1.120 0.874 1.120 0.295 0.378 0.295 0.378

70 Grenada 0.293 0.398 0.293 0.398 0.089 0.121 0.089 0.121

71 Guatemala 0.346 0.578 0.346 0.578 0.133 0.222 0.133 0.222

72 Guinea 0.073 0.145 0.073 0.145 0.013 0.026 0.019 0.037

73 Guinea-Bissau 0.275 0.630 0.275 0.630 0.054 0.124 0.054 0.124

74 Guyana 0.165 0.264 0.165 0.264 0.056 0.090 0.056 0.090

75 Haiti 0.093 0.198 0.093 0.198 0.019 0.041 0.049 0.104

76 Honduras 0.176 0.346 0.176 0.346 0.176 0.346 0.176 0.346

77 Hong Kong, China 19 0.015 0.019 0.008 0.009 0.038 0.047 0.089 0.109

78 Hungary 0.130 0.232 0.130 0.232 0.130 0.232 0.130 0.232

79 Iceland 20 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

80 India 21 0.022 0.073 0.022 0.073 0.015 0.048 0.015 0.048

81 Indonesia 0.126 0.353 0.101 0.282 0.025 0.069 0.025 0.069

82 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22 0.024 0.076 0.024 0.076 0.003 0.009 0.003 0.009

83 Iraq 0.101 0.202 0.101 0.202 0.042 0.084 0.042 0.084

84 Ireland 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

85 Israel 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

86 Italy 0.272 0.295 0.272 0.295 0.224 0.243 0.224 0.243

87 Jamaica 0.054 0.085 0.054 0.085 0.027 0.042 0.035 0.055

88 Japan 23 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.029 0.030 0.029 0.030

89 Jordan 24 0.113 0.234 0.113 0.234 0.042 0.088 0.042 0.088

90 Kazakhstan 0.044 0.125 0.044 0.125 0.020 0.058 0.035 0.100

91 Kenya 25 0.042 0.086 0.042 0.086 0.010 0.020 0.010 0.020

92 Kiribati 0.194 0.194 0.075 0.075

93 Korea (Rep. of) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

94 Kuwait 26 0.149 0.229 0.149 0.229 0.066 0.102 0.066 0.102

95 Kyrgyzstan 0.069 0.226 0.069 0.226 0.023 0.076 0.023 0.076

96 Lao P.D.R. 0.104 0.276 0.104 0.276 0.013 0.034 0.026 0.069

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Peak Off-peak On-net Off-net

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$

97 Latvia 0.130 0.195 0.130 0.195 0.083 0.124 0.083 0.124

98 Lebanon 0.275 0.431 0.165 0.259 0.055 0.086 0.055 0.086

99 Lesotho 0.096 0.260 0.096 0.260 0.058 0.157 0.058 0.157

100 Liberia 0.250 0.239 0.250 0.239 0.050 0.048 0.050 0.048

101 Libya 0.066 0.066 0.037 0.037

102 Liechtenstein 27 0.235 0.235 0.000 0.000

103 Lithuania 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

104 Luxembourg 0.236 0.205 0.236 0.205 0.083 0.072 0.083 0.072

105 Macao, China 0.050 0.062 0.050 0.062 0.031 0.039 0.031 0.039

106 Madagascar 0.054 0.189 0.054 0.189 0.024 0.084 0.036 0.126

107 Malawi 0.109 0.322 0.109 0.322 0.020 0.060 0.033 0.097

108 Malaysia 0.074 0.181 0.074 0.181 0.050 0.120 0.050 0.120

109 Maldives 0.090 0.119 0.090 0.119 0.013 0.017 0.013 0.017

110 Mali 0.194 0.495 0.194 0.495 0.036 0.092 0.054 0.138

111 Malta 28 0.295 0.396 0.295 0.396 0.059 0.079 0.059 0.079

112 Marshall Islands 0.500 0.250 0.020 0.020

113 Mauritania 0.219 0.618 0.219 0.618 0.028 0.079 0.028 0.079

114 Mauritius 29 0.103 0.175 0.103 0.175 0.018 0.030 0.018 0.030

115 Mexico 0.044 0.084 0.044 0.084 0.044 0.084 0.044 0.084

116 Micronesia 0.150 0.153 0.150 0.153 0.100 0.102 0.100 0.102

117 Moldova 0.089 0.209 0.089 0.209 0.036 0.083 0.036 0.083

118 Monaco 30 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

119 Mongolia 31 0.032 0.089 0.032 0.089 0.008 0.021 0.010 0.027

120 Montenegro 0.176 0.346 0.176 0.346 0.035 0.070 0.035 0.070

121 Morocco 32 0.027 0.061 0.027 0.061 0.011 0.024 0.011 0.024

122 Mozambique 0.099 0.099 0.030 0.030

123 Myanmar 0.020 0.078 0.020 0.078 0.011 0.043 0.011 0.043

124 Namibia 0.113 0.225 0.113 0.225 0.030 0.060 0.030 0.060

125 Nauru 0.224 0.187 0.097 0.097

126 Nepal (Republic of) 0.017 0.051 0.017 0.051 0.012 0.034 0.012 0.034

127 Netherlands 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

128 New Zealand 0.208 0.187 0.208 0.187 0.069 0.062 0.069 0.062

129 Nicaragua 0.460 1.238 0.460 1.238 0.080 0.215 0.080 0.215

130 Niger 0.216 0.538 0.216 0.538 0.009 0.022 0.018 0.045

131 Nigeria 0.082 0.163 0.082 0.163 0.013 0.026 0.013 0.026

132 North Macedonia 33 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.113 0.259 0.113 0.259

133 Norway 0.122 0.092 0.122 0.092 0.085 0.064 0.085 0.064

134 Oman 0.156 0.307 0.104 0.205 0.026 0.051 0.026 0.051

135 Pakistan 34 0.021 0.075 0.021 0.075 0.017 0.061 0.017 0.061

136 Palau 0.220 0.236 0.150 0.161 0.060 0.064 0.060 0.064

137 Palestine* 0.167 0.240 0.139 0.200 0.061 0.088 0.100 0.144

138 Panama 0.100 0.174 0.100 0.174 0.070 0.122 0.070 0.122

139 Papua New Guinea 0.244 0.296 0.244 0.296 0.076 0.093 0.076 0.093

140 Paraguay 0.188 0.404 0.188 0.404 0.026 0.056 0.026 0.056

141 Peru 0.149 0.284 0.149 0.284 0.030 0.058 0.030 0.058

142 Philippines 0.142 0.367 0.142 0.367 0.019 0.049 0.019 0.049

143 Poland 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.055 0.107 0.055 0.107

144 Portugal 35 0.118 0.150 0.118 0.150 0.118 0.150 0.118 0.150

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Peak Off-peak On-net Off-net

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$

145 Puerto Rico 36 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

146 Qatar 37 0.151 0.198 0.151 0.198 0.107 0.141 0.107 0.141

147 Romania 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

148 Russian Federation 0.028 0.067 0.028 0.067 0.032 0.076 0.032 0.076

149 Rwanda 0.052 0.144 0.052 0.144 0.014 0.038 0.030 0.083

150 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.330 0.437 0.330 0.437 0.074 0.098 0.074 0.098

151 Saint Lucia 0.304 0.397 0.304 0.397 0.074 0.097 0.096 0.126

152 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.367 0.509 0.367 0.509 0.067 0.093 0.111 0.154

153 Samoa 0.039 0.053 0.039 0.053 0.070 0.096 0.070 0.096

154 San Marino 0.094 0.105 0.094 0.105 0.106 0.118 0.106 0.118

155 Sao Tome and Principe 38 0.121 0.170 0.121 0.170 0.051 0.071 0.051 0.071

156 Saudi Arabia 0.147 0.301 0.147 0.301 0.067 0.137 0.093 0.192

157 Senegal 0.215 0.522 0.140 0.341 0.036 0.087 0.036 0.087

158 Serbia 0.119 0.244 0.119 0.244 0.059 0.121 0.059 0.121

159 Seychelles 0.284 0.449 0.158 0.250 0.030 0.048 0.030 0.048

160 Sierra Leone 0.088 0.229 0.088 0.229 0.011 0.030 0.017 0.044

161 Singapore 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

162 Slovakia 0.106 0.167 0.106 0.167 0.071 0.111 0.071 0.111

163 Slovenia 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

164 Solomon Islands 0.189 0.194 0.189 0.194 0.063 0.065 0.063 0.065

165 Somalia 0.050 0.050 0.010 0.010

166 South Africa 0.094 0.189 0.094 0.189 0.039 0.079 0.039 0.079

167 Spain 39 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.114 0.135 0.114 0.135

168 Sri Lanka 0.013 0.039 0.013 0.039 0.002 0.005 0.002 0.005

169 Sudan 0.008 0.008 0.002 0.002

170 Suriname 0.180 0.180 0.040 0.040

171 Sweden 0.114 0.106 0.114 0.106 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

172 Switzerland 0.409 0.291 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

173 Syrian Arab Republic 0.037 0.032 0.014 0.014

174 Taiwan, Province of China 0.199 0.199 0.033 0.033

175 Tajikistan 0.033 0.022 0.011 0.022

176 Tanzania 0.146 0.391 0.146 0.391 0.022 0.059 0.022 0.059

177 Thailand 40 0.030 0.079 0.030 0.079 0.066 0.172 0.066 0.172

178 Timor-Leste 0.170 0.264 0.170 0.264 0.070 0.109 0.080 0.124

179 Togo 0.198 0.487 0.198 0.487 0.054 0.133 0.054 0.133

180 Tonga 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

181 Trinidad and Tobago 0.191 0.228 0.191 0.228 0.055 0.065 0.081 0.097

182 Tunisia 0.015 0.045 0.015 0.045 0.019 0.057 0.019 0.057

183 Turkey 41 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

184 Turkmenistan 0.057 0.057 0.023 0.023

185 Uganda 0.054 0.161 0.054 0.161 0.016 0.048 0.024 0.072

186 Ukraine 42 0.110 0.418 0.110 0.418 0.074 0.279 0.074 0.279

187 United Arab Emirates 43 0.038 0.050 0.038 0.050 0.052 0.067 0.052 0.067

188 United Kingdom 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

189 United States 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

190 Uruguay 0.244 0.293 0.244 0.293 0.032 0.039 0.032 0.039

191 Uzbekistan 0.015 0.015 0.010 0.010

192 Vanuatu 0.254 0.239 0.254 0.239 0.091 0.085 0.091 0.085

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Per minute local call, to ﬁxed telephone Local SMS

Peak Off-peak On-net Off-net

Rank Economy Notes USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$ USD PPP$

193 Viet Nam 0.079 0.193 0.079 0.193 0.009 0.022 0.011 0.027

194 Yemen 0.102 0.102 0.023 0.023

195 Zambia 0.129 0.329 0.080 0.205 0.022 0.056 0.030 0.076

Note: * Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Price of the plan

Economy Notes USD PPP$

Data

allowance

(in GB)

Validity Operator

1 Afghanistan 1.0 3.5 0.5 7 Roshan

2 Albania 4.6 9.7 3.0 30 Vodafone Albania

3 Algeria 2.6 7.4 2.0 30 Algérie Télécom Mobile "MOBILIS"

4 Andorra 21.0 3.0 30 Andorra Telecom

5 Angola 15.8 20.3 2.0 31 Unitel

6 Anguilla 17.4 1.0 30 Flow

7 Antigua and Barbuda 37.0 45.6 7.0 30 Flow

8 Argentina 6.8 2.0 15 Claro

9 Armenia 1 5.2 12.8 2.0 30 MTS Armenia CJSC

10 Aruba 27.4 32.7 4.0 30 SETAR

11 Australia 2 21.7 18.9 10.0 30 Telstra

12 Austria 3 11.8 11.9 8.0 30 A1 Telekom Austria

13 Azerbaijan 4.7 19.2 1.5 30 Azercell

14 Bahamas 4 14.6 12.8 2.0 30

Bahamas Telecommunications

Company Ltd. (BTC)

15 Bahrain 5 27.9 46.1 20.0 30 VIVA

16 Bangladesh 2.7 6.7 1.5 30 Grameenphone

17 Barbados 15.0 11.9 1.5 30 Digicel

18 Belarus 3.9 15.6 2.0 30

Mobile TeleSystems Joint Limited

Liability Company (MTS)

19 Belgium 17.7 17.5 2.0 30 Proximus

20 Belize 17.5 5.5 30 Digi

21 Benin 4.5 11.6 1.5 30 MTN Bénin

22 Bhutan 6 2.9 8.8 1.9 30 Bhutan Telecom limited

23 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7.2 14.5 2.0 30 Entel S.A.

Bosnia and

Herzegovina

7.1 14.9 2.0 30 BH Telecom

25 Botswana 18.5 35.4 5.0 30 Mascom Wireless

26 Brazil 7 13.7 22.2 3.0 30 Vivo

27 Brunei Darussalam 14.8 26.4 3.0 30 DST

28 Bulgaria 8 6.6 14.6 1.5 30 Telenor Bulgaria EAD

29 Burkina Faso 10.8 28.1 3.0 30 ONATEL

30 Burundi 4.8 11.6 1.5 30 Econet leo

31 Cabo Verde 9.1 19.1 2.9 30 CV Movel

32 Cambodia 2.0 4.9 1.5 30 Metfone

33 Cameroon 5.1 12.3 1.5 30 MTN Cameroon

34 Canada 9 26.2 25.3 2.0 30 Rogers

35 Cayman Islands 30.0 2.0 30 Digicel

36 Central African Rep. 2.7 0.4 7 Orange Central African Republic

37 Chad 4.5 1.0 7 Tigo

38 Chile 10.9 15.2 5.0 30 Movistar

39 China 7.6 13.1 3.0 30 China Mobile

40 Colombia 7.1 14.8 1.0 15 COMCEL S.A. (CLARO)

41 Comoros 2.4 0.5 7 (Huri)Comores Télécom

42 Congo (Rep. of the) 18.0 31.0 2.0 30 MTN

43 Costa Rica 6.9 10.8 2.0 30

Instituto Costarricense de

Electricidad

44 Côte d'Ivoire 7.2 17.6 1.6 30 Orange Cote d'Ivoire

45 Croatia 15.8 25.4 10.0 30 Hrvatski telekom d.d.

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Economy Notes USD PPP$

Data

allowance

(in GB)

Validity Operator

46 Cuba 20.0 2.5 30 ETECSA

47 Curacao 10 31.3 39.8 3.5 30 Digicel Curacao

48 Cyprus 11 13.0 15.9 1.0 30 cyta

49 Czech Republic 9.2 14.3 1.5 30 T-Mobile Czech Repulic a.s.

Dem. Rep. of the

Congo

25.0 5.0 30 Vodacom

51 Denmark 18.8 14.9 15.0 30 youSee

52 Djibouti 0.6 1.0 0.1 1 Djibouti Telecom

53 Dominica 20.4 28.4 1.5 30 Digicel

54 Dominican Rep. 12 21.0 45.6 3.0 30 CLARO

55 Ecuador 13 11.2 19.3 2.0 30 CONECEL-CLARO

56 Egypt 14 2.4 12.3 1.8 30 Vodafone Egypt

57 El Salvador 7.0 13.9 3.0 14 Tigo

58 Estonia 14.2 19.9 5.0 30 Telia

59 Eswatini 17.4 41.4 1.5 30 MTN

60 Ethiopia 6.9 20.4 2.0 30 Ethio Telecom

61 Fiji 3.3 5.3 3.0 7 Vodafone Fiji

62 Finland 15 35.2 31.5 0.0 30 Elisa

63 France 11.8 11.8 2.0 30 Orange

64 Gabon 16 10.8 15.8 2.0 30 Gabon Telecom

65 Gambia 5.4 17.4 1.5 45 Africell

66 Georgia 2.8 2.0 30 Silknet

67 Germany 17 14.8 15.5 4.0 30 Vodafone

68 Ghana 8.7 24.2 2.5 30 MTN

69 Gibraltar 40.0 2.0 30 Gibtelecom

70 Greece 18 10.0 12.9 1.0 30 Cosmote

71 Grenada 7.0 9.6 1.0 7 Digicel

72 Guatemala 19 13.2 22.0 2.5 30 Comunicaciones Celulares, S.A.

73 Guinea 0.1 0.2 0.0 1 Orange Guinea

74 Guinea-Bissau 20 0.5 1.2 0.0 1 MTN Bissau

75 Guyana 18.3 29.4 3.5 30 Digicel

76 Haiti 0.3 0.6 0.2 3 Digicel

77 Honduras 4.2 8.2 0.8 7 Tigo

78 Hong Kong, China 21 12.2 15.0 2.0 30 CSL Mobile Limited

79 Hungary 14.8 26.5 6.0 30 Magyar Telekom

80 Iceland 22 27.6 19.3 5.0 30 Nova

81 India 1.4 4.7 2.0 28 Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited

82 Indonesia 2.4 6.7 2.0 30 Telkomsel

Iran (Islamic Republic

of)

3.4 10.9 2.0 30 MCI

84 Iraq 21.1 42.1 2.0 30 Zain Iraq

85 Ireland 41.3 35.6 20.0 30 Vodafone

86 Israel 11.1 9.4 30.0 30 Cellcom

87 Italy 7.1 7.7 10.0 30 TIM

88 Jamaica 23 23.3 36.3 1.5 30 Digicel

89 Japan 34.2 34.8 2.0 30 NTT Docomo

90 Jordan 12.9 26.8 4.0 30 Zain

91 Kazakhstan 2.9 8.3 3.0 30 Active (KCell)

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Economy Notes USD PPP$

Data

allowance

(in GB)

Validity Operator

92 Kenya 24 4.9 10.0 2.0 30 Safaricom

93 Kiribati 14.9 2.7 30

Amalgamated Telecom Holdings

Kiribati

94 Korea (Rep. of) 25 15.0 17.2 10.0 30 SK Telecom

95 Kuwait 16.6 25.4 5.0 30 Zain

96 Kyrgyzstan 26 0.7 2.4 1.0 7 MegaCom

97 Lao P.D.R. 6.5 17.2 1.5 30 Unitel

98 Latvia 7.1 10.6 10.0 30 TELE2

99 Lebanon 20.9 32.8 1.8 30 Touch Lebanon

100 Lesotho 9.1 24.5 2.0 30 Vodacom Lesotho

101 Liberia 5.0 4.8 2.0 30 MTN Liberia (Lonestar Cell)

102 Libya 5.9 1.0 15 Libyana

103 Liechtenstein 27 24.5 20.0 30 Telecom Liechtenstein AG

104 Lithuania 11.7 19.8 30.0 30 Telia

105 Luxembourg 11.8 10.3 2.0 30 Post Luxembourg

106 Macao, China 12.1 15.1 2.0 30 CTM

107 Madagascar 7.5 26.3 2.0 30 Telma Mobile

108 Malawi 6.8 20.1 2.0 30 Airtel Malawi

109 Malaysia 28 7.4 18.1 10.0 30 DiGi Telecommunications SdnBhd

110 Maldives 15.8 20.8 2.5 30 Dhiraagu

111 Mali 9.0 22.9 2.0 30 ORANGE MALI

112 Malta 17.7 23.7 3.0 30 Vodafone Malta Ltd

113 Mauritania 8.4 23.8 3.0 30 Mauritel

114 Mauritius 29 7.2 12.4 1.7 30

Cellplus Mobile Communications

Ltd (my.t)

115 Mexico 7.8 14.7 1.5 28 Telcel

116 Micronesia 30.0 30.7 2.0 30

FSM Telecommunications

Corporation

117 Moldova 5.4 12.5 1.5 30 Orange Moldova

118 Monaco 47.2 20.0 30 Monaco Telecom

119 Mongolia 30 6.7 18.4 3.0 30 MobiCom

120 Montenegro 4.6 9.1 1.0 30 Crnogorski Telekom

121 Morocco 5.3 12.1 5.0 30 IAM

122 Mozambique 2.7 1.5 30 mCel

123 Myanmar 1.0 4.1 1.5 30 MPT

124 Namibia 17.8 35.3 1.5 60 MTC

125 Nauru 23.2 1.8 30 Digicel

126 Nepal (Republic of) 2.2 6.5 1.5 28

Nepal Doorsanchar Company

Limited (Nepal Telecom)

127 Netherlands 35.4 34.6 10.0 30 KPN

128 New Zealand 13.1 11.8 1.8 28 Vodafone

129 Nicaragua 6.7 17.9 1.0 15 CLARO

130 Niger 7.2 17.9 2.0 30 Airtel Niger SA (Ex Celtel)

131 Nigeria 3.9 7.8 1.5 30 MTN

132 North Macedonia 8.6 19.7 1.5 30 ONE.VIP

133 Norway 24.5 18.5 5.0 30 Telenor

134 Oman 13.0 25.6 2.0 30 Omantel

135 Pakistan 1.0 3.6 4.9 30 Jazz

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Economy Notes USD PPP$

Data

allowance

(in GB)

Validity Operator

136 Palau 25.0 26.9 8.0 30

Palau National Communications

Corporation

137 Palestine* 31 6.5 9.3 2.5 30 Jawwal

138 Panama 32 5.0 8.7 1.5 7 Movistar

139 Papua New Guinea 5.5 6.7 0.6 7 Digicel Papua New Guinea

140 Paraguay 20.9 44.9 3.0 30 Telefonica Celular del Paraguay S.A.

141 Peru 9.1 17.4 2.9 28 Movistar

142 Philippines 5.7 14.6 2.0 30 Smart

143 Poland 33 2.8 5.4 10.0 30 Orange Polska

144 Portugal 11.7 14.9 1.0 30 MEO

145 Puerto Rico 34 44.6 8.0 30 AT&T MOBILITY PUERTO RICO INC.

146 Qatar 35 16.5 21.6 3.5 30 Ooredoo

147 Romania 10.6 22.5 30.0 30 Orange

148 Russian Federation 8.8 21.0 10.0 30 MTS

149 Rwanda 36 2.3 6.4 1.0 30 MTN Rwanda Ltd

150 Saint Kitts and Nevis 37 37.0 49.2 10.0 30 Flow

151 Saint Lucia 22.2 29.1 2.3 30 Digicel

152

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

38 30.4 42.2 3.0 30 Digicel

153 Samoa 7.7 10.6 6.0 15 Digicel

154

Sao Tome and

Principe

9.6 13.5 3.0 30 CST

155 Saudi Arabia 17.3 35.6 2.0 30 STC

156 Senegal 3.6 8.7 2.5 30 Orange Senegal

157 Serbia 39 7.0 14.3 5.0 30 Telekom Srbija

158 Seychelles 28.7 45.3 2.0 30 Cable and Wireless (Seychelles) Ltd

159 Sierra Leone 6.9 18.1 2.0 30 Africell

160 Singapore 14.8 17.6 3.0 30 Singtel

161 Slovakia 40 11.8 18.5 1.5 30 Orange Slovakia

162 Slovenia 41 15.3 20.0 5.0 30 Telekom Slovenije

163 Solomon Islands 13.8 14.3 1.6 14 Our Telekom

164 Somalia 5.0 2.0 30 Hormuud Telecom

165 South Africa 18.8 37.7 1.5 30 Vodacom SA

166 Spain 8.2 9.7 3.0 30 Movistar (Telefonica)

167 Sri Lanka 42 2.1 6.6 2.0 30 Dialog Axiata

168 Suriname 8.0 3.0 30 Telesur

169 Sweden 17.1 15.9 10.0 30 Telia

170 Switzerland 50.1 35.6 30.0 30 Swisscom

171 Syrian Arab Republic 3.6 0.2 30 SyriaTel

172

Taiwan, Province of

China

9.9 1.7 30 Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd

173 Tajikistan 3.8 1.5 30 Babilon-Mobile

174 Tanzania 6.6 17.8 2.0 30 Vodacom Tanzania

175 Thailand 43 7.9 20.5 2.0 30 AIS Group

176 Timor-Leste 2.0 3.1 0.4 7 Telemor

177 Togo 9.0 22.1 1.7 30 Togocel

178 Tonga 1.3 1.8 0.5 7 Digicel Tonga

179 Trinidad and Tobago 44 41.5 49.7 3.0 30 Digicel Trinidad and Tobago Limited

180 Tunisia 3.8 11.4 2.5 30 Ooredoo

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Economy Notes USD PPP$

Data

allowance

(in GB)

Validity Operator

181 Turkey 8.1 23.2 2.5 30 Turkcell

182 Turkmenistan 24.3 1.5 30 TMCell

183 Uganda 5.4 16.1 2.0 30 MTN

184 Ukraine 45 2.8 10.5 2.0 30 Kyivstar

185 United Arab Emirates 46 28.6 37.2 1.5 30 Etisalat

186 United Kingdom 20.0 19.0 5.0 30 EE

187 United States 21.8 21.8 2.0 30 Verizon

188 Uruguay 21.0 25.2 15.0 30 ANTEL

189 Uzbekistan 5.1 2.0 30 UCell

190 Vanuatu 9.1 8.5 2.5 30 Digicel Vanuatu

191 Viet Nam 2.2 5.4 3.0 30 Viettel

192 Yemen 20.9 3.0 30 Yemen Mobile

193 Zambia 4.8 12.2 1.5 30 MTN

Note: * Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Residential monthly

subscription

Economy Notes USD PPP$

Speed,

in Mbit/s

Cap per month,

in GB

ISP

1 Afghanistan 1 6.94 23.61 0.25 Unlimited Afghan Telecom

2 Albania 2 6.48 13.53 1.00 Unlimited Albtelecom

3 Algeria 3 13.72 39.58 2.00 Unlimited Algérie Télécom

4 Andorra 18.90 1.00 7 Andorra Telecom

5 Angola 26.10 33.56 1.00 30 Angola telecom

6 Anguilla 55.19 10.00 Unlimited Flow

7 Antigua and Barbuda 4 48.15 59.24 10.00 Unlimited APUA (Inet)

8 Argentina 56.95 25.00 250 Fibertel

9 Armenia 5 10.33 25.62 5.00 Unlimited VEON Armenia CJSC

10 Aruba 6 60.71 72.48 100.00 Unlimited SETAR

11 Australia 7 52.30 45.51 20.00 100 Telstra

12 Austria 8 32.95 33.22 20.00 Unlimited A1 Telekom Austria

13 Azerbaijan 9 5.88 23.99 1.00 Unlimited Aztelekom

14 Bahamas 10 34.71 30.64 8.00 Unlimited BTC

15 Bahrain 27.93 46.09 10.00 70 Batelco

16 Bangladesh 11 4.13 10.15 0.50 Unlimited

Bangladesh Telecommunications

Company Limited

17 Barbados 12 42.50 33.81 40.00 Unlimited Flow

18 Belarus 4.66 18.42 10 RUE "Beltelecom"

19 Belgium 32.48 32.08 50.00 100 Proximus

20 Belize 34.50 10.00 Unlimited Digi

21 Benin 13 28.81 74.10 0.50 Unlimited BENIN TELECOM SERVICES

22 Bhutan 14 7.30 21.96 2.00 9 Bhutan Telecom Limited

Bolivia (Plurinational

State of)

15 21.27 42.60 3.00 Unlimited Tigo

Bosnia and

Herzegovina

16 12.01 25.28 5.00 Unlimited BH Telecom d.d. Sarajevo

25 Botswana 17 28.44 54.31 0.50 Unlimited

Botswana Telecommunications

Corporation Limited (BTCL)

26 Brazil 18 10.92 17.74 2.00 Unlimited NET (TELECOM AMERICA)

27 Brunei Darussalam 18.53 33.02 10.00 50 TelBru

28 Bulgaria 19 11.95 26.38 30.00 Unlimited

Bulgarian Telecommunication

Company EAD

29 Burkina Faso 20 22.49 58.58 0.50 Unlimited ONATEL

30 Burundi 21 225.00 549.19 1.00 Unlimited CBINET

31 Cabo Verde 10.60 22.21 12.00 5

Cabo Verde Telecom

(CVMultimedia)

32 Cambodia 22 12.00 29.36 4.00 Unlimited Metfone

33 Cameroon 23 26.81 64.18 1.00 Unlimited CAMTEL

34 Canada 24 42.68 41.27 10.00 100 Bell Canada

35 Cayman Islands 87.59 8.00 Unlimited Flow

36 Chile 25 32.73 45.51 30.00 Unlimited VTR

37 China 26 4.53 7.87 20.00 Unlimited China Telecom

38 Colombia 21.62 45.27 5.00 Unlimited TELMEX COLOMBIA S.A. (CLARO)

39 Comoros 27 36.01 0.50 Unlimited Comores Telecom

40 Congo (Rep. of the) 28 26.99 46.49 2.00 Unlimited Congo Telecom

41 Costa Rica 29 17.16 26.72 1.00 Unlimited kolbi

42 Côte d'Ivoire 30 34.19 83.61 1.00 Unlimited Orange Cote d'Ivoire

43 Croatia 31 7.77 12.53 4.00 15 Hrvatski Telekom d.d.

44 Cuba 32 50.00 0.50 Unlimited ETECSA

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Economy Notes USD PPP$

Speed,

in Mbit/s

Cap per month,

in GB

ISP

45 Curacao 33 32.37 41.19 8.00 Unlimited

United Telecommunications

Services N.V. (UTS)

46 Cyprus 18.94 23.17 5.00 Unlimited Cyta

47 Czech Republic 34 22.96 35.92 20.00 Unlimited O2 Czech Republic a.s.

48 Denmark 35 44.18 34.92 50.00 Unlimited YouSee

49 Djibouti 15.47 27.31 1.00 30 Djibouti Telecom

50 Dominica 36 35.19 49.10 15.00 Unlimited Flow

51 Dominican Rep. 37 19.69 42.77 4.00 Unlimited CLARO

52 Ecuador 38 23.41 40.30 5.00 Unlimited CNT EP

53 Egypt 39 7.06 36.09 5.00 100 Telecom Egypt

54 El Salvador 25.00 49.73 5.00 Unlimited Claro

55 Estonia 40 18.90 26.48 10.00 Unlimited Telia Eesti AS

56 Eswatini 47.35 112.81 0.25 6 SPTC

57 Ethiopia 20.05 58.95 2.00 6 Ethio Telecom

58 Fiji 18.68 29.53 20.00 150 Telecom Fiji Limited

59 Finland 41 38.85 34.74 50.00 Unlimited Elisa

60 France 42 27.15 27.15 15.00 Unlimited Orange

61 Gabon 43 44.99 65.74 10.00 Unlimited GABON TELECOM

62 Georgia 44 11.84 20.00 Unlimited Magticom

63 Germany 45 41.27 43.43 16.00 Unlimited Telekom Deutschland GmbH

64 Gibraltar 46 32.02 16.00 Unlimited Gibtelecom

65 Greece 47 21.95 28.13 4.00 Unlimited OTE

66 Grenada 44.44 60.44 15.00 Unlimited Flow

67 Guatemala 48 23.81 39.76 3.00 Unlimited

Telecomunicaciones de

Guatemala, S.A.

68 Guinea 11.65 23.02 5 Orange Guinea

69 Guinea-Bissau 49 45.38 104.15 0.25 Unlimited Orange Bissau, SA

70 Guyana 50 31.77 50.99 1.50 Unlimited GTT

71 Haiti 55.00 117.62 2.00 Unlimited

Natcom Digicel Acces Haiti Hainet

et Haiti Data Network (HDN)

72 Honduras 34.00 66.70 5.00 Unlimited Claro

73 Hong Kong, China 51 21.43 26.23 500.00 Unlimited

PCCW-HKT Telephone Limited and

Hong Kong Telecommunications

(HKT) Limited

74 Hungary 52 20.72 37.15 150.00 Unlimited Magyar Telekom

75 Iceland 53 83.10 58.11 50.00 50 Siminn

76 India 54 5.16 17.08 8.00 Unlimited Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd

77 Indonesia 55 10.00 Unlimited Telkom Indonesia

Iran (Islamic

Republic of)

3.33 10.64 0.51 10 TCI

79 Iraq 21.14 42.11 10.00 Unlimited

Iraqi Telecommunication and

Information Company

80 Ireland 56 62.58 53.87 100.00 Unlimited Eir

81 Israel 57 27.57 23.36 15.00 Unlimited Bezeq

82 Italy 58 41.33 44.85 200.00 Unlimited TIM

83 Jamaica 59 26.67 41.64 1.00 Unlimited FLOW

84 Japan 60 35.21 35.81 1024.00 Unlimited Open Computer Network (NTT)

85 Jordan 61 33.80 70.11 4.00 Unlimited Orange

86 Kazakhstan 62 6.67 19.20 1.00 Unlimited JSC "Kazakhtelecom"

87 Kenya 63 24.67 49.74 5.00 Unlimited Wananchi Group

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Residential monthly

subscription

Economy Notes USD PPP$

Speed,

in Mbit/s

Cap per month,

in GB

ISP

88 Korea (Rep. of) 64 31.48 36.02 100.00 Unlimited KT

89 Kuwait 65 9.38 14.40 1.00 Unlimited QUALITY NET

90 Kyrgyzstan 66 8.41 27.68 2.00 Unlimited Kyrgyz Telekom

91 Lao P.D.R. 67 18.14 48.25 3.00 Unlimited Unitel

92 Latvia 68 23.03 34.64 100.00 Unlimited Lattelecom

93 Lebanon 17.51 27.46 4.00 40 Ogero Telecom

94 Lesotho 7.48 20.24 256.00 5 Econet Telecom Lesotho

95 Libya 14.65 2.00 20 Libya Telecom and Technology (LTT)

96 Liechtenstein 69 61.36 40.00 Unlimited Telecom Liechtenstein AG

97 Lithuania 70 13.65 23.15 8.00 Unlimited Telia

98 Luxembourg 71 48.42 42.11 20.00 Unlimited Post Luxembourg (Post Telecom)

99 Macao, China 72 7.80 9.72 3.00 Unlimited CTM

100 Madagascar 73 74.67 261.49 100.00 Unlimited Telma Global Net (Groupe Telma)

101 Malawi 74 36.13 106.53 5.00 20 Skyband

102 Malaysia 75 20.75 50.40 30.00 60 Telekom Malaysia Berhad

103 Maldives 24.11 31.68 5.00 30 Dhiraagu

104 Mali 17.81 45.42 1.00 Unlimited SOTELMA SA

105 Malta 76 23.61 31.64 30.00 Unlimited Melita Ltd

106 Marshall Islands 77 49.95 0.25 Unlimited

National Telecommunications

Authority Marshall Islands (NTAMAR)

107 Mauritania 31.95 90.34 2.00 Unlimited Mauritel

108 Mauritius 14.70 25.08 10.00 15 Mauritius Telecom Ltd

109 Mexico 78 18.14 34.31 10.00 Unlimited Telmex

110 Micronesia 79 20.00 20.47 0.50 Unlimited

FSM Telecommunications

Corporation

111 Moldova 80 11.90 27.82 100.00 Unlimited Moldtelecom

112 Monaco 81 47.23 100.00 Unlimited Monaco Telecom

113 Mongolia 6.43 17.72 1.00 200 Univision LLC

114 Montenegro 82 13.76 27.11 2.00 Unlimited Crnogorski Telekom

115 Morocco 83 10.55 23.99 4.00 Unlimited IAM

116 Myanmar 84 13.99 55.01 1.00 Unlimited MPT

117 Namibia 85 37.71 74.86 2.00 Unlimited Telecom Namibia

118 Nepal (Republic of) 86 1.84 5.38 5.00 15

Nepal Doorsanchar Company

Limited (Nepal Telecom)

119 Netherlands 87 50.19 49.02 50.00 Unlimited KPN

120 New Zealand 88 44.97 40.49 50.00 60 Spark

121 Nicaragua 89 32.19 86.63 1.00 Unlimited CLARO

122 Niger 53.53 133.30 0.25 Unlimited Niger Télécoms SA (ex SONITEL)

123 Nigeria 41.17 81.63 8.00 Unlimited ipNX Nigeria

124 North Macedonia 90 17.25 39.42 20.00 50 Makedonski Telekom

125 Norway 91 46.60 35.15 0.26 Unlimited Telenor

126 Oman 92 39.01 76.82 4.00 20 Omantel

127 Pakistan 93 13.95 50.69 4.00 Unlimited

Pakistan Telecommunication

Company Limited (PTCL)

128 Palau 94 60.00 64.48 5.00 Unlimited

Palau National Communications

Company

129 Palestine* 95 25.85 37.16 4.00 50

Paltel (Access Line) and Hadara

(Internet)

130 Panama 96 31.95 55.70 10.00 Unlimited Cable Onda

131 Papua New Guinea 64.65 78.52 24.00 5 Telikom PNG

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Residential monthly

subscription

Economy Notes USD PPP$

Speed,

in Mbit/s

Cap per month,

in GB

ISP

132 Paraguay 97 23.55 50.47 20.00 Unlimited Telefónica Celular del Paraguay

133 Peru 18.86 35.89 10.00 Unlimited Movistar

134 Philippines 13.27 34.23 3.00 30

Philippine Long Distance

Telephone (PLDT)

135 Poland 98 19.38 37.52 100.00 Unlimited Orange Polska

136 Portugal 99 25.97 33.07 30.00 Unlimited MEO

137 Puerto Rico 100 25.63 3.00 Unlimited

Claro - Puerto Rico Telephone

Company, Inc.

138 Qatar 101 82.42 108.09 50.00 Unlimited Ooredoo

139 Romania 102 7.61 16.13 300.00 Unlimited S.C. RCS & RDS S.A.

140 Russian Federation 103 6.38 15.28 100.00 Unlimited Rostelecom

141 Rwanda 104 81.29 223.25 10.00 Unlimited Liquid Telecom (Former RwandaTel)

142 Saint Kitts and Nevis 105 42.90 56.94 6.00 Unlimited Flow

143 Saint Lucia 34.82 45.56 10.00 Unlimited

Cable & Wireless Communications

Plc.

144

Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines

44.44 61.74 50.00 Unlimited Flow

145 Samoa 30.92 42.48 6 Bluesky Samoa

146 San Marino 106 19.65 21.82 20.00 Unlimited Telecom Italia San Marino

147

Sao Tome and

Principe

29.52 41.43 1.00 12 CST

148 Saudi Arabia 107 22.40 45.96 2.00 20 Saudi Telecom Company

149 Senegal 108 23.21 56.36 1.00 Unlimited Orange Senegal

150 Serbia 109 15.46 31.78 10.00 Unlimited Telekom Srbija

151 Seychelles 14.47 22.86 1.00 8 Cable and Wireless (Seychelles) Ltd

152 Singapore 110 36.99 44.01 1024.00 Unlimited Singtel

153 Slovakia 111 12.87 20.19 15.00 Unlimited Slovak Telekom, a.s.

154 Slovenia 112 41.33 54.02 100.00 Unlimited SMP Telekom Slovenije

155 Somalia 10.00 0.50 6 Hormuud Telecom

156 South Africa 31.18 62.54 2.00 20 Telkom

157 Spain 113 47.24 55.93 50.00 Unlimited Telefonica

158 Sri Lanka 3.32 10.12 21.00 15 Sri Lanka Telecom

159 Suriname 114 28.14 3.00 Unlimited Telesur

160 Sweden 115 44.75 41.59 100.00 Unlimited Telia

161 Switzerland 116 66.47 47.27 50.00 Unlimited Swisscom

162 Syrian Arab Republic 117 3.39 0.50 Unlimited Syrian Telecom

163

Taiwan, Province of

China

118 10.38 16.00 Unlimited Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd

164 Tajikistan 6.56 4.00 30 tojNet

165 Tanzania 19.88 53.37 1.00 8 TTCL

166 Thailand 119 19.84 51.41 50.00 Unlimited True online

167 Timor-Leste 49.00 76.22 2.00 20 Timor Telecom

168 Togo 120 22.49 55.30 2.00 Unlimited Togo Telecom

169 Tonga 7.71 10.07 5 Tonga Communications Corporation

170 Trinidad and Tobago 121 20.97 25.09 5.00 Unlimited

Columbus Communications

Trinidad Limited

171 Tunisia 122 10.16 30.58 4.00 Unlimited Topnet

172 Turkey 14.08 40.45 4.00 20 TTNET AS

173 Turkmenistan 123 42.86 0.25 Unlimited Turkmen Telecom

174 Uganda 21.46 64.24 0.50 5 Uganda Telecom

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Residential monthly

subscription

Economy Notes USD PPP$

Speed,

in Mbit/s

Cap per month,

in GB

ISP

175 Ukraine 124 4.04 15.34 20.00 Unlimited Ukrtelecom

176 United Arab Emirates 125 19.73 25.70 0.26 Unlimited Etisalat

177 United Kingdom 126 44.01 41.80 10.00 Unlimited BT

178 United States 43.54 43.54 100.00 1024 Comcast Xﬁnity

179 Uruguay 34.50 41.40 3.00 350 ANTEL

180 Uzbekistan 3.72 2.00 6 Uztelecom

181 Vanuatu 127 55.21 51.82 0.50 Unlimited Telecom Vanuatu Ltd

182 Viet Nam 128 7.30 17.77 2.50 Unlimited

Vietnam Posts and

Telecommunications Group (VNPT)

183 Yemen 9.77 0.50 6 Yemen Telecom

184 Zambia 23.90 60.95 2.00 10 Zamtel

Note: * Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.

Source: ITU. PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Notes

The notes are presented here as submitted by countries to ITU.

High-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket – plan details, 2019

1) 200 International/National SMS. Also included 2000 Vodafone SMS. 2) Unlimited on-net calls and

SMS (Mobilis) +2000 DA towards other networks (off-net) + 13 GB + free Facebook. Unlimited SM

towards Mobilis (on-net) + 400 SMS towards the other networks (off-net). 3) Currency in AMD. The

tariff plan includes 2500 minutes on-net airtime and 50 minutes off-net airtime. 4) Unlimited Calls

and Texts to standard Australian numbers. Plan is monthly. 5) 1 month. 6) Monthly basis so varies

according to number of days in the month. 7) We selected this package because most of mobile

subscriptions with data are prepaid. 8) $30 30 Day 1.5GB+ $45 Pick Talk 30 day. Unlimited on-net.

Unlimited. 9) Unlimited. 10) Not applicable as free voice calls are not included in any plans. Free

SMSs not included in any plans. 11) The included amount of mojMidi 30 (30,00 KM) package can be

used for: voice and video calls to ﬁxed and mobile networks within BiH, international calls, SMS,

MMS. 12) 1580MB. 13) Unlimited. The plan offers unlimited calls to all local operators. The plan

offers unlimited SMS to all local operators. 14) No SMS included. This is based on pay-as-you-go. 15)

There is a possibility to add 80 SMS at the price of 5,99 BGN for all national networks; to add 300

SMS at the same price, but only in the network of A1 Bulgaria or to pay monthly fee of 3,99 BGN and

0,01 BGN for every SMS sent in the network of A1. 16) Includes 120 MB. 17) Bundle includes 55000

F worth of calls to all networks. 18) Includes 13% tax + 0.75 emergency fee. Unlimited minutes

included. Unlimited SMS included. It is a monthly plan. 19) Free social media. 20) 90 hours

multiplied by 60 minutes. 21) 5 GB. 22) 800MB. 23) 5 GB + unlimited one-net voice & SMS + 1000

off-net mins & SMS. 24) The price is inclusive tax (NAf. 139,- + 6% tax). Unlimited. The bundle is valid

for 30 days, subscribers will get unlimited (on-net) calls, SMS and 10 GB data. 30 Days. 25)

Unlimited. After the usage of 1GB you can buy an additional 1 GB for a fee of 5 Euros. 26) Unlimited.

27) Unlimited. 28) Unlimited. 29) 3GB is the minimum capacity offered. 30) Tax inclusive. Includes

200 minutes. No SMS included. 31) Tax inclusive. Main bundle (1 Giga + 150 min + 4 free jokers) a

joker can be (250 MB mobile internet or 125 min or 500 MB Soc. & Media). Main bundle has 150

minutes with SMS inclusive in the minutes’ quota. Main bundle (1 Giga + 150 min + 4 free jokers) a

joker can be (250 MB mobile internet or 125 min or 500 MB Soc. & Media). 32) Unlimited. 33) 12

Euro - 5 GB, unlimited domestic and EU roaming calls/SMS. 34) Unlimited. 35) EUR 21.99 for 12

months, EUR 26.99 thereafter. Unlimited voice and SMS. 36) This is a weekly plan. Operator does not

offer monthly plans. 37) Unlimited minutes. 38) Plan 14.99€ + 1€/500MB. Unlimited. 1 month. 39)

Unlimited. 40) This plan includes 2.5GB to surf the Internet and includes a validity of 30 days. The

voice time will depend on whether the recharge of this prepaid plan of Q99 is done on days of air

time recharge promotion. It also includes unlimited WhatsApp and Facebook during the validity of

the plan. Likewise, for the calculated price (Q533), we added a fare of: Q2.60*140min= Q364 plus,

Q1.00*70sms=Q70; so, the total is calculated as the sum of Q99+Q364+20=Q70 (this total is an

estimated price due to the fare per minutes and per SMS, because both these rates correspond to

the price per minute and per SMS as a prepaid user but cannot be purchased at retail. This plan

includes 2.5GB to surf the Internet and includes a validity of 30 days. The voice time will depend on

whether the recharge of this prepaid plan of Q99 is done on days of air time recharge promotion. It

also includes unlimited WhatsApp and Facebook during the validity of the plan. Likewise, for the

calculated price (Q533), we added a fare of: Q2.60*140min= Q364 plus, Q1.00*70sms=Q70; so, the

total is calculated as the sum of Q99+Q364+Q70=Q533. 41) The base plan: HK$48 for 1 GB, 30

days validity. Take the base plan twice to cover at least 1.5 GB for 30 days. To be combined with

HK$3 administration fee; HK$12.6 for 140 min (i.e. HK$0.09 per min = HK$(0.12+0.06)/2 per min),

the average of peak and off-peak prices); and HK$35 for 70 SMS (i.e. HK0.5 per SMS =

HK$(0.7+0.3)/2 per SMS, the average of off-net and on-net prices). 42) This price is calculated as

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follows: i) 140 min + 10 SMS for 6500 HUF, ii) 3 GB data for 2290 HUF. The plan covers 150 minutes

OR 150 SMSs per 30 days. 43) Unlimited minutes and SMS. 44) Unlimited voice calls. 300 SMS per

month. 45) Unlimited. 24 months plan. 46) Unlimited. 47) Unlimited. 48) 1000 off-net minutes. 49)

Unlimited on-net calls + 200 mins to other operators. 50) 2 GB. 51) Includes unlimited on-net calls

and 150 minutes for off-net calls. Unlimited. For a month. 52) KD 5 monthly for 5 GB internet and

unlimited messages + Add on KD 2 for Unlimited On net calls - total KD 7add on unlimited on net

calls. Unlimited messages. 53) Unlimited. 54) Unlimited. 55) Unlimited. 56) biGBonus 35 + unlimited

on-net calls add-on for RM 5. Unlimited on-net calls add-on for RM 5. 57) 250 MB free social media

allowance is included in the plan. 58) 2000 units to use freely on MB/SMS/Calls with every €30

top-up2000 units to use freely on MB/SMS/Calls with every €30 top-up. 59) Rs99 (inclusive of VAT)

refer to a Weekly 800MB & 400SMS plan, valid for 7 days. To be combined with: 3 times Weekly

300MB & 200SMS plan at Rs49 (Inclusive of VAT) and 140mins on-net voice at the pay-as-you-go rate

of Rs1.20/min (Exclusive of VAT). Therefore the base plan should be the Weekly 800MB & 400SMS

plan as per the IPB rules. VAT is already deducted when consumer purchases airtime. Therefore

when calls, SMS or data packs are purchased, VAT of 15% is not levied again on the approved tariff.

Voice minutes do not form part of the mobile internet bundle (data & SMS) and are based on the

pay-as-you-go offers. The base plan has data allowance of 400 SMS. Add-ons have additional

allowances of 600 SMS (3 times 200 SMS), as per IPB rules. The base plan has data allowance of

800MB. Add-ons have additional allowances of 900MB (3 times 300MB), as per the IPB rules. Base

plan has validity of 7 days. Add-ons also have the validity of 7 days."60) Unlimited. 61) 60 MAD = 2X

[Pass JAWAL IAM 25MAD including 60min+ 1Go] + 2X [Pass Jawal 5 DH including 20min + 20 Mo+

5Mad of credits]. The consumer buy both the pass jawal 25DH and the pass jawal 5DH at the

beginning of the month and at the half of the month. The consumer converts the 5MAD of credits

included on the 5MAD add-on to 50 SMS each time s/he takes it: 160 Min+ 100 SMS+ 2.04 GB valid

for 4 weeks60minX2 + 20minX250 SMS X 2 1GB*2 + 2X 20MB". 62) 1GB data, 500MB for social

media only (WhatsApp & Facebook). 63) Unlimited. 64) Unlimited. 65) Unlimited minutes to all

networks. Unlimited SMS to all national networks. Post-paid tariff plan. 66) Unlimited. 67) Unlimited

calls to 5 favourite numbers only. 68) Pay-as-you-go for (voice minutes and SMS) + 2.5 GB monthly

data package priced 23.2 NIS: (0.5 NIS * 140) + (0.22 NIS * 70) + (23.2 NIS) = 108.6NIS (including

VAT). 69) Unlimited. 70) Unlimited. 71) Unlimited. 72) Unlimited. 73) 4 € per week. 500 voice minutes

and SMS included. Please note that 3 GB data and 500 voice minutes and SMS are offered per

month, not per week. 74) Unlimited. 75) Same Flexi card as for the low usage bundle. A Flexi card

with a price of 60 QAR gives you 500 points valid for 30 days. One local call minute costs 1 point,

one SMS costs 1 point, 1MB data costs 0.14 point. 76) Unlimited. 77) Includes unlimited social

messaging, 1000 local anywhere minutes, and 1000 local anywhere SMS. 78) Unlimited on-net calls.

Unlimited Digicel texts. 79) Includes unlimited Digicel minutes, unlimited WhatsApp messages, 500

Anywhere Local Minutes, and 3GB Free D'Music. 80) Unlimited. 81) 5GB data + 2GB Singtel WiFi.

82) Unlimited. 30 days. 83) Unlimited voice and SMS. 84) Unlimited. 85) 10 times 3 days. 10*10=

10010*150 Mb =1.5 GB. 86) Unlimited. 87) Unlimited on-net calls. Unlimited SMS. 88) A

combination of F20 plan with 25 minutes, 25 free SMS and 2 MB for $0.2 with validity of 1 day and a

D3 data add-on with 450 MB for $1 valid for 7 days. 89) Prices for 2019 are VAT inclusive. 90) The

base plan does not include free SMS. Buy 100 SMS package for 2 UAH. Minimal tariff term starts

from the day of connection. 91) 5% VAT included. 100 Flexi Minutes valid for Local & International

Calls to select countries. No SMS included in the Bundle. 30 days. 92) Unlimited. 93) Unlimited. 94)

Unlimited SMS towards Antel.95) Includes extra 500 MB for use at night (01:00-09:00) and extra

1500 MB for social media.

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1) 0 DA towards Mobilis network (on-net) and 7.96 DA towards other networks (off-net). 2) 5 AMD

on-net, 35 AMD off-net.5 AMD on-net, 20 AMD off-net. 3) Average between on-net peak 0.79 call

rate and on-net off-peak 0.38 call rate. 4) Unlimited Calls and Texts to standard Australian numbers.

5) Unlimited. 6) Unlimited. 7) Unlimited. 8) Not applicable as no free voice call is included. No free

SMSs included in any plans. 9) Average of peak and off-peak price. 10) The plan offers unlimited

calls to all local operators. 11) Average of peak and off-peak rate. 12) Unlimited minutes included.

Unlimited SMS included. 13) There is no deﬁned single price, since once the user ﬁnishes the

capacity of the plan, the operator provides him with a menu of options to select the way in which he

wishes to continue consuming, which implies different prices per minute. Single price deﬁned, once

the user ﬁnishes the capacity of the plan, the operator provides a menu of options to select the way

in which you want to continue consuming, which implies different prices per SMS. 14) The operator

UTS additional price per voice minute for on-net is NAf. 0,73 inclusive of tax (NAf. 0,69 + 6%) and for

off-net NAf. 0,78 inclusive of tax (NAf. 0,74 + 6%). 15) Unlimited. 16) Unlimited. 17) Unlimited. 18)

Unlimited. 19) Unlimited. 20) You have to activate the add-on [Extra 100 to all]: 2,02€,100 minutes

to all, 30 days validity. You have to activate the add on [SMS 100]: 4,03€, 100 SMS, 30 days validity.

21) Unlimited. 22) This is a prepaid plan. This plan does not represent a contract between the user

and the operator. There's no price for excess in voice due to the validity of the plan. Q2.6 is the

price per minute if the customer uses his prepaid phone to acquire airtime for voice calls. This is a

prepaid plan. This plan does not represent a contract between the user and the operator. There's

no price for excess in SMS due to the validity of the plan. This plan itself does not include SMS.

Q1.00 its the price per minute if the customer uses his prepaid phone to acquire airtime and uses

it for SMS. 23) HK$0.09 per min = HK$(0.12+0.06)/2 per min, the average of peak and off-peak

prices. 24) Unlimited minutes and SMS. 25) Unlimited voice + SMS. 26) Unlimited. 27) Any additional

calls beyond the minutes offered will be charged 0.03JOD per minute for all local networks, local

SMS. This is the rate after consuming 200 SMS. 28) An average on-net rate between peak (4.3) and

off-peak (2.2). 29) Includes unlimited on-net calls and 150 minutes for off-net calls. Unlimited. 30)

Unlimited. 31) Unlimited. 32) Unlimited. 33) Plan Ye'low SMS: Ar 200 for 100 SMS, which is Ar 2/SMS.

34) Unlimited on-net calls add-on for RM 5. 35) VAT is already deducted when consumer purchases

airtime. Therefore when calls, SMS or data packs are purchased, VAT of 15% is not levied again on

the approved tariff.Rs0.60 is exclusive of VAT. 36) Unlimited. 37) Unlimited. 38) Based on the smallest

add-on "Pass Jawal 5DH" of 5MAD including 20minutes+20MB+5MAD of credits: Price/min = 0.25.

Based on the smallest add on of SMS "Pass Jawal IAM SMS 5DH" 5MAD = 50SMS. 39) Unlimited. 40)

Unlimited minutes to all national networks. Unlimited SMS to all national networks. 41) Out of bundle

rate is R.O 0.044 per local minute. 42) Price may vary as per default packages. Default packages

include: Jazz Budget@Rs. 2.40/min. Jazz Champion @Rs 2.40/min. Jazz Easy@ Rs .2 .65/ min. Price may

vary as per default packages. Default packages include: Jazz Budget@Rs. 2.05/SMS. Jazz Champion

@Rs 1.8/SMS and Jazz Easy@ Rs .2 .05/ SMS. 43) Unlimited. 44) Unlimited. 45) Unlimited. 46) 500 mins

/ SMS included. 47) Unlimited. 48) The price for each minute included in indicator"i271mb_low_min”

with a Flexi card for 60 QAR and you would get 500 minutes Extra would be 0.12QAR per minute.

The price for every additional minute on top of the extra 500 minutes/points would be 0.6 QAR per

minute (list price)The price for each SMS included in indicator"i271mb_low_sms" with a Flexi card

for 60 QAR and you would get 500 points Extra would be 0.12QAR per SMS. The price for every

additional SMS on top of the extra 500 points would be 0.39 QAR per SMS (list price). 49) Unlimited.

50) Unlimited Digicel texts. 51) For off-net calls. 52) Unlimited. 53) Unlimited voice and SMS. 54)

Unlimited. 55) Unlimited. 56) Unlimited on-net calls. Unlimited SMS. 57) Average of peak and off-

peak price. 58) 79 FCFA for on-net and 110 for off-net. 59) Prices for 2019 are VAT inclusive. 60)

Unlimited on-net mins. The payment is established per package. The operator provides 1st package

with 100 SMS and from 2nd to 91st packages with 10 SMS per day. When all packages are expired

the payment is 1 UAH per SMS. "61) Unlimited. 62) Unlimited.

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Low-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket – plan details, 2019

1) Unlimited calls and SMS towards Mobilis (on-net) + 2000 DA towards other networks (off-net) +

13Gb + Facebook for free. Unlimited SMS towards network Mobilis (on-net) +2000 DA towards

other networks (off-net). 2) Currency in AMD. 3) Unlimited Calls and Texts to standard Australian

numbers. Binary conversion GB to MB). Plan is monthly. "4) 1 month. 5) Includes unlimited

WhatsApp. 6) It is 6 GB. 7) Unlimited. 8) For all voice call subscribers have to follow normal voice call

tariff. No free SMSs included in any plans. 9) The included amount of MojM package (15,00 KM) can

be used for: voice and video calls to ﬁxed and mobile networks within BiH, international calls, SMS,

MMS. 10) Unlimited. The plan offers unlimited calls to all local operators. Unlimited. The plan offers

unlimited SMS to all local operators.

3GB. "11) No SMS included. This is based on pay-as-you-go rates.12) There is a possibility to add 80

SMS at the price of 5,99 BGN for all national networks; to add 300 SMS at the same price, but only in

the network of A1 Bulgaria or to pay monthly fee of 3,99 BGN and 0,01 BGN for every SMS sent in

the network of A1.The selected plan is postpaid and includes also mobile TV and 100 GB cloud

storage space. To be combined with Additional Package (Extras) - 500 MB at the price of 2,99 BGN.

13) 17000 F worth of calls to all networks. 14) Includes 13% tax + 0.75 emergency fee. Unlimited

minutes included. Unlimited SMS included. It is a monthly plan. 15) Free social networks. 16)

Unlimited. 17) Unlimited on-net minutes and SMS and 5GB data. 18) Plan 20 SMS= $1.30. Plan 600

Mb = $7.00. 19) The price is inclusive of tax (NAf. 139,- + 6%). Unlimited calls - The bundle is valid for

30 days, subscribers will get unlimited (on-net) calls, SMS and 5000 MB data. Unlimited number of

SMS - The bundle is valid for 30 days, subscribers will get unlimited (on-net) calls, SMS and 5000 MB

data. 5'000 MB for 30 days. 20) Monthly plan. 21) 499 + 30 = 529. Unlimited. 22) Unlimited. 23) 3GB

is the minimum capacity offered. Plan control selected for UIT suggestion, due to majority of prepaid

customer in the Dominican Republic market. 24) Tax inclusive. Plan does not include SMS. 200

minutes are included in the plan. 25) Tax inclusive main bundle (0.5 Giga + 50 min + 2 free jokers) a

joker can be (250 MB mobile internet or 125 min or 500 MB Soc. & Media). Main bundle has 50 min,

with SMS inclusive in the minutes’ quota. Main bundle (0.5 Giga + 50 min + 2 free jokers) a joker can

be (250 MB mobile internet or 125 min or 500 MB Soc. & Media). Main bundle (0.5 Giga + 50 min +

2 free jokers) a joker can be (250 MB mobile internet or 125 min or 500 MB Soc. & Media), and with

SMS inclusive in the minutes quota of the main bundle. 26) Unlimited. 27) 5 EUR for 1GB, unlimited

domestic and EU roaming calls/SMS. 28) Unlimited. 29) EUR 11.99 for 12 months, EUR 16.99

thereafter. Unlimited. 30) Unlimited on-net calls. Unlimited on-net SMS. 31) Unlimited. 32) Unlimited.

33) This operator has multiple offers. Offer MINI 4 EN UN (500 M\B + 50 minutes + 50 SMS +

WhatsApp) ﬁts the basket the most. 34) 300 on-net minutes. 35) The base plan: HK$48 for 1 GB, 30

days validity. To be combined with HK$3 administration fee; HK$6.3 for 70 min (i.e. HK$0.09 per min

= HK$(0.12+0.06)/2 per min), the average of peak and off-peak prices); and HK$10 for 20 SMS (i.e.

HK0.5 per SMS = HK$(0.7+0.3)/2 per SMS, the average of off-net and on-net prices). 36) This price is

calculated as follows: i) 70 min + 10 SMS for 2000 HUF, ii) 1 GB data for 1090 HUF. The plan covers

80 minutes OR 80 SMSs per 30 days. 37) Unlimited. 38) Unlimited voice calls. 300 SMS per month.

2GB data for 28 days. 39) Unlimited. Includes unlimited voice + SMS + 20 GB data. 24 month plan.

40) 15 € plus 3 € for Opzione 500 SMS. Unlimited. 41) Unlimited. 42) Kake-hodai Lite Plan: JPY 1836

+ Sp-mode: JPY 324 + Basic pack Step 1: JPY 3132. 43) Unlimited on-net calls + 40 min for off-net

calls. 44) 5GB. 45) Unlimited. 46) The plan MAXX! S includes 1 GB, unlimited SMS, unlimited minutes

on-net, and 30 minutes for calls to Liechtenstein (off-net, ﬁxed net), Switzerland and EEA. 30 voice

minutes to domestic operators (Liechtenstein), Switzerland or EEA. And unlimited voice minutes

on-net. 47) Unlimited. 48) Taxes included. 49) biGBonus 35 + unlimited on-net calls add-on for RM

5. Unlimited on-net calls add-on for RM 56 GB.50) Extra 100 MB social media allowance is available

in the plan. 51) 1000 units to use freely on MB/SMS/Calls with every €20 top-up. 52) Based on the

weekly mobile internet package with allowance of 300 MB valid for 7 days. To be taken 4 times. Tax

of 15% already included. VAT is already deducted when consumer purchases airtime. Therefore

when calls, SMS or data packs are purchased, VAT of 15% is not levied again on the approved tariff.

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To be combined with: 70 min at the pay-as-you-go on-net tariff of Rs 1.20 (exc of VAT). 53)

Unlimited. 54) 35 MAD = The consumer buys 1X "Pass JAWAL IAM 25DH" including 60min + 1GB

combined twice with "Pass JAWAL IAM 5DH" including 20min+20MB+5MAD credits. The ﬁrst base

plan (25MAD) is taken at the beginning of the month, the Jawal 5MAD add on is taken twice at the

second half of the month. 60min + 2X20min. 50 SMS X21GB + 2X20MB. 55) Unlimited. 56)

Unlimited. 57) It is post-paid tariff plan and is included: unlimited voice call to all national networks,

1,5 GB , SMS is paid by price 5.9MKD (on-net/off-net). Unlimited. 58) 1,000 on-net minutes, 1000

MBs and 10,000 SMSes10000 (on net minutes). Daily limit of 333 min. 59) Pay-as-you-go for (voice

minutes and SMS) + 2.5 GB monthly data package priced 23.2 NIS:

(0.5 NIS * 70) + (0.22 NIS * 20) + (23.2 NIS) = 62.6 NIS (including VAT). "60) Based on three days. 61)

Unlimited. 62) Unlimited. 63) Unlimited. 64) Unlimited on-net calls and SMS. Please note that this

trafﬁc limit (75) includes both minutes and SMS (i.e. number of minutes + number of SMS = 75).

Includes 500 MB with a 7.50€ charge. 65) Unlimited. 66) The Flexi cards gives you a number of

points that you can use for international calls, local calls & SMS and local data. One local call minute

costs 1 point, one SMS costs 1 point, 1MB data costs 0.143 point. A Flexi card with a price of 60 QAR

gives you 500 points valid for 30 days. The Flexi cards gives you a number of points that you can use

for international calls, local calls & SMS and local data. One local call minute costs 1 point, one SMS

costs 1 point, 1MB data costs 0.143 point. 67) Unlimited. 68) Includes unlimited social messaging,

1000 local anywhere minutes, 1000 local anywhere SMS. 69) Unlimited on-net calls. Unlimited

Digicel Texts. 70) Includes unlimited Digicel minutes, unlimited WhatsApp messages, 500 Anywhere

Local Minutes, and 3GB Free D'Music. 71) Unlimited. 72) Unlimited phone calls in TS network, 500

minutes in other Slovenian networks and EU-tariff states, unlimited SMS in Slovenia and EU-tariff

states, 2 GB data transfer in Slovenia and EU-tariff states. 73) Unlimited. 74) Unlimited. 75) Unlimited

on-net calls. Unlimited SMS. 76) A combination of F20 plan with 25 minutes, 25 free SMS and 2 MB

for $0.2 with validity of 1 day and a D2 data add-on with 200 MB for $1 valid for 7 days. 77) This price

corresponds to 125 minutes (100 minutes on-net minutes and 25 off-net minutes), 50 SMS, and 350

MB with validity of 10 days. 7500 FCFA worth of calls; 79F/min = 94.9 mins. 78) Prices for 2019 and

VAT inclusive. Unlimited on-net minutes 100 anywhere minutes (applicable to ALL local (Bmobile

and landline) calls, USA (mobile and landline), Canada (mobile and landline), UK landlines only

Venezuela (Telefonica Mobile) and Digicel Caribbean (excluding Jamaica, Haiti). 79) Offer also

includes 100 off-net minutes. 80) The customer is charged for a service package once every four

weeks. Unlimited on-net mins. The base plan does not include free SMS messages. Buy 100 SMS

package for 2 UAH. The minimal tariff term starts from the day of connection. 81) 5% VAT included. 0

(No SMS included in the Bundle).82) Unlimited. 83) Unlimited. 84) Mazaia plan (1000 YR)+ Mobile

net 500 MB (1500 YR).

Low-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket – call and SMS rate, 2019

1) 0 DA for on-net SMS. 5 DA for off-net SMS. 2) Currency in AMD. 5 AMD on-net, 20 AMD off-net.

3) Average between on-net peak 0.79 and on-net off-peak 0.38. 4) Unlimited Calls and Texts to

standard Australian numbers. 5) An average of 0.33 cents during peak hours and 0.15 cents during

off peak hours. 0.05 cents plus VAT. 6) Unlimited. 7) The plan offers unlimited calls to all local

operators. The plan offers unlimited SMS to all local operators. 8) Average of peak and off-peak

rate. 9) Unlimited minutes included. 10) Unlimited. 11) The operator UTS additional price per voice

minute for on-net is NAf. 0,73 inclusive of tax (NAf. 0,69 + 6%) and for off-net NAf. 0,78 inclusive of

tax (NAf. 0,74 + 6%). 12) Unlimited. 13) Unlimited. 14) Unlimited. 15) Unlimited. 16) Unlimited. 17)

Unlimited. 18) Includes on-net calls and SMS. 19) HK$0.09 per min = HK$(0.12+0.06)/2 per min, the

average of peak and off-peak prices. 20) Unlimited. 21) Unlimited free voice calls. 22) Tax included.

23) Unlimited. 24) Unlimited. 25) Unlimited. 26) This is the rate after consuming 200 SMS. 27) An

average on-net rate between peak (4.3) and off-peak rate (2.2). 28) Unlimited. 29) CHF 0.23 per

minute to off-net Liechtenstein/Switzerland/EU/Zone A. (Zone A: China (incl. Hong Kong, China),

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India, Canada, Taiwan, Thailand, USA). Unlimited. 30) Unlimited. 31) Plan Ye'low SMS: Ar 200 for

100 SMS, which is Ar 2/SMS. 32) Unlimited on-net calls add-on for RM 5. 33) Pay-as-you-go tariff

for on-net call: Rs 1.20/min (Exclusive of VAT). VAT is already deducted when consumer purchases

airtime. Therefore when calls, SMS or data packs are purchased, VAT of 15% is not levied again on

the approved tariff. Rs0.60 per SMS is exclusive of VAT. 34) Unlimited. 35) Unlimited. 36) Based on

the smallest add on "Pass Jawal 5DH" of 5MAD = 20min+ 20MB+ 5MAD of credits: Price/min =

0.25 MAD. Based on the smallest add-on of SMS "pass Jawal SMS 5DH" = 50SMS. 37) Unlimited.

38) Unlimited. 39) Out of bundle rate R.O 0.044/min. 40) Jazz budget and Jazz easy price Rs. 2.0/

SMS and Jazz Champion has price of Rs. 1.80/SMS. 41) Unlimited. 42) Unlimited. 43) Unlimited. 44)

Unlimited. 45) The price for each minute included in indicator"i271mb_low_min” with a Flexi card

for 60 QAR and you would get 500 minutes Extra would be 0.12QAR per minute. The price for every

additional minute on top of the extra 500 minutes/points would be 0.6 QAR per minute (list price)

The price for each SMS included in indicator"i271mb_low_sms" with a Flexi card for 60 QAR and you

would get 500 points Extra would be 0.12QAR per SMS. The price for every additional SMS on top

of the extra 500 points would be 0.39 QAR per SMS (list price). 46) Unlimited. 47) Unlimited Digicel

Texts. 48) For off-net calls. 49) Unlimited voice and SMS. 50) Unlimited. 51) Unlimited. 52) Unlimited

on-net calls. 53) Average of peak and off-peak price. 54) 79 FCFA for on-net and 110 for off-net.

55) Prices for 2019 and VAT inclusive. 56) Operator provides unlimited connections within the own

network. The payment is established per package. The operator provides 1st package with 100 SMS

and from 2nd to 91st packages with 10 SMS per day. When all packages are expired the payment is

1 UAH per SMS. 57) 5% VAT inclusive. 58) Unlimited. 59) Unlimited.

Mobile-voice basket – on-net and off-net, 2019

1) Currency in AMD. 2) Includes unlimited calls and SMS to standard Australian numbers and

15 GB. 3) 0.33 plus 12% VAT. 0.15 plus 12% VAT. 0.33 plus 12% VAT. 0.15 plus 12% VAT. 4) No

call connection charges levied. 5) The plan offers a bundle of unlimited local calls and SMS to

all operators, and a data cap of 3GB for R$ 49.99 monthly. The plan offers unlimited local calls

to on-net mobile terminals regardless the time of the day. The plan offers unlimited local calls to

off-net mobile terminal regardless the time of the day. The plan offers unlimited local calls to ﬁxed

terminal regardless the time of the da.. 6) Plan includes 150 minutes with no extra charge for those.

7) 18yuan/month,60 minutes and 100 SMS included. 8) 200 minutes for $9.900. 9) Charged 1fc per

second. A decision was made regarding ﬁxed tariffs for ﬁxed, mobile, or SMS prices. 10) There is

not call connection charge. 11) Unlimited on-net minutes. 12) Price in pesos cubanos convertibles

(CUC). There is only one mobile operator in Cuba. 13) Local calls have a per call fee of NAf. 0,01

(On-net and Off-net) per call and calls to international have a per call fee of NAf. 0,20 per call. The

price is inclusive of tax (NAf. 0,75 + 6%). "14) 20 DJF off peak. No competing network. 15) CLARO

does not apply call connection charge. Prices per minute call do not vary between peak and peak

off period. Tax include. "16) Prepaid. 17) Tax inclusive. 18) All calls included. 19) This price refers to

the basic price per minute in case a package is not selected. It includes 24% VAT. 20) No tax rate

required. 21) The plan "Null hja Nova" is a plan that costs 0 ISK, for unlimited minutes and SMS's

to all local/national networks, ﬁxed or mobile. Then data is charged by usage. Other plans entail a

fee for a package of data, with unlimited minutes and SMS included. There are unlimited minutes

and SMS's to all local/national networks, ﬁxed or mobile, included. 22) Charged at 2.5 paise per

second. 23) NTT DOCOMO provides postpaid "Kake-hodai Lite Plan" for basic monthly charge of

JPY 1700 (for Smart phones) with free calling for calls under 5 minutes. Call under 5 minutes: 0.

Over 5 minutes: additional JPY 43.2 per minnute. 24) The subscription includes unlimited on-net

minutes, with a fair-use policy of 3000 minutes. The price of 0.23 CHF per minute applies for call

minutes in excess of the included monthly volume. 25) No fee for call connection fee. 26) Tax of

15% not included. VAT is already deducted when consumer purchases airtime. Therefore when

calls, SMS or data packs are purchased, VAT of 15% is not levied again on the approved tariff. 27)

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Differs depending on call destination. 28) Unlimited calls and SMS. 29) On-net and off-net call

fee is different. 30) The base plan "pass jawal 5DH" is at 5MAD and consists of 20 minutes, 20 MB

and 5 MAD of credits convertible to SMS. The consumer takes the base plan of 5 MAD each week

(X 4 during the month): 20MAD (5MADX4) for the ITU basket of 70 min+ 20SMS. The price per

minute on peak period = off peak period = on-net = off-net = to ﬁxed = 0.25 The pass jawal of

5MAD provides the consumer with 20min, 20MB and 5MAD of credits: Price/min = 0.25 MAD. 31)

Unlimited voice. 32) Telenor and Jazz are charging approved call setup of 0.125/call. 33) Charge

per minute - per second counting. 34) 0.099 euro. 35) Unlimited. 36) Pay as you go out of bundle list

prices. You can also buy a Flexi card for 60 QAR and you would get 500 minutes of local calls. The

price per minute would be 0.12 QAR on average. 37) This tariff is charged from 11:01 PM to 4:59

am. Otherwise, 35RWF/min is charged. 38) No call connection price applicable. The price is 1,26

Dbs/30 seconds. 39) Unlimited calls. 40) Call all network 1.1 Satang/second (24 hours). Call rates

0.25 bath/Min For all network 12 hours. During 5 am-5 pm. Depends on promotion TOLL KHUM 3

bath (the ﬁrst 10 minutes) next 1 bath/min: Example rate, actual rate varies depending on promotion

CALL 12 HOURS. 1.25Bath/min: Example rate, actual rate varies depending on promotions. "41)

Lifecell Seçmece Paket offers all-net 500 minutes of call, 1GB mobile internet and all-net 100 SMS

or 1000 minutes of call and all-net 100 SMS. No price differentiation based on peak time and/or

off-peak time. 42) Operator provides unlimited calling connections within the own network. This

payment is established per 1 minute of connections when free 30 subscribed minutes are expired.

When the package is expired the payment is 1.5 UAH per minute. 43) Call connection fee is not

applicable. All day (24x7); 5% VAT included. "

Mobile-voice basket – to ﬁxed and SMS, 2019

1) Currency in AMD. 2) Includes unlimited calls and SMS to standard Australian numbers and 15

GB. 3) 0.33 plus 12% VAT. 0.15 plus 12% VAT. 0.05 plus 12% VAT. 0.05 plus 12% VAT. 4) Please

note that all prepaid packages are inclusive of free minutes and data. For instance the package we

use her has a monthly rental of BD6.3 and it includes 500 free local minutes (to all operators) and

free data (6GB). 5) Unlimited. 6) Nu. 0.10 per SMS during the time between 12 midnight to 4 am.

7) The plan offers unlimited local calls to ﬁxed terminals regardless the time of the day. The plan

offers unlimited SMS to on-net mobile terminal. 8) Plan includes 150 minutes with no extra charge

for those. Plan includes 50 SMS with no extra charge for those. 9) 18yuan/month, 60 minutes and

100 SMS included. 10) Data concerts Comores Télécom. There is no ﬁxed-telephone service and

interconnection between the two operations is not yet in place. A decision was made regarding the

tariffs for ﬁxed, mobile and SMS prices. 11) Unlimited on-net SMS200 minutes and 100 SMS to all

national networks and 200 MB of Internet trafﬁc within Republic of Croatia for monthly charge of

24.00 HRK. 12) Prices in pesos cubanos convertibles (CUC). There is only one mobile operator in

Cuba. 13) The price is inclusive of tax (NAf. 0,75 + 6%). SMS to On-net and Off-net is NAf. 0,28. SMS

to international is NAf. 0,45 incl. tax (NAf. 0,42 + 6%). 14) Prices per minute call do not vary between

peak and peak off period. Tax included. 15) Prepaid. 16) Tax inclusive. 17) All calls included. All

SMS included. 18) This price refers to the basic price per minute in case a package is not selected. It

includes 24% VAT. This price refers to the basic price per SMS in case a package is not selected. 19)

No tax rate required. 20) There are unlimited minutes and SMS's to all local/national networks, ﬁxed

or mobile, included. 21) Charged at 2.5 paise per second. Local SMS. 22) It should be mentioned

this price is only for sending SMS in Persian language the price of sending SMS in other language

is 264 Rials. 23) Call under 5 minutes: 0. Over 5 minutes: additional JPY 43.2 per minute. NTT

DOCOMO provides postpaid "Kake-hodai Lite Plan" for basic monthly charge of JPY 1836 (for Smart

phones) with free unlimited calls under 5 minutes. 24) No differences between on-net & off-net.

25) 1.50 sh./min to all networks both mobile-mobile, mobile-ﬁxed, on-net and off net. 0.04 Ksh. per

SMS. 26) No peak rate charged. 27) The price of 0.23 CHF per minute applies for call minutes in

excess of the included monthly volume. The monthly subscription includes an unlimited volume of

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SMS to on-net and off-net, national and international, with a fair-use policy of 3000 SMS messages.

28) This is the price for a min or SMS once the 500 units included in the plan are exhausted. 29) Tax

of 15% not included. VAT is already deducted when consumer purchases airtime. Therefore when

calls, SMS or data packs are purchased, VAT of 15% is not levied again on the approved tariff. "30)

Unlimited calls and SMS. 31) No peak time call rate. 32) The price per minute on peak period = off

peak period = on-net = off-net = to ﬁxed = 0.25 The pass jawal of 5MAD provides the consumer with

20min, 20MB and 5MAD of credits ==> Price/min = 0.25 MADhe price per minute on peak period =

off peak period = on-net = off-net = to ﬁxed = 0.25 The pass jawal of 5MAD provides the consumer

with 20min, 20MB and 5MAD of credits ==> Price/min = 0.25 MAD"pass jawal SMS"of 5MAD

provides 50 SMS off-net valid for one month So Price/SMS = 5/50= 0.10 MAD"pass jawal SMS"of

5MAD provides 50 SMS off-net valid for one month So Price/SMS = 5/50= 0.10 MAD33) Unlimited

voice call. In "VIP NEO S SIM" are not included SMS, additional fee for 1SMS=5.9MKD. 35) 0.099

euros. 36) Unlimited. 37) Pay as you go out of bundle list prices. You can also buy a Flexi card for

60 QAR and you would get 500 minutes of local calls. The price per minute would be 0.12 QAR on

average. 38) Price is 1,26 Dbs per 30 seconds. 39) Unlimited calls. 40) Depends on promotions1.10

bath. Example rate, actual rate varies depending on promotion. 41) Lifecell Seçmece Paket offers

all-net 500 minutes of call, 1GB mobile internet and all-net 100 SMS or 1000 minutes of call and

all-net 100 SMS. No price differentiation based on peak time and/or off-peak time. 42) The payment

is established per a service package which includes 3 packages with 3 minutes per day. When the

package is expired the payment is 1.5 UAH per minute. The payment is established per a service

package which includes 3 packages with 3 minutes per day. When the package is expired the

payment is 1.5 UAH per minute. The operator provides 1st package with 100 SMS and from 2nd to

91st packages with 10 SMS. When the package is expired a payment is 1 UAH per SMS. 43) All day

(24x7); 5% VAT included.

Mobile-data basket, 2019

1) Currency in AMD. 2) $29/mth: 12 or 24 month term. 3) 1 month. 4) 12.99 plus VAT. 5) We used

the postpaid package because most of mobile broadband data only subscriptions are postpaid.

6) Charges in Nu. Valid for one month. 7) The plan also includes "Ligações ilimitadas locais para

todas as operadoras" and unlimited WhatsApp. 8) The selected plan is postpaid. The price is for 24

months contract. 9) Includes 13%, uses the 2GB option. 10) 3.5 GB data. 30 days. 11) Includes 1 GB

for 11 euros and another 7 euros to buy an additional 0.5 GB. Monthly Plan. 12) The plan includes

3GB for one month. It is a prepaid package. Packages for one day, three, seven, ﬁfteen days are

offered. 13) Includes taxes. 14) Tax inclusive. 15) EUR 24.90 for the ﬁrst 12 months and EUR 29.80

/month thereafter. Unlimited. 16) Price for monthly 2 GB. 17) EUR 9.99 for the ﬁrst 12 months,

thereafter EUR 12.49/month. 18) Price 8,5Euro, capacity 1GB, validity 30 days. The cheapest option

for a 1.5GB monthly consumption is to take this plan twice. The total price is 17 (8.5*2) Euro. 19)

The consigned price refers to a data plan for prepaid telephony, taking into account that more than

90% of mobile telephony users are prepaid users. The operator Comunicaciones Celulares, S.A. is

the operator with the most mobile lines, being the operator with the most representative number of

mobile telephony users in the market. This operator does not offer a 1.5GB plan but a 2.5GB plan

(3GB if you are an LTE network user), 3GB if you are an LTE network user. 20) 50MB. 21) The base

plan: HK$48, capacity 1 GB, validity 30 days. Take the base plan twice to cover at least 1.5 GB for 30

days. Combined with HK$3 administration fee. 22) The 5GB plan is the smallest available now. 23)

Unlimited. 24) 2 GB + Free WhatsApp. 25) For a month. 26) Data allowance per day. 27) CHF 24.00

per month: FL1 Tablet M, 10 GB per month in EU/EEA/CH, 20 GB per month in Liechtenstein. FL1

Tablet M: 20 GB per month in Liechtenstein, 10 GB per month in EU/EEA/CH. 28) The pack comes

together with pre-loaded value of RM30, whereby subscribers can use the pre-loaded amount to

purchase min of 20GB data at RM30Plan consists of 10 GB base quota and 10 GB streaming quota.

29) A combination of 3x 300 MB weekly + 1x 800MB weekly (3x 300 MB + 1x 800 MB). 30) 40GB

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1 month. 31) Price include VAT. 32) Unlimited LTE. 33) The subscription fee includes the discount

for the e-invoice and payments on time - PLN 5 and the marketing agreement- PLN 5. 34) The plan

also includes unlimited calls and SMS. 35) The Flexi cards gives you a number of points that you

can use for international calls, local calls & SMS and local data. One local call minute costs 1 point,

one SMS costs 1 point, 1MB data costs 0.143 point. A Flexi card with a price of 60 QAR gives you

500 points. 36) This basket can also be exhausted in the time less than 30 days due to the usage

of the subscribers. 37) Includes unlimited Social messaging, 1000 local anywhere minutes, 1000

local anywhere SMS. 38) Includes unlimited Digicel minutes, unlimited WhatsApp messages, 500

Anywhere Local Minutes, and 3GB Free D'Music. 39) Base plan include 5GB.month. 40) 10.00 €

(9.99€) validity 24 months 31.00 (up to 31 days). 41) The basic plan is with 5 GB data volume, with 1

GB data (price is 1,99 EUR subscription + optional 7 EUR for 1 GB/month). "42) 2GB day time and

2GB night time (00.00 to 09.00). 43) 1.5GB (After reach quota, the speed will reduce to maximum

128 kbps). 44) Prices for 2019 are VAT inclusive. Price for 2018 are VAT exclusive. 45) The service of

Internet access is at the price of ordinary mobile Internet according to the terms of acting tariff plan.

Minimal term of tariff activity after the day when connections is started. 46) 5% VAT included, there

are also ﬂexi minutes. 30 days.

Fixed-broadband basket, 2019

1) Unlimited. 2) Unlimited. 3) Unlimited. No applicable taxes for Internet ADSL. 4) Unlimited. 5)

Unlimited. 6) Aﬂ. 105+3.5% Tax. Unlimited. 7) 10% Goods and Services Tax. Standard NBN Evening

Speed. 8) Unlimited. 9) Fixed broadband monthly subscription charge refers to the speed of 1

Mbit/s. Unlimited. 10) 30.99+VAT. Unlimited. 11) Unlimited. 512 Kbps. 12) Unlimited. 13) Unlimited.

14) Additional data can be topped up with additional cost. 15) Unlimited. 16) Unlimited. 17) 259 +

VAT. Unlimited. 18) City of reference - São Paulo. Formally, the cap indicated in contract is of 30GB,

however ANATEL has suspended the application of broadband caps until it reaches a ﬁnal decision

regarding the validity of such limits. 19) Standard monthly subscription charge for a 12-month

contract. The subscription charge for a 24-month contract is 17,80 BGN. Unlimited. 20) Unlimited.

21) Depends on the capacity of the chosen plan. 22) Unlimited. 23) Unlimited. 24) Includes 13%

harmonized sales tax. Harmonized sales taxes are 13%. 25) Unlimited. 26) Unlimited. 27) Unlimited.

No tax. Dedicated line is 10 Mb/s. 28) Unlimited. 29) Plan does not refer to a maximum amount of

Internet data. 30) Unlimited. 31) 155.94 is a price for standalone service. 80.94 is price for Internet

with telephone service. 15 GB but with monthly subscription charge for Internet trafﬁc usage of

60,45 HRK or 48,79 HRK with 12-month contract duration. 32) Unlimited. 33) Unlimited. 8 Mbps.

34) Unlimited. 35) Unlimited. 36) Unlimited. 37) CLARO does not offer ﬁxed-broadband by capacity

(GB), they offer the service by speed (Mbps/s). Unlimited. CLARO offers residential plans up to 100

Mbps. 38) Unlimited. 39) Tax inclusive. 40) Unlimited. 41) First 12 months 19,90 €/month. Unlimited.

42) Unlimited. 43) Unlimited. Zero means no limit. 44) Unlimited. 45) EUR 19.95 for the ﬁrst 6 months

and EUR 34.95 thereafter. Unlimited. 46) Unlimited. 47) Unlimited. 48) The basic plan includes not

only the Internet but also a ﬁxed telephony service. The basic plan that is offered has an unlimited

amount of internet data, in GB that can be transferred within a month. 49) Unlimited. 50) Unlimited.

51) 24-month commitment period. Unlimited. 52) Subscription for stand-alone service with or

without loyalty period is the same. Unlimited. 53) 50GB is the smallest cheapest plan available from

the ISP with largest market share, Siminn, the old incumbent. Includes the line fee, which gives

access to ﬁxed-network phone and IPTV50 Mbps for VDSL, 100 Mbps for VSDL with vectoring, 1000

Mbps on GPON at no change in fees. 54) Data is unlimited. Until 15 GB speed is up to 8 Mbps,

thereafter up to 1 Mbps. 55) Fixed broadband bundled with TV and ﬁxed telephone. Unlimited. 56)

Unlimited. Up to 100Mbps. 57) Notice that this tariff does not include the ISP service (which requires

extra cost). It's important to note that we keep update about the 15 Mbps ﬁxed (wired) broadband

plan although the 100 Mbps plans are more common today in Israel and cost 99 ILS for the ﬁxed

broadband only (without ISP). Unlimited. 58) EUR 25 for the ﬁrst 12 months and thereafter EUR 35

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/ month. Unlimited. 59) Unlimited. 60) Unlimited. 61) Normal charge is 24JOD but if the customer

committed for 2 years the charge will be 20JODno cab, it is unlimited and not subject to fair usage

policy. 62) Unlimited. 63) Service is unlimited. 64) Unlimited. 65) Unlimited. No taxes. 66) Unlimited.

67) Unlimited. 68) Unlimited. The 100 Mbps speed refers to the offer "Starta internets" with FTTH

and 10 Mbps with DSL. 69) The CHF 60.00 monthly charge refers to the offer "All4you-Internet S"

with 40 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload (or 40 Mbps upload with glass ﬁbre), and unlimited GB.

Until end of May 2019 All4you-Internet-S is offered at a promotional price of CHF 49.00. Unlimited.

The 40 Mbps download speed refers to the offer "All4you-Internet S" with 40 Mbps download

and 3 Mbps upload (or 40 Mbps upload with glass ﬁbre), and unlimited GB. 70) Unlimited. 71)

Unlimited. 72) Unlimited. 73) 24 months contract. Unlimited. Maximum speed. 74) Cheapest

subscription offered is 20GB valued at MK26,460.00 a month at speeds of 5 Mbps. 75) Inclusive 6%

tax, 24 months commitment period. Includes multiple bundled service: Internet access, television

reception, voice telephony. 76) 24 month contract. Unlimited. 77) Unlimited. 78) Unlimited. 79)

Unlimited. 80) Unlimited. 81) Unlimited. 82) Unlimited. 83) Unlimited. 84) Unlimited. 85) N$499

for 12-month contract. N$399 for 24-month contract. N$349 for 36-month contract. Unlimited. 86)

ADSL Volume Based. 87) EUR 35 / month for the ﬁrst 6 months and EUR 42.50 / month thereafter.

Unlimited. 88) This depends on the wholesaler and technology available. 89) Unlimited. 90) In the

price are included broadband trafﬁc 50GB and unlimited on-net voice call. 91) Unlimited. Speed

range from 0.2-6 Mbit/s. 92) No tax applied. 93) Unlimited. 94) Unlimited. 95) Price include VAT.

Note that we use the BSA model in which access and internet provided and billed separately from

two providers, so the price sums up both access line subscription speed 4 Mbps (55*1.16 NIS) and

internet service subscription speed 4 Mbps (29 NIS)=92.8. 96) Unlimited. 97) Unlimited. 98) For ﬁrst

12 months the price is 39.99Unlimited. 99) Unlimited. 100) 22.99+tax. Unlimited. 101) Unlimited.

No tax. As of 27 February 2019 the lowest residential ﬁbre speed is 50 Mbps. 102) Unlimited. 103)

Unlimited. 104) Unlimited. 105) 99+VAT. Unlimited. 106) Unlimited. 107) Price without VAT is SAR

80. 108) Unlimited. 109) Charge is 1549 RSD in case of 24 months contract. Without contract charge

is 1,749 RSD per month. Unlimited. 110) Unlimited. 111) Unlimited. 112). For new customers price

is 30 EUR/month. Unlimited. Internet speed till 100/20 Mbit/s on optics, till 30/5 Mbit/s on VDSL,

till 20/1 Mbit/s on ADSL - All three technologies and speeds have the same price. Package with

the lowest speed. "113) Unlimited. 114) Unlimited. 115) Unlimited. 116) Unlimited. 117) Unlimited.

118) Unlimited. 119) Unlimited. 120) Price corresponds to the monthly plan "ADSL chez Nous" with

speed of 2 Mbps and 12 months contract. 121) Unlimited. Value Added Tax included in Price. 122)

Unlimited. 123) Unlimited. 124) Unlimited Internet. Monthly for apartment blocks in large cities.

125) Unlimited. 5% VAT include. Fixed-broadband speed of 0.256 Mbit/s. "126) £29.99 for the

contractual period of 18 months. £32.99 thereafter. Unlimited. 127) Unlimited. 128) Unlimited.

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Annex Table 3.1: High-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket, 2018

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

voice call

allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly SMS

allowance

(in SMS)

Monthly data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

1 Macao, China 0.22 14.31 17.82 480 70 2.0 0.0 78,320

2 Singapore 0.30 14.83 17.64 150 500 10.0 7.0 58,770

3 Qatar 0.32 16.48 21.62 140 70 2.0 0.0 61,190

4 Luxembourg 0.33 21.25 18.48 500 500 2.1 77,820

5 Hong Kong, China 0.35 14.75 18.05 140 7 2.0 0.0 50,310

6 Switzerland 0.43 29.66 21.09 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 7.7 83,580

7 New Zealand 0.43 14.53 13.08 200 500 1.8 15.0 40,820

8 Denmark 0.47 23.60 18.65 Unlimited Unlimited 5.0 60,140

9 Sweden 0.50 22.89 21.28 Unlimited Unlimited 2.0 25.0 55,070

10 Iceland* 0.55 27.61 19.31 Unlimited Unlimited 5.0 24.0 60,740

11 Norway 0.55 36.77 27.73 Unlimited Unlimited 2.0 80,790

12 Lithuania 0.56 8.15 13.82 150 Unlimited 2.0 17,360

13 Israel 0.57 19.47 16.50 9,000 7,000 100.0 17.0 40,850

14 Italy 0.63 17.71 19.22 Unlimited Unlimited 5.0 22.0 33,560

15 United Kingdom 0.66 22.68 21.54 Unlimited Unlimited 3.0 20.0 41,330

16 Belgium 0.69 25.97 25.66 140 Unlimited 1.5 21.0 45,430

17 Ireland 0.72 35.43 30.50 Unlimited Unlimited 5.0 59,360

18 Finland 0.74 29.41 26.30 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 24.0 47,820

19 Netherlands 0.75 31.89 31.14 Unlimited Unlimited 3.0 51,280

20 Croatia 0.75 8.60 13.87 500 500 2.0 25.0 13,830

21 Russian Federation 0.75 6.38 15.28 200 200 4.0 18.0 10,230

22 Kuwait 0.75 21.20 32.53 Unlimited 70 2.0 0.0 33,690

23 Australia 0.83 36.61 31.86 Unlimited Unlimited 15.0 10.0 53,190

24 United States 0.83 43.55 43.55 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 8.9 62,850

25 Austria 0.86 35.11 35.40 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 49,250

26 Germany 0.87 34.59 36.39 Unlimited 70 1.5 19.0 47,450

27 Spain 0.88 21.49 25.45 140 70 1.5 21.0 29,450

28 France 0.93 31.87 31.88 Unlimited Unlimited 10.0 41,070

29 Poland 0.94 11.07 21.44 Unlimited Unlimited 5.0 23.0 14,150

30 United Arab Emirates 0.99 33.74 43.95 140 70 1.5 5.0 41,010

31 Sri Lanka 1.00 3.37 10.30 140 70 1.5 37.7 4,060

32 Latvia 1.01 14.16 21.30 Unlimited Unlimited 2.0 21.0 16,880

33 Romania 1.01 9.47 20.08 Unlimited Unlimited 8.0 11,290

34 Portugal 1.05 18.90 24.06 1,000 1,000 12.0 23.0 21,680

35 Estonia 1.15 20.08 28.14 Unlimited Unlimited 5.0 20.0 20,990

36 Bahrain 1.18 21.54 35.56 500 70 6.0 0.0 21,890

37 Mauritius 1.21 12.20 20.81 140 1,000 1.7 15.0 12,050

38 Saudi Arabia 1.23 22.00 45.14 500 70 2.0 5.0 21,540

39 Brunei Darussalam 1.28 32.99 58.77 140 70 3.0 0.0 31,020

40 Ukraine 1.28 2.83 10.73 Unlimited 100 1.9 20.0 2,660

41 India 1.29 2.18 7.21 140 2,800 42.0 18.0 2,020

42 Mexico 1.36 10.39 19.66 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 16.0 9,180

43 Egypt 1.38 3.22 16.46 330 70 1.5 43.0 2,800

44 Slovenia 1.44 29.51 38.57 Unlimited Unlimited 30.0 22.0 24,670

45 Korea (Rep. of) 1.46 37.28 42.65 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 10.0 30,600

46 Armenia 1.47 5.18 12.84 2,550 250 2.0 20.0 4,230

47 Kazakhstan 1.49 9.75 28.06 140 1,000 15.0 12.0 7,830

48 Chile 1.52 18.56 25.80 400 70 4.0 14,670

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

voice call

allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly SMS

allowance

(in SMS)

Monthly data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

49 Belarus 1.55 7.35 29.03 500 100 1.2 25.0 5,670

50 Peru 1.57 8.52 16.21 Unlimited Unlimited 6.0 6,530

51 Bahamas* 1.59 39.96 35.27 12,000 12,000 8.0 12.0 30,210

52 Uruguay 1.62 21.12 25.35 340 Unlimited 1.5 15,650

53 Japan 1.62 55.85 56.80 Unlimited 70 2.0 8.0 41,340

54 Malta 1.62 35.43 47.48 140 70 1.5 18.0 26,220

55 Aruba* 1.70 33.52 40.02 1,000 100 4.0 23,630

56 Turkey 1.77 15.33 44.02 1,000 100 7.0 10,380

57 Costa Rica 1.77 17.00 26.47 140 70 2.0 13.0 11,510

58 Palau 1.77 25.00 26.86 190 2,000 2.0 0.0 16,910

59 Brazil 1.80 13.68 22.23 Unlimited Unlimited 2.5 40.2 9,140

60 Greece 1.82 29.56 37.87 250 100 1.5 24.0 19,540

61 China 1.82 14.36 24.91 220 70 3.0 0.0 9,470

62 Slovakia 1.86 28.34 44.46 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 18,330

63 Tunisia 1.87 5.44 16.37 140 70 1.5 25.0 3,500

64 Canada 1.88 70.34 68.02 Unlimited Unlimited 3.0 13.0 44,860

65 Panama 2.00 24.00 41.84 140 100 Unlimited 14,370

66 Cyprus 2.05 44.88 54.90 Unlimited Unlimited 3.0 19.0 26,300

67 Viet Nam 2.17 4.34 10.56 200 70 3.0 10.0 2,400

68 Czech Republic 2.18 36.77 57.52 Unlimited Unlimited 4.0 21.0 20,250

69 Namibia 2.21 9.67 19.20 400 2,800 4.0 15.0 5,250

70 Azerbaijan 2.27 7.65 31.19 200 Unlimited 1.5 18.0 4,050

71 Philippines 2.36 7.52 19.39 400 Unlimited 4.0 12.0 3,830

72 Malaysia 2.45 21.31 51.76 140 70 5.0 0.0 10,460

73 Morocco 2.48 6.39 14.54 160 100 2.0 20.0 3,090

74 Antigua and Barbuda 2.53 33.33 41.01 1,000 1,000 3.0 15,810

75 Algeria 2.54 8.58 24.74 Unlimited Unlimited 10.0 19.0 4,060

76 Puerto Rico 2.54 44.60 Unlimited Unlimited 8.0 11.5 21,100

77 Bhutan 2.59 6.65 20.01 140 70 1.7 5.0 3,080

78 Colombia 2.62 13.53 28.34 500 2,000 4.0 23.0 6,190

79 Moldova 2.63 6.55 15.30 180 300 2.0 20.0 2,990

Iran (Islamic Republic

of)*

2.68 12.24 39.06

1,000 1,000 2.0 9.0 5,470

81 North Macedonia 2.74 12.46 28.46 Unlimited Unlimited 5.0 18.0 5,450

82 Albania 2.74 11.11 23.20 2,500 200 2.0 20.0 4,860

83 Montenegro 2.85 19.95 39.30 5,200 5,000 4.0 21.0 8,400

84 Kyrgyzstan 2.86 2.91 9.56 1,200 2,000 4.1 17.0 1,220

85 Oman 2.86 36.05 70.98 140 70 2.0 0.0 15,110

86 Indonesia 2.88 9.22 25.72 140 100 10.0 10.0 3,840

87 Uzbekistan 2.94 4.96 2,500 500 1.5 20.0 2,020

88 Trinidad and Tobago 3.07 41.54 49.70 300 Unlimited 3.0 12.5 16,240

89 Serbia 3.09 16.44 33.79 200 200 1.5 20.0 6,390

90 Pakistan 3.11 4.10 14.88 1,600 1,500 2.0 0.0 1,580

91 Ecuador 3.12 15.90 27.37 200 70 2.0 12.0 6,120

92 Bulgaria 3.19 23.58 52.08 200 70 1.5 20.0 8,860

93 Georgia 3.21 11.05 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 18.0 4,130

94 Maldives 3.23 25.05 32.93 140 300 2.5 6.0 9,310

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

voice call

allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly SMS

allowance

(in SMS)

Monthly data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

95 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.27 50.74 67.34 1,000 1,000 2.0 18,640

96 Hungary 3.31 40.30 72.25 150 150 3.0 5.0 14,590

97 Bangladesh 3.47 5.06 12.41 300 200 1.5 21.0 1,750

98 Barbados* 3.54 45.00 35.80 Unlimited Unlimited 3.0 15,240

99 Jordan 3.69 12.93 26.82 5,000 200 4.0 46.2 4,210

100 Dominica 3.70 22.22 31.01 Unlimited Unlimited 1.5 7,210

101 Mongolia 3.75 11.17 30.80 140 70 3.0 10.0 3,580

102 Libya 3.87 20.44 140 70 2.0 0.0 6,330

103 Seychelles 3.91 50.78 80.25 140 70 1.5 15.0 15,600

104 Myanmar 4.40 4.80 18.89 140 70 1.5 5.0 1,310

105 Thailand 4.63 25.49 66.08 300 70 1.5 7.0 6,610

106 Gabon 4.76 26.99 39.44 240 1,350 2.3 18.0 6,800

107 Saint Lucia 4.91 38.74 50.69 250 70 8.0 9,460

108 Tonga 4.99 17.88 23.34 4,000 4,000 2.0 15.0 4,300

109 Grenada 5.08 41.41 56.31 300 70 8.0 9,780

110 Curacao* 5.18 82.31 104.76 Unlimited Unlimited 10.0 6.0 19,070

111

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

5.30 35.04 48.67

500 70 3.0 7,940

112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.37 25.47 53.61 140 70 3.0 17.0 5,690

113 Jamaica 5.40 22.46 35.07 300 70 1.8 25.0 4,990

114 Dominican Rep. 5.54 34.00 73.84 200 1,000 2.0 30.0 7,370

115 Paraguay 5.55 26.26 56.27 Unlimited 70 2.0 10.0 5,680

116 Suriname 5.80 24.12 190 190 1.5 8.0 4,990

117 El Salvador 6.17 19.64 39.07 Unlimited 70 3.0 3,820

118 Ghana 6.20 11.01 30.47 400 70 2.0 23.5 2,130

119 Nauru 6.27 58.73 140 70 1.8 15.0 11,240

120 Belize 6.36 25.00 180 Unlimited 5.4 12.5 4,720

121 Guyana 6.68 26.48 42.50 150 150 4.5 14.0 4,760

122 Tajikistan 6.83 5.75 140 70 1.6 23.0 1,010

123 Turkmenistan 7.12 40.00 2,000 50 2.0 15.0 6,740

124 South Africa 7.25 34.58 69.36 140 70 1.5 15.0 5,720

125 Côte d'Ivoire 7.51 10.08 24.64 560 560 21.9 18.0 1,610

126 Lebanon 7.55 48.40 75.90 140 110 1.8 10.0 7,690

127 Argentina 8.14 83.86 140 70 4.0 12,370

128 Fiji 8.39 40.99 64.79 140 70 6.0 9.0 5,860

129 Eswatini 8.47 27.19 64.77 300 100 2.0 14.0 3,850

130 Kenya 8.57 11.57 23.33 140 70 2.0 31.0 1,620

131 Samoa 8.61 30.07 41.32 140 70 8.0 15.0 4,190

132 Iraq 9.14 38.30 76.29 140 70 2.0 0.0 5,030

133 Nigeria 10.00 16.34 32.39 209 209 1.5 5.0 1,960

134 Nepal (Republic of) 10.32 8.26 24.20 140 70 4.0 26.0 960

135 Lao P.D.R. 10.68 21.90 58.24 140 70 1.5 10.0 2,460

136 Palestine 10.70 33.09 47.57 140 70 2.5 16.0 3,710

137 Honduras 10.84 21.04 41.28 1,200 70 4.0 15.0 2,330

138 Mauritania 11.31 11.21 31.70 140 70 4.0 18.0 1,190

139

Bolivia (Plurinational

State of)

11.96 33.57 67.24

140 70 2.0 13.0 3,370

140 Cambodia 12.39 14.25 34.87 140 70 1.5 10.0 1,380

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

voice call

allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly SMS

allowance

(in SMS)

Monthly data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

141 Guinea 12.71 8.79 17.36 140 100 2.0 11.0 830

142 Angola 12.78 35.89 46.14 140 70 2.0 10.0 3,370

143 Nicaragua 13.57 22.96 61.79 120 200 2.0 15.0 2,030

144 Micronesia 14.08 42.00 42.98 140 900 2.0 0.0 3,580

145 Botswana 14.19 91.67 175.06 140 70 1.5 12.0 7,750

146 Zambia 14.72 17.54 44.73 140 70 1.5 33.5 1,430

147 Ethiopia 15.51 10.21 30.01 166 525 2.0 15.0 790

148 Tanzania 15.59 13.25 35.58 600 3,000 3.0 32.5 1,020

149 Lesotho 15.62 17.97 48.63 248 70 2.0 9.0 1,380

150 Kiribati 18.10 47.37 140 70 2.7 0.0 3,140

151 Timor-Leste 18.50 28.06 43.65 140 70 2.2 5.0 1,820

152 Sao Tome and Principe 19.16 30.18 42.36 140 70 3.0 5.0 1,890

153 Guatemala 19.29 70.89 118.39 140 70 2.5 12.0 4,410

154 Cabo Verde 19.66 56.52 118.46 140 70 2.0 15.0 3,450

155 Haiti 19.67 13.11 28.04 140 70 6.0 10.0 800

156 Rwanda 19.90 12.94 35.53 140 70 2.0 28.0 780

157 Vanuatu 20.61 51.01 47.88 140 70 2.5 15.0 2,970

158 Gambia 21.79 12.71 41.01 140 70 1.5 21.3 700

159 Afghanistan 21.79 9.99 34.00 140 70 2.0 0.0 550

160 Comoros 21.82 24.00 360 240 2.0 0.0 1,320

161 Cameroon 22.49 26.99 64.61 4,500 500 2.0 19.3 1,440

162 Djibouti 24.16 43.89 77.46 180 100 3.8 10.0 2,180

163 Papua New Guinea 25.10 52.91 64.26 140 70 2.3 10.0 2,530

164 Senegal 27.41 32.21 78.20 1,800 Unlimited 7.0 23.0 1,410

165 Solomon Islands 29.70 49.49 51.02 140 70 3.2 10.0 2,000

166 Madagascar 31.90 11.70 40.96 140 70 2.0 20.0 440

167 Yemen 31.99 25.59 300 100 3.0 5.0 960

168 Togo 33.22 17.99 44.24 240 100 1.5 18.0 650

169 Central African Rep. 33.74 13.50 600 1,500 1.5 19.0 480

170 Mali 37.26 25.77 65.69 140 70 2.0 18.0 830

171 Benin 47.29 34.28 88.19 1,120 70 1.5 18.0 870

172 Sierra Leone 50.02 20.84 54.28 3 70 1.5 15.0 500

173 Niger 51.14 16.20 40.33 150 100 2.0 22.6 380

174 Uganda 51.93 26.83 80.30 1,800 2,000 2.0 18.0 620

175 Liberia 60.00 30.00 28.68 1,500 300 20.0 14.0 600

176 Guinea-Bissau 61.04 38.15 87.56 140 70 5.0 17.0 750

177 Burkina Faso 63.80 35.09 91.39 1,560 1,560 1.5 18.0 660

178 Malawi 73.42 22.03 64.94 140 70 2.0 26.5 360

179 Chad 75.00 41.88 140 70 4.0 18.0 670

180 Mozambique 81.38 29.84 6,300 1,800 1.8 17.0 440

181 Burundi 84.18 19.64 47.94 140 75 1.8 2.0 280

182 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 111.67 45.60 250 70 1.8 26.0 490

Andorra** 35.79 3,000 1,000 4.0

Anguilla** 44.44 1,000 1,000 3.0 7.0

British Virgin Islands** 54.10 150 70 1.5 0.0

Cayman Islands** 64.08 300 70 6.0

Cuba** 55.55 140 70 1.5

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

voice call

allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly SMS

allowance

(in SMS)

Monthly data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

Gibraltar** 40.03 300 300 2.0 0.0

Liechtenstein** 45.10 100 3,000 5.0 7.7

Monaco** 59.04 Unlimited Unlimited 50.0

San Marino** 19.06 21.17 Unlimited 70 1.5

Somalia** 12.70 140 70 2.0 10.0

Syrian Arab Republic** 33.34 140 100 1.8 5.0

Taiwan, Province of

China**

30.70

140 70 1.5 5.0

Note: Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. * Data correspond to the GNI p.c. in 2017. ** Country not ranked because

data on GNI p.c. are not available.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. and PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Annex Table 3.2: Low-consumption mobile-data-and-voice basket, 2018

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

voice call

allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly

SMS

allowance

(in SMS)

Monthly

data

allowance

(in MB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

1 Macao, China 0.1 6.6 8.2 480 20 880 0.0 78,320

2 Hong Kong, China 0.2 7.2 8.8 70 20 1,024 0.0 50,310

3 Luxembourg 0.2 11.8 10.3 500 500 1,000 77,820

4 Singapore 0.3 14.8 17.6 150 500 10,240 7.0 58,770

5 New Zealand 0.3 10.4 9.3 200 50 500 15.0 40,820

6 Qatar 0.3 16.5 21.6 70 20 2,929 0.0 61,190

7 Iceland* 0.4 18.4 12.8 Unlimited Unlimited 500 24.0 60,740

8 United Arab Emirates 0.4 13.1 17.1 70 20 750 5.0 41,010

9 Israel 0.4 13.9 11.8 9,000 7,000 30,000 17.0 40,850

10 Switzerland 0.4 29.7 21.1 Unlimited Unlimited 1,500 7.7 83,580

11 Sri Lanka 0.5 1.5 4.7 70 50 500 37.7 4,060

12 Norway 0.5 30.6 23.1 Unlimited Unlimited 1,000 80,790

13 Denmark 0.5 23.6 18.6 Unlimited Unlimited 5,000 60,140

14 Lithuania 0.5 7.1 12.1 150 Unlimited 500 17,360

15 Belgium 0.5 18.9 18.7 120 Unlimited 1,536 21.0 45,430

16 Sweden 0.5 22.9 21.3 Unlimited Unlimited 2,000 25.0 55,070

17 United Kingdom 0.5 18.7 17.7 Unlimited Unlimited 1,000 20.0 41,330

18 Germany 0.6 22.2 23.3 Unlimited 20 1,000 19.0 47,450

19 Finland 0.6 22.6 20.2 70 20 Unlimited 24.0 47,820

20 Spain 0.6 14.2 16.8 120 20 1,500 21.0 29,450

21 Netherlands 0.6 24.8 24.2 100 100 1,000 51,280

22 France 0.6 20.1 20.1 120 Unlimited 5,000 41,070

23 Portugal 0.6 10.6 13.5 70 20 500 23.0 21,680

24 Brunei Darussalam 0.6 15.9 28.4 70 20 1,024 0.0 31,020

25 United States 0.6 32.7 32.7 Unlimited Unlimited 500 8.9 62,850

26 Italy 0.6 17.7 19.2 Unlimited Unlimited 5,000 22.0 33,560

27 Kuwait 0.6 17.9 27.4 100 20 5,120 0.0 33,690

28 Estonia 0.7 11.8 16.6 Unlimited Unlimited 1,000 20.0 20,990

29 Latvia 0.7 10.0 15.1 Unlimited Unlimited 500 21.0 16,880

30 Ireland 0.7 35.4 30.5 Unlimited Unlimited 5,000 59,360

31 Croatia 0.7 8.4 13.6 500 200 500 25.0 13,830

32 Belarus 0.7 3.5 13.8 250 20 500 25.0 5,670

33 Russian Federation 0.7 6.4 15.3 200 200 4,096 18.0 10,230

34 Poland 0.8 9.4 18.2 Unlimited 20 2,000 23.0 14,150

35 Mauritius 0.8 8.3 14.1 70 800 1,200 15.0 12,050

36 Australia 0.8 36.6 31.9 Unlimited Unlimited 15,360 10.0 53,190

37 Tunisia 0.8 2.4 7.3 70 20 500 25.0 3,500

38 Austria 0.9 35.1 35.4 Unlimited Unlimited 1,500 49,250

39 Egypt 0.9 2.0 10.3 280 20 500 43.0 2,800

40 Armenia 0.9 3.1 7.7 1,500 150 1,000 20.0 4,230

41 Greece 0.9 14.8 18.9 300 100 500 24.0 19,540

42 China 0.9 7.2 12.5 70 20 1,024 0.0 9,470

43 Cyprus 0.9 20.1 24.6 300 300 500 19.0 26,300

44 Slovenia 0.9 18.9 24.7 Unlimited 1,000 500 22.0 24,670

45 Bahrain 1.0 17.6 29.0 500 20 6,000 0.0 21,890

46 Slovakia 1.0 14.7 23.1 100 20 500 0.0 18,330

47 Uruguay 1.0 12.7 15.2 93 20 512 15,650

48 Romania 1.0 9.5 20.1 Unlimited Unlimited 8,000 11,290

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

voice call

allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly

SMS

allowance

(in SMS)

Monthly

data

allowance

(in MB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

49 Mexico 1.0 7.8 14.7 Unlimited Unlimited 1,000 16.0 9,180

50 Saudi Arabia 1.0 18.7 38.3 Unlimited 20 2,000 5.0 21,540

51 Hungary 1.0 12.7 22.8 70 20 1,024 5.0 14,590

52 Chile 1.1 13.1 18.2 400 20 4,096 14,670

53 Malta 1.1 23.6 31.7 70 20 500 18.0 26,220

54 Korea (Rep. of) 1.1 28.9 33.0 100 20 700 10.0 30,600

55 Kazakhstan 1.2 7.5 21.6 Unlimited 1,000 15,360 12.0 7,830

56 Malaysia 1.2 10.2 24.7 70 20 1,200 0.0 10,460

57 Costa Rica 1.2 11.9 18.5 70 20 2,000 13.0 11,510

58 Bhutan 1.3 3.2 9.7 70 20 860 5.0 3,080

59 Ukraine 1.3 2.8 10.7 Unlimited 100 2,000 20.0 2,660

60 India 1.3 2.2 7.2 Unlimited 2,800 43,008 18.0 2,020

61 Iran (Islamic Republic of)* 1.3 6.1 19.5 400 400 1,000 9.0 5,470

62 Azerbaijan 1.4 4.7 19.2 200 Unlimited 500 18.0 4,050

63 Japan 1.4 48.5 49.3 Unlimited 20 1,024 8.0 41,340

64 Canada 1.4 52.9 51.2 Unlimited Unlimited 500 13.0 44,860

65 Czech Republic 1.4 24.3 38.1 Unlimited 20 500 21.0 20,250

66 Morocco 1.4 3.7 8.5 100 100 1,040 20.0 3,090

67 Indonesia 1.5 4.7 13.1 70 60 2,048 10.0 3,840

68 Peru 1.6 8.5 16.2 Unlimited Unlimited 6,000 6,530

69 Barbados* 1.6 20.0 15.9 100 100 1,024 15,240

70 Bahamas* 1.6 40.0 35.3 12,000 12,000 8,192 12.0 30,210

71 Uzbekistan 1.6 2.7 1,000 20 700 20.0 2,020

72 Panama 1.7 20.0 34.9 100 100 Unlimited 14,370

73 Maldives 1.7 13.1 17.2 70 300 700 6.0 9,310

74 Aruba* 1.7 33.5 40.0 1,000 100 4,096 23,630

75 Serbia 1.8 9.4 19.3 100 100 500 20.0 6,390

76 Turkey 1.8 15.3 44.0 1,000 100 7,000 10,380

77 Palau 1.8 25.0 26.9 190 2,000 2,048 0.0 16,910

78 Moldova 1.8 4.5 10.4 120 150 500 20.0 2,990

79 Brazil 1.8 13.7 22.2 Unlimited Unlimited 2,560 40.2 9,140

80 Bangladesh 1.8 2.6 6.5 100 50 500 21.0 1,750

81 Montenegro 1.8 12.9 25.3 5,100 100 2,000 21.0 8,400

82 Seychelles 1.9 25.0 39.5 70 20 1,024 15.0 15,600

83 Bulgaria 2.0 14.5 32.0 200 20 600 20.0 8,860

84 Myanmar 2.0 2.2 8.5 70 20 500 5.0 1,310

85 Viet Nam 2.0 4.0 9.7 200 30 3,072 10.0 2,400

86 Colombia 2.0 10.5 21.9 Unlimited Unlimited 750 23.0 6,190

87 Thailand 2.0 11.2 29.1 100 20 500 7.0 6,610

88 Oman 2.1 26.7 52.6 70 20 3,072 0.0 15,110

89 Namibia 2.2 9.7 19.2 1,400 2,800 800 15.0 5,250

90 Philippines 2.4 7.5 19.4 400 Unlimited 1,024 12.0 3,830

91 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.4 37.0 49.1 1,000 1,000 1,000 18,640

92 North Macedonia 2.4 10.9 24.9 5,000 Unlimited 500 18.0 5,450

93 Pakistan 2.4 3.2 11.6 10,000 10,000 1,000 0.0 1,580

94 Trinidad and Tobago 2.5 33.2 39.8 100 Unlimited 1,000 12.5 16,240

95 Ecuador 2.5 12.5 21.6 200 20 2,000 12.0 6,120

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

voice call

allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly

SMS

allowance

(in SMS)

Monthly

data

allowance

(in MB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

96 Antigua and Barbuda 2.5 33.3 41.0 1,000 1,000 3,072 15,810

97 Algeria 2.5 8.6 24.7 Unlimited Unlimited 10,000 19.0 4,060

98 Puerto Rico 2.5 44.6 Unlimited Unlimited 8,192 11.5 21,100

99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.6 12.1 25.5 70 20 500 17.0 5,690

100 Albania 2.7 11.1 23.2 2,500 200 2,000 20.0 4,860

101 Lebanon 2.7 17.6 27.6 60 440 600 10.0 7,690

102 Kyrgyzstan 2.9 2.9 9.6 1,200 2,000 4,200 17.0 1,220

103 Georgia 2.9 9.9 Unlimited Unlimited 1,000 18.0 4,130

104 Libya 2.9 15.5 70 20 2,000 0.0 6,330

105 Mongolia 3.0 8.8 24.3 70 20 3,072 10.0 3,580

106 Suriname 3.0 12.5 70 60 550 8.0 4,990

107 South Africa 3.1 14.8 29.8 70 20 500 15.0 5,720

108 Ghana 3.2 5.6 15.5 100 40 500 23.5 2,130

109 Jordan 3.7 12.9 26.8 5,000 200 4,096 46.1 4,210

110 Dominica 3.7 22.2 31.0 Unlimited Unlimited 1,536 7,210

111 Gabon 3.8 21.6 31.6 240 1,350 900 18.0 6,800

112 Nigeria 4.0 6.5 13.0 253 253 650 5.0 1,960

113 Nauru 4.2 39.5 70 20 1,843 15.0 11,240

114 Dominican Rep. 4.3 26.1 56.7 100 1,000 1,024 30.0 7,370

115 Iraq 4.3 18.1 36.0 70 20 500 0.0 5,030

116 Turkmenistan 4.3 24.3 2,000 500 1,024 15.0 6,740

117 Saint Lucia 4.4 34.5 45.1 250 20 8,000 9,460

118 Paraguay 4.5 21.5 46.0 Unlimited 20 1,000 10.0 5,680

119 Grenada 4.5 37.0 50.3 300 20 8,000 9,780

120 Eswatini 4.6 14.8 35.3 70 30 700 14.0 3,850

121 Guyana 4.6 18.3 29.4 80 80 3,500 4,760

122 Argentina 4.7 48.2 70 20 1,400 12,370

123

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

4.8 31.7 44.0

500 20

3,072 7,940

124 El Salvador 4.9 15.6 31.1 Unlimited 20 3,072 3,820

125 Lao P.D.R. 4.9 10.1 26.9 70 20 540 10.0 2,460

126 Tonga 5.0 17.9 23.3 4,000 4,000 2,048 15.0 4,300

127 Jamaica 5.1 21.1 33.0 300 20 1,800 25.0 4,990

128 Fiji 5.2 25.2 39.9 70 20 6,144 9.0 5,860

129 Curacao* 5.2 82.3 104.8 Unlimited Unlimited 10,240 6.0 19,070

130 Angola 5.4 15.2 19.6 70 20 500 10.0 3,370

131

Bolivia (Plurinational

State of)

5.6 15.6 31.3

70 20

500 16.0 3,370

132 Botswana 5.6 36.0 68.7 70 20 500 12.0 7,750

133 Mauritania 5.7 5.6 15.8 70 20 2,048 18.0 1,190

134 Cambodia 5.9 6.8 16.5 70 20 700 10.0 1,380

135 Kenya 6.0 8.1 16.3 70 20 2,048 31.0 1,620

136 Samoa 6.2 21.7 29.8 70 20 8,192 15.0 4,190

137 Belize 6.4 25.0 150 Unlimited 5,400 12.5 4,720

138 Tajikistan 6.5 5.5 100 100 1,600 23.0 1,010

139 Palestine 6.6 20.5 29.4 70 20 2,500 16.0 3,710

140 Guinea 7.2 5.0 9.8 70 60 1,200 11.0 830

141 Cameroon 7.5 9.0 21.5 15,000 500 500 19.3 1,440

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

voice call

allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly

SMS

allowance

(in SMS)

Monthly

data

allowance

(in MB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

142 Côte d'Ivoire 7.5 10.1 24.6 560 560 2,240 18.0 1,610

143 Nepal (Republic of) 7.6 6.0 17.7 70 20 4,096 26.0 960

144 Ethiopia 8.0 5.3 15.5 166 525 500 15.0 790

145 Nicaragua 9.0 15.3 41.2 120 200 2,000 15.0 2,030

146 Zambia 9.1 10.8 27.6 70 20 1,536 33.5 1,430

147 Sao Tome and Principe 9.1 14.3 20.1 70 20 900 5.0 1,890

148 Honduras 9.3 18.0 35.2 300 20 800 15.0 2,330

149 Rwanda 9.6 6.3 17.2 70 20 1,024 28.0 780

150 Cabo Verde 9.6 27.7 58.1 70 20 1,000 15.0 3,450

151 Lesotho 10.5 12.0 32.6 248 20 750 9.0 1,380

152 Micronesia 10.6 31.5 32.2 70 900 2,048 0.0 3,580

153 Guatemala 10.9 40.0 66.9 70 20 2,500 12.0 4,410

154 Madagascar 11.4 4.2 14.7 233 560 560 20.0 440

155 Kiribati 11.5 30.0 70 20 2,800 0.0 3,140

156 Vanuatu 11.6 28.7 26.9 70 20 2,560 15.0 2,970

157 Timor-Leste 12.0 18.1 28.2 70 20 1,126 5.0 1,820

158 Djibouti 12.4 22.5 39.7 240 100 500 10.0 2,180

159 Gambia 12.5 7.3 23.5 70 20 750 21.3 700

160 Afghanistan 13.5 6.2 21.0 70 20 1,024 0.0 550

161 Yemen 14.5 11.6 300 100 500 5.0 960

162 Haiti 15.0 10.0 21.4 70 20 6,000 10.0 800

163 Comoros 15.3 16.8 420 350 700 0.0 1,320

164 Tanzania 15.6 13.3 35.6 420 3,000 800 32.5 1,020

165 Zimbabwe 16.9 25.3 70 20 505 25.0 1,790

166 Papua New Guinea 17.2 36.3 44.1 70 20 2,400 10.0 2,530

167 Mali 20.4 14.1 36.1 70 20 500 18.0 830

168 Burkina Faso 20.9 11.5 30.0 480 480 500 18.0 660

169 Solomon Islands 22.6 37.6 38.8 70 20 3,277 10.0 2,000

170 Mozambique 22.6 8.3 1,750 500 500 17.0 440

171 Benin 24.8 18.0 46.3 120 120 800 18.0 870

172 Togo 24.9 13.5 33.2 300 150 1,050 18.0 650

173 Senegal 25.3 29.7 72.2 1,400 Unlimited 4,200 23.0 1,410

174 Uganda 26.0 13.4 40.1 900 1,000 1,024 18.0 620

175 Guinea-Bissau 26.3 16.5 37.8 70 20 600 17.0 750

176 Sierra Leone 28.2 11.8 30.6 70 20 600 15.0 500

177 Central African Rep. 31.5 12.6 560 1,400 1,400 19.0 480

178 Malawi 35.2 10.6 31.2 70 20 600 26.5 360

179 Burundi 38.8 9.1 22.1 70 60 500 2.0 280

180 Chad 43.4 24.2 70 20 1,024 18.0 670

181 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 49.0 20.0 120 25 600 26.0 490

182 Niger 56.8 18.0 44.8 75 60 1,024 22.6 380

183 Liberia 60.0 30.0 28.7 9,000 600 18,432 14.0 600

Andorra** 18.5 200 100 500

Anguilla** 37.0 1,000 1,000 1,024 7.0

British Virgin Islands** 44.9 70 20 750 0.0

Cayman Islands** 56.9 Unlimited 20 6,144

Cuba** 24.7 70 20 600

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

voice call

allowance

(in minutes)

Monthly

SMS

allowance

(in SMS)

Monthly

data

allowance

(in MB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

Gibraltar** 40.4 70 20 500 0.0

Liechtenstein** 29.8 70 3,000 1,000 7.7

Monaco** 59.0 Unlimited Unlimited 50,000

San Marino** 9.9 11.0 70 20 1,000

Somalia** 8.7 70 20 2,000 10.0

Syrian Arab Republic** 13.0 70 25 600 5.0

Taiwan, Province of China** 20.5 70.0 70 20 5.0

Note: Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. * Data correspond to the GNI p.c. in 2017. ** Country not ranked because

data on GNI p.c. are not available.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. and PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Annex Table 3.3: Mobile-voice basket, 2018

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Tax rate

included (%)

GNI p.c.,

USD, 2018

1 Hong Kong, China 0.1 2.2 2.7 0.0 50,310

2 Macao, China 0.1 4.1 5.1 0.0 78,320

3 Luxembourg 0.1 5.9 5.1 77,820

4 Austria 0.1 4.1 4.2 20.0 49,250

5 United Arab Emirates 0.1 3.7 4.8 5.0 41,010

6 Norway 0.2 10.2 7.7 25.0 80,790

7 Bahrain 0.2 4.4 7.2 0.0 21,890

8 Qatar 0.2 12.7 16.7 0.0 61,190

9 Sri Lanka 0.3 0.9 2.8 37.7 4,060

10 France 0.3 9.4 9.4 20.0 41,070

11 Singapore 0.3 14.8 17.6 7.0 58,770

12 Russian Federation 0.3 2.6 6.2 18.0 10,230

13 Belgium 0.3 11.8 11.7 21.0 45,430

14 Lithuania 0.3 4.6 7.8 17,360

15 India 0.3 0.5 1.8 18.0 2,020

16 Brunei Darussalam 0.3 8.5 15.2 0.0 31,020

17 Croatia 0.3 3.8 6.2 13,830

18 Cyprus 0.3 7.3 8.9 19.0 26,300

19 Estonia 0.3 5.9 8.3 20.0 20,990

20 Iran (Islamic Republic of)* 0.3 1.6 5.1 9.0 5,470

21 Iceland* 0.4 18.4 12.8 24.0 60,740

22 China 0.4 3.0 5.2 0.0 9,470

23 Sudan 0.4 0.5 35.0 1,560

24 Netherlands 0.4 17.1 16.7 51,280

25 Finland 0.4 16.7 14.9 24.0 47,820

26 Egypt 0.4 1.0 5.2 23.0 2,800

27 Kazakhstan 0.4 2.8 8.2 12.0 7,830

28 Mauritius 0.4 4.4 7.6 15.0 12,050

29 Japan 0.5 16.0 16.3 8.0 41,340

30 New Zealand 0.5 15.9 14.3 15.0 40,820

31 Denmark 0.5 23.6 18.6 60,140

32 Tunisia 0.5 1.4 4.3 25.0 3,500

33 Costa Rica 0.5 5.0 7.7 13.0 11,510

34 Kuwait 0.5 14.6 22.4 0.0 33,690

35 Mexico 0.5 4.0 7.5 16.0 9,180

36 Malta 0.5 11.8 15.8 18.0 26,220

37 United Kingdom 0.5 18.7 17.7 20.0 41,330

38 Switzerland 0.6 39.1 27.8 7.7 83,580

39 Spain 0.6 14.1 16.7 21.0 29,450

40 Italy 0.6 16.3 17.7 22.0 33,560

41 Canada 0.6 21.8 21.1 13.0 44,860

42 Sweden 0.6 26.8 24.9 25.0 55,070

43 Portugal 0.6 10.6 13.5 23.0 21,680

44 Greece 0.6 10.0 12.9 24.0 19,540

45 United States 0.6 32.7 32.7 8.9 62,850

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Tax rate

included (%)

GNI p.c.,

USD, 2018

46 Thailand 0.6 3.5 9.0 7.0 6,610

47 Saudi Arabia 0.6 11.6 23.8 5.0 21,540

48 Uzbekistan 0.7 1.1 20.0 2,020

49 Maldives 0.7 5.4 7.0 6.0 9,310

50 Turkey 0.7 6.0 17.3 43.0 10,380

51 Panama 0.7 8.4 14.6 7.0 14,370

52 Malaysia 0.7 6.2 15.0 0.0 10,460

53 Latvia 0.7 10.0 15.1 21.0 16,880

54 Ireland 0.7 35.4 30.5 23.0 59,360

55 Bhutan 0.7 1.9 5.6 5.0 3,080

56 Slovakia 0.7 11.3 17.8 20.0 18,330

57 Mongolia 0.7 2.2 6.2 0.0 3,580

58 Armenia 0.8 2.7 6.6 20.0 4,230

59 Oman 0.8 9.6 18.9 0.0 15,110

60 Israel 0.8 26.4 22.4 17.0 40,850

61 Bahamas* 0.8 19.9 17.6 12.0 30,210

62 Poland 0.8 9.4 18.1 23.0 14,150

63 Belarus 0.8 3.9 15.2 25.0 5,670

64 Libya 0.8 4.3 0.0 6,330

65 Australia 0.8 36.6 31.9 10.0 53,190

66 Morocco 0.8 2.1 4.8 20.0 3,090

67 Georgia 0.8 2.9 18.0 4,130

68 Czech Republic 0.8 14.3 22.4 21.0 20,250

69 Azerbaijan 0.9 3.1 12.6 18.0 4,050

70 Slovenia 0.9 18.9 24.7 22.0 24,670

71 Seychelles 1.0 12.5 19.7 15.0 15,600

72 Romania 1.0 9.5 20.1 11,290

73 Bangladesh 1.0 1.5 3.6 21.0 1,750

74 Germany 1.0 41.3 43.5 19.0 47,450

75 Hungary 1.0 12.7 22.8 27.0 14,590

76 Botswana 1.0 6.8 12.9 12.0 7,750

77 Jamaica 1.1 4.4 6.9 25.0 4,990

78 Trinidad and Tobago 1.1 14.7 17.6 12.5 16,240

79 Pakistan 1.2 1.5 5.6 0.0 1,580

80 Korea (Rep. of) 1.2 29.9 34.2 10.0 30,600

81 Chile 1.3 15.3 21.2 14,670

82 Aruba* 1.3 24.9 29.7 23,630

83 Ukraine 1.3 2.8 10.7 20.0 2,660

84 Jordan 1.3 4.6 9.5 46.2 4,210

85 Serbia 1.3 7.0 14.3 20.0 6,390

86 Uruguay 1.4 17.7 21.3 15,650

87 Colombia 1.5 7.6 15.9 23.0 6,190

88 Myanmar 1.5 1.6 6.3 5.0 1,310

89 Turkmenistan 1.5 8.6 15.0 6,740

90 South Africa 1.5 7.3 14.6 15.0 5,720

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Tax rate

included (%)

GNI p.c.,

USD, 2018

91 North Macedonia 1.5 7.0 15.9 18.0 5,450

92 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.6 24.7 32.8 18,640

93 Eswatini 1.6 5.2 12.4 14.0 3,850

94 Montenegro 1.7 11.6 22.9 21.0 8,400

95 Algeria 1.7 5.6 16.3 19.0 4,060

96 Nauru 1.7 16.3 15.0 11,240

97 Samoa 1.8 6.1 8.4 15.0 4,190

98 Brazil 1.8 13.7 22.2 40.2 9,140

99 Ecuador 1.8 9.2 15.8 12.0 6,120

100 Albania 1.8 7.4 15.5 20.0 4,860

101 Ethiopia 1.9 1.2 3.6 15.0 790

102 Bulgaria 1.9 13.9 30.6 20.0 8,860

103 Indonesia 1.9 6.0 16.8 10.0 3,840

104 Iraq 1.9 7.9 15.8 0.0 5,030

105 Puerto Rico 1.9 33.5 11.5 21,100

106 Tajikistan 1.9 1.6 23.0 1,010

107 Namibia 2.0 8.5 17.0 15.0 5,250

108 Antigua and Barbuda 2.0 26.3 32.4 15,810

109 Dominican Rep. 2.0 12.4 27.0 30.0 7,370

110 Peru 2.0 11.0 21.0 6,530

111 Barbados* 2.1 26.6 21.2 15,240

112 Curacao* 2.2 34.4 43.7 6.0 19,070

113 Nepal (Republic of) 2.4 1.9 5.6 26.0 960

114 Tonga 2.5 8.9 11.7 15.0 4,300

115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.5 12.0 25.3 17.0 5,690

116 Kyrgyzstan 2.6 2.6 8.6 17.0 1,220

117 Lebanon 2.6 16.5 25.9 10.0 7,690

118 Viet Nam 2.7 5.3 13.0 10.0 2,400

119 Grenada 2.7 22.3 30.3 9,780

120 Moldova 2.8 7.0 16.3 20.0 2,990

121 Gabon 2.9 16.5 24.1 18.0 6,800

122 Saint Lucia 2.9 23.0 30.0 12.5 9,460

123 Philippines 3.0 9.5 24.4 12.0 3,830

124 Fiji 3.0 14.8 23.4 9.0 5,860

125 Paraguay 3.1 14.4 31.0 10.0 5,680

126 Guyana 3.2 12.6 20.3 14.0 4,760

127 Suriname 3.2 13.4 8.0 4,990

128 El Salvador 3.3 10.5 20.8 18.0 3,820

129 Ghana 3.3 5.9 16.2 23.5 2,130

130 Argentina 3.3 34.3 26.3 12,370

131 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.3 9.4 18.8 13.0 3,370

132 Angola 3.5 9.8 12.5 10.0 3,370

133 Dominica 3.7 22.2 31.0 15.0 7,210

134 Lao P.D.R. 3.7 7.6 20.3 10.0 2,460

135 Palestine 3.8 11.8 16.9 16.0 3,710

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Tax rate

included (%)

GNI p.c.,

USD, 2018

136 Nigeria 3.9 6.4 12.8 5.0 1,960

137 Micronesia 4.2 12.5 12.8 0.0 3,580

138 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.2 28.1 39.0 7,940

139 Kenya 4.4 5.9 11.9 31.0 1,620

140 Rwanda 4.5 2.9 8.0 28.0 780

141 Cameroon 4.5 5.4 12.9 19.3 1,440

142 Tanzania 5.2 4.4 11.9 32.5 1,020

143 Haiti 5.4 3.6 7.7 10.0 800

144 Belize 5.5 21.7 12.5 4,720

145 Cambodia 5.5 6.4 15.5 10.0 1,380

146 Zambia 5.6 6.7 17.1 33.5 1,430

147 Kiribati 5.8 15.1 0.0 3,140

148 Sao Tome and Principe 6.0 9.5 13.4 5.0 1,890

149 Yemen 6.4 5.1 5.0 960

150 Guinea 6.5 4.5 8.9 11.0 830

151 Lesotho 6.7 7.7 20.9 9.0 1,380

152 Marshall Islands 6.7 26.7 0.0 4,740

153 Gambia 6.8 3.9 12.7 21.3 700

154 Solomon Islands 6.9 11.5 11.8 10.0 2,000

155 Honduras 7.0 13.6 26.6 15.0 2,330

156 Afghanistan 7.1 3.2 11.0 0.0 550

157 Timor-Leste 7.3 11.1 17.2 5.0 1,820

158 Guatemala 7.3 26.9 44.9 12.0 4,410

159 Madagascar 7.3 2.7 9.4 20.0 440

160 Vanuatu 7.9 19.6 18.4 15.0 2,970

161 Uganda 8.0 4.2 12.4 18.0 620

162 Papua New Guinea 8.2 17.3 21.0 10.0 2,530

163 Zimbabwe 8.2 12.3 25.0 1,790

164 Cabo Verde 8.4 24.2 50.7 15.0 3,450

165 Djibouti 9.3 16.9 29.8 10.0 2,180

166 Comoros 10.7 11.8 0.0 1,320

167 Côte d'Ivoire 10.9 14.7 35.9 18.0 1,610

168 Benin 11.1 8.1 20.7 18.0 870

169 Senegal 11.2 13.2 31.9 23.0 1,410

170 Sierra Leone 14.8 6.2 16.0 15.0 500

171 Mauritania 16.0 15.9 44.9 18.0 1,190

172 Togo 16.5 8.9 21.9 18.0 650

173 Mali 17.3 12.0 30.5 18.0 830

174 Nicaragua 17.8 30.1 80.9 15.0 2,030

175 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 18.4 7.5 26.0 490

176 Malawi 20.6 6.2 18.2 26.5 360

177 Mozambique 20.6 7.6 17.0 440

178 Burkina Faso 21.1 11.6 30.2 18.0 660

179 Guinea-Bissau 22.0 13.8 31.6 17.0 750

180 Central African Rep. 24.3 9.7 19.0 480

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Tax rate

included (%)

GNI p.c.,

USD, 2018

181 Chad 31.6 17.6 18.0 670

182 Burundi 34.4 8.0 19.6 52.0 280

183 Liberia 34.8 17.4 16.6 14.0 600

184 Niger 48.6 15.4 38.3 22.6 380

Andorra** 18.5

Anguilla** 21.2

British Virgin Islands** 23.0 0.0

Cayman Islands** 28.0

Cuba** 17.6 0.0

Gibraltar** 19.9 0.0

Liechtenstein** 25.8 7.7

Monaco** 29.5

San Marino** 9.9 11.0

Somalia** 3.7 10.0

Syrian Arab Republic** 2.4 5.0

Taiwan, Province of China** 9.9 5.0

Note: Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. * Data correspond to the GNI p.c. in 2017. ** Country not ranked because

data on GNI p.c. are not available.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. and PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Annex Table 3.4: Mobile-data basket, 2018

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

1 Luxembourg 0.2 11.8 10.3 2.00 77820 77,820

2 Macao, China 0.2 12.1 15.1 2.00 78,320

3 Poland 0.2 2.8 5.4 10.00 14,150

4 Italy 0.3 7.1 7.7 8.00 22.0 33,560

5 Spain 0.3 7.1 8.4 1.50 29,450

6 Hong Kong, China 0.3 12.2 15.0 2.00 0.0 50,310

7 Qatar 0.3 16.5 21.6 3.57 61,190

8 Austria 0.3 13.8 14.0 10.00 49,250

9 France 0.3 11.8 11.8 2.00 41,070

10 Norway 0.4 24.5 18.5 5.00 80,790

11 Sweden 0.4 17.1 15.9 10.00 55,070

12 Denmark 0.4 18.8 14.9 15.00 60,140

13 New Zealand 0.4 13.1 11.8 1.75 40,820

14 Israel 0.4 13.6 11.6 5.00 17.0 40,850

15 United States 0.4 21.8 21.8 2.00 62,850

16 Germany 0.4 17.7 18.6 2.00 19.0 47,450

17 Singapore 0.5 22.2 26.4 5.00 58,770

18 Belgium 0.5 17.7 17.5 2.00 21.0 45,430

19 Australia 0.5 21.7 18.9 10.00 10.0 53,190

20 Latvia 0.5 7.1 10.6 10.00 21.0 16,880

21 United Kingdom 0.5 17.3 16.5 5.00 41,330

22 Ireland 0.5 26.0 22.4 15.00 23.0 59,360

23 Malta 0.5 11.8 15.8 2.00 26,220

24 Czech Republic 0.5 9.2 14.3 1.50 21.0 20,250

25 Iceland* 0.5 27.6 19.3 5.00 24.0 60,740

26 Brunei Darussalam 0.6 14.8 26.4 3.00 0.0 31,020

27 Bahamas* 0.6 14.6 12.8 2.00 12.0 30,210

28 Korea (Rep. of) 0.6 15.0 17.2 10.00 10.0 30,600

29 Sri Lanka 0.6 2.1 6.6 2.00 4,060

30 Lithuania 0.7 9.4 16.0 30.00 17,360

31 Kazakhstan 0.7 4.3 12.4 5.00 12.0 7,830

32 Estonia 0.7 11.8 16.6 1.00 20.0 20,990

33 Canada 0.7 26.2 25.3 2.00 13.0 44,860

34 Kuwait 0.7 19.9 30.5 500.00 0.0 33,690

35 Switzerland 0.7 50.1 35.6 30.00 83,580

36 Costa Rica 0.7 6.9 10.8 2.00 13.0 11,510

37 Slovenia 0.7 15.3 20.0 5.00 24,670

38 Iran (Islamic Republic of)* 0.7 3.4 10.9 2.00 9.0 5,470

39 Indonesia 0.7 2.4 6.7 2.00 10.0 3,840

40 Algeria 0.8 2.6 7.4 2.00 19.0 4,060

41 Slovakia 0.8 11.8 18.5 1.50 18,330

42 Tunisia 0.8 2.3 6.8 5.00 3,500

43 Georgia 0.8 2.8 1.90 18.0 4,130

44 Montenegro 0.8 5.8 11.3 1.00 8,400

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

45 Netherlands 0.8 35.4 34.6 10.00 51,280

46 Ukraine 0.8 1.8 7.0 1.90 2,660

47 United Arab Emirates 0.8 28.6 37.2 1.50 41,010

48 Malaysia 0.9 7.4 18.1 5.00 10,460

49 Belarus 0.9 4.1 16.2 4.00 25.0 5,670

50 Mauritius 0.9 8.8 15.0 2.00 12,050

51 Finland 0.9 35.2 31.5 Unlimited 24.0 47,820

52 Chile 0.9 10.9 15.2 4.00 14,670

53 Bulgaria 0.9 6.6 14.6 1.50 20.0 8,860

54 China 1.0 7.6 13.1 3.00 0.0 9,470

55 Saudi Arabia 1.0 17.3 35.6 2.00 21,540

56 Cyprus 1.0 21.3 26.0 1.00 19.0 26,300

57 Japan 1.0 34.2 34.8 2.00 8.0 41,340

58 Romania 1.0 9.5 20.1 8.00 11,290

59 Mexico 1.0 7.8 14.7 1.50 9,180

60 Russian Federation 1.0 8.8 21.0 10.00 10,230

61 Hungary 1.0 12.5 22.5 6.00 5.0 14,590

62 Oman 1.0 13.0 25.6 2.00 15,110

63 Egypt 1.0 2.4 12.3 1.80 23.0 2,800

64 Portugal 1.1 19.5 24.8 5.00 21,680

65 Greece 1.1 17.9 23.0 0.70 24.0 19,540

66 Viet Nam 1.1 2.2 5.4 3.00 2,400

67 Bhutan 1.1 2.9 8.8 1.73 5.0 3,080

68 Myanmar 1.2 1.3 4.9 1.50 1,310

69 Argentina 1.2 12.1 4.00 12,370

70 Saint Lucia 1.2 9.3 12.1 1.50 9,460

71 Barbados* 1.2 15.0 11.9 1.50 15,240

72 India 1.3 2.2 7.2 42.00 18.0 2,020

73 Serbia 1.3 7.0 14.3 5.00 6,390

74 Turkey 1.3 11.4 32.7 8.00 10,380

75 Croatia 1.4 15.8 25.4 10.00 25.0 13,830

76 Aruba* 1.4 27.4 32.7 4.00 23,630

77 Azerbaijan 1.4 4.7 19.2 1.50 18.0 4,050

78 Thailand 1.4 7.9 20.5 2.00 6,610

79 Bahrain 1.5 26.6 43.9 20.00 0.0 21,890

80 Armenia 1.5 5.2 12.8 1.95 20.0 4,230

81 Uruguay 1.5 19.4 23.2 15.00 15,650

82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.5 7.1 14.9 2.00 17.0 5,690

83 Peru 1.6 8.5 16.2 6.00 6,530

84 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.6 24.4 32.4 2.00 18,640

85 North Macedonia 1.6 7.3 16.6 3.00 5,450

86 Panama 1.7 20.0 34.9 6.00 14,370

87 Albania 1.7 6.9 14.5 2.00 20.0 4,860

88 Cambodia 1.7 2.0 4.9 1.50 10.0 1,380

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

89 Palau 1.8 25.0 26.9 2.00 16,910

90 Bangladesh 1.9 2.7 6.7 1.50 21.0 1,750

91 Gabon 1.9 10.8 15.8 2.00 18.0 6,800

92 Maldives 1.9 14.9 19.6 2.50 9,310

93 Suriname 1.9 8.0 3.00 4,990

94 Curacao* 2.0 31.3 39.8 3.50 6.0 19,070

95 Morocco 2.1 5.3 12.1 5.00 3,090

96 Moldova 2.1 5.4 12.5 1.50 2,990

97 Ecuador 2.2 11.2 19.3 2.00 12.0 6,120

98 Seychelles 2.2 28.7 45.3 2.00 15,600

99 Libya 2.2 11.7 2.00 0.0 6,330

100 Mongolia 2.2 6.7 18.4 3.00 3,580

101 Antigua and Barbuda 2.2 29.6 36.5 3.00 15,810

102 Fiji 2.4 11.5 18.1 6.00 9.0 5,860

103 Philippines 2.4 7.5 19.4 6.00 3,830

104 Nigeria 2.4 3.9 7.8 1.50 1,960

105 Nauru 2.5 23.2 1.80 11,240

106 Tonga 2.5 8.9 11.7 2.00 4,300

107 Puerto Rico 2.5 44.6 8.00 21,100

108 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.6 7.2 14.5 2.00 16.0 3,370

109 Trinidad and Tobago 2.7 36.9 44.2 3.00 16,240

110 Colombia 2.7 14.1 29.6 2.00 19.0 6,190

111 Pakistan 2.7 3.6 13.1 7.60 1,580

112 Kyrgyzstan 2.9 2.9 9.6 4.08 17.0 1,220

113 Botswana 2.9 18.5 35.4 5.00 12.0 7,750

114 Uzbekistan 3.0 5.1 2.00 2,020

115 Senegal 3.1 3.6 8.7 2.50 1,410

116 Palestine 3.1 9.7 13.9 2.50 3,710

117 Lao P.D.R. 3.2 6.5 17.2 1.50 10.0 2,460

118 Cabo Verde 3.2 9.1 19.1 2.93 15.0 3,450

119 Lebanon 3.3 20.9 32.8 1.75 10.0 7,690

120 Dominica 3.4 20.4 28.4 1.50 7,210

121 Dominican Rep. 3.4 21.0 45.6 3.00 30.0 7,370

122 Grenada 3.5 28.1 38.3 4.00 9,780

123 Guatemala 3.6 13.2 22.0 2.50 12.0 4,410

124 Kenya 3.7 4.9 10.0 2.00 31.0 1,620

125 Vanuatu 3.7 9.1 8.5 2.50 2,970

126 Jordan 3.7 12.9 26.8 4.00 16.0 4,210

127 South Africa 3.9 18.8 37.7 1.50 5,720

128 Zambia 4.0 4.8 12.2 1.50 1,430

129 Namibia 4.1 17.8 35.3 1.50 5,250

130 El Salvador 4.4 14.0 27.9 3.00 3,820

131 Guinea 4.4 3.0 6.0 1.50 20.0 830

132 Samoa 4.4 15.5 21.2 8.00 4,190

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

133 Belize 4.4 17.5 5.50 12.5 4,720

134 Tajikistan 4.5 3.8 1.50 1,010

135

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

4.6 30.4 42.2 3.00 7,940

136 Guyana 4.6 18.3 29.4 3.50 14.0 4,760

137 Cameroon 4.7 5.6 13.4 1.45 19.3 1,440

138 Brazil 4.7 35.6 57.8 8.00 40.2 9,140

139 Ghana 4.9 8.7 24.2 2.50 23.5 2,130

140 Iraq 5.0 21.1 42.1 2.00 0.0 5,030

141 Paraguay 5.2 24.4 52.3 2.00 5,680

142 Nepal (Republic of) 5.2 4.2 12.2 4.00 960

143 Côte d'Ivoire 5.4 7.2 17.6 1.56 18.0 1,610

144 Eswatini 5.4 17.4 41.4 1.50 14.0 3,850

145 Turkmenistan 5.6 31.4 1.00 6,740

146 Jamaica 5.6 23.3 36.3 1.50 25.0 4,990

147 Angola 5.6 15.8 20.3 2.00 10.0 3,370

148 Kiribati 5.7 14.9 2.73 0.0 3,140

149 Sao Tome and Principe 6.1 9.6 13.5 3.00 1,890

150 Timor-Leste 6.6 10.0 15.6 2.20 1,820

151 Rwanda 7.1 4.6 12.8 2.00 780

152 Mozambique 7.2 2.7 1.50 440

153 Benin 7.4 5.4 13.9 1.50 18.0 870

154 Tanzania 7.8 6.6 17.8 2.00 1,020

155 Lesotho 7.9 9.1 24.5 2.00 9.0 1,380

156 Mauritania 8.5 8.4 23.8 3.00 1,190

157 Honduras 8.6 16.7 32.8 3.20 15.0 2,330

158 Djibouti 8.7 15.8 27.8 2.72 10.0 2,180

159 Nicaragua 9.0 15.3 41.2 2.00 2,030

160 Afghanistan 9.1 4.2 14.2 2.00 0.0 550

161 Gambia 9.2 5.4 17.4 1.50 21.3 700

162 Liberia 10.0 5.0 4.8 2.00 15.0 600

163 Micronesia 10.1 30.0 30.7 2.00 3,580

164 Uganda 10.4 5.4 16.1 2.00 620

165 Papua New Guinea 10.4 22.0 26.7 2.32 2,530

166 Ethiopia 10.5 6.9 20.4 2.00 15.0 790

167 Haiti 11.0 7.3 15.7 6.00 10.0 800

168 Mali 13.0 9.0 22.9 2.00 830

169 Congo (Rep. of the) 13.2 18.0 31.0 2.00 18.0 1,640

170 Solomon Islands 16.6 27.7 28.5 3.20 2,000

171 Togo 16.6 9.0 22.1 1.50 650

172 Comoros 17.5 19.2 8.00 0.0 1,320

173 Burkina Faso 19.6 10.8 28.1 3.00 18.0 660

174 Madagascar 20.4 7.5 26.3 2.00 440

175 Sierra Leone 20.6 8.6 22.3 1.50 500

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Monthly

data

allowance

(in GB)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

176 Niger 22.7 7.2 17.9 2.00 380

177 Malawi 22.8 6.8 20.1 2.00 360

178 Zimbabwe 23.5 35.0 1.50 1,790

179 Yemen 26.2 20.9 3.00 960

180 Burundi 26.4 6.2 15.1 1.80 2.0 280

181 Guinea-Bissau 28.8 18.0 41.3 5.00 17.0 750

182 Chad 32.2 18.0 4.00 18.0 670

183 Central African Rep. 45.0 18.0 2.50 19.0 480

184 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 85.7 35.0 1.50 26.0 490

Andorra** 21.0 2.00

Anguilla** 34.8 1.00 7.0

British Virgin Islands** 30.0 1.50 0.0

Cayman Islands** 30.0 2.00

Cuba** 20.0 1.50

Gibraltar** 40.0 2.00 0.0

Liechtenstein** 24.5 20.00 7.7

Monaco** 47.2 20.00

San Marino** 16.5 18.3 2.00

Somalia** 5.0 2.00

Syrian Arab Republic** 29.0 1.60

Taiwan, Province of China** 9.9 1.70

Note: Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. * Data correspond to the GNI p.c. in 2017. ** Country not ranked

because data on GNI p.c. are not available.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. and PPP$ values are based on World Bank data. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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Annex Table 3.5: Fixed-broadband basket, 2018

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Speed,

in Mbit/s

Cap per

month,

in GB

Most value

for money

(PPP$ per

Mbit/s)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

1 Macao, China 0.1 7.8 9.7 3.00 Unlimited 3.2 0.0 78,320

2 Kuwait 0.3 9.4 14.4 1.00 Unlimited 14.4 0.0 33,690

3 Hong Kong, China 0.4 17.6 21.5 500.00 Unlimited 0.0 0.0 50,310

4 China 0.6 4.5 7.9 20.00 Unlimited 0.4 0.0 9,470

United Arab

Emirates

0.6 19.7 25.7 0.26 Unlimited 98.9 5.0 41,010

6 Norway 0.7 44.1 33.3 0.26 Unlimited 125.6 80,790

7 Brunei Darussalam 0.7 18.5 33.0 10.00 50 3.3 0.0 31,020

8 Luxembourg 0.7 48.4 42.1 20.00 Unlimited 2.1 77,820

9 Singapore 0.8 37.0 44.0 1024.00 Unlimited 0.0 7.0 58,770

10 Romania 0.8 7.6 16.1 300.00 Unlimited 0.1 11,290

11 Israel 0.8 27.6 23.4 15.00 Unlimited 1.6 17.0 40,850

12 Austria 0.8 33.9 34.2 20.00 Unlimited 1.7 49,250

13 United States 0.8 43.5 43.5 60.00 1024 0.7 8.9 62,850

14 Iceland* 0.8 42.5 29.7 50.00 50 0.6 24.0 60,740

15 Russian Federation 0.8 7.2 17.1 100.00 Unlimited 0.2 18.0 10,230

16 Belgium 0.9 32.5 32.1 50.00 100 0.6 21.0 45,430

17 Cyprus 0.9 18.9 23.2 5.00 Unlimited 4.6 19.0 26,300

18 Denmark 0.9 44.2 34.9 50.00 Unlimited 0.7 25.0 60,140

19 Canada 0.9 34.8 33.7 3.00 20 11.2 13.0 44,860

20 Lithuania 0.9 13.7 23.2 0.70 Unlimited 33.1 17,360

21 Switzerland 1.0 66.5 47.3 50.00 Unlimited 0.9 7.7 83,580

22 Finland 1.0 38.9 34.7 50.00 Unlimited 0.7 24.0 47,820

23 Sweden 1.0 44.8 41.6 60.00 Unlimited 0.7 25.0 55,070

24 Belarus 1.0 4.7 18.4 10 25.0 5,670

25 Japan 1.0 35.2 35.8 1024.00 Unlimited 0.0 8.0 41,340

26 Kazakhstan 1.0 6.7 19.2 1.00 10 19.2 12.0 7,830

27 Germany 1.0 41.3 43.4 16.00 Unlimited 2.7 19.0 47,450

28 Italy 1.1 29.4 31.9 Unlimited 22.0 33,560

Iran (Islamic

Republic of)*

1.1 4.9 15.6 0.25 8 62.5 9.0 5,470

30 Estonia 1.1 18.9 26.5 5.00 Unlimited 5.3 20.0 20,990

31 Malta 1.1 23.6 31.6 30.00 Unlimited 1.1 18.0 26,220

32 Sri Lanka 1.1 3.7 11.2 21.00 7 0.5 19.7 4,060

33 Malaysia 1.1 10.0 24.2 1.00 1 24.2 6.0 10,460

34 Netherlands 1.1 49.0 47.9 50.00 Unlimited 1.0 51,280

35 Slovakia 1.2 17.7 27.8 4.00 300 6.9 20.0 18,330

36 Australia 1.2 51.6 44.9 20.00 100 2.2 10.0 53,190

37 Bahamas* 1.2 30.0 26.5 1.00 Unlimited 26.5 12.0 30,210

38 Korea (Rep. of) 1.2 31.5 36.0 100.00 Unlimited 0.4 10.0 30,600

39 Saudi Arabia 1.2 22.4 46.0 2.00 20 23.0 5.0 21,540

40 Ireland 1.3 62.6 53.9 100.00 Unlimited 0.5 23.0 59,360

41 France 1.3 43.7 43.7 15.00 Unlimited 2.9 20.0 41,070

42 United Kingdom 1.3 44.0 41.8 10.00 Unlimited 4.2 20.0 41,330

43 New Zealand 1.3 45.0 40.5 50.00 60 0.8 15.0 40,820

44 Greece 1.3 22.0 28.1 4.00 Unlimited 7.0 30.2 19,540

45 Czech Republic 1.4 23.0 35.9 20.00 Unlimited 1.8 21.0 20,250

46 Seychelles 1.4 18.5 29.3 1.00 4 29.3 15.0 15,600

47 Brazil 1.4 10.9 17.7 2.00 Unlimited 8.9 40.2 9,140

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Speed,

in Mbit/s

Cap per

month,

in GB

Most value

for money

(PPP$ per

Mbit/s)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

48 Portugal 1.4 26.0 33.1 30.00 Unlimited 1.1 23.0 21,680

49 Puerto Rico 1.5 25.5 3.00 Unlimited 11.5 21,100

50 Bahrain 1.5 26.6 43.9 10.00 70 4.4 0.0 21,890

51 Latvia 1.5 20.7 31.1 100.00 Unlimited 0.3 21.0 16,880

Trinidad and

Tobago

1.5 21.0 25.1 5.00 Unlimited 5.0 12.5 16,240

53 Ukraine 1.6 3.5 13.2 20.00 Unlimited 0.7 20.0 2,660

54 Albania 1.6 6.5 13.5 1.00 Unlimited 13.5 20.0 4,860

55 Qatar 1.6 82.4 108.1 15.00 Unlimited 7.2 0.0 61,190

56 Bulgaria 1.6 11.9 26.4 30.00 Unlimited 0.9 20.0 8,860

57 Poland 1.6 19.4 37.5 100.00 Unlimited 0.4 23.0 14,150

58 Mauritius 1.7 16.9 28.8 10.00 15 2.9 15.0 12,050

59 Hungary 1.7 20.7 37.2 150.00 Unlimited 0.2 5.0 14,590

60 Azerbaijan 1.7 5.9 24.0 1.00 Unlimited 24.0 18.0 4,050

61 Costa Rica 1.8 17.2 26.7 1.00 Unlimited 26.7 13.0 11,510

62 Slovenia 1.9 39.0 50.9 10.00 Unlimited 5.1 22.0 24,670

63 Mongolia 1.9 5.8 15.9 1.00 Unlimited 15.9 10.0 3,580

64 Montenegro 2.0 13.8 27.1 2.00 Unlimited 13.6 21.0 8,400

65 Curacao* 2.0 32.4 41.2 8.00 Unlimited 5.1 6.0 19,070

66 Croatia 2.2 24.8 40.1 4.00 15 10.0 25.0 13,830

67 Spain 2.2 53.1 62.9 100.00 Unlimited 0.6 21.0 29,450

68 Uzbekistan 2.2 3.7 2.00 6 20.0 2,020

69 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.3 35.2 46.7 2.00 Unlimited 23.3 18,640

70 Nepal (Republic of) 2.3 1.8 5.4 5.00 15 1.1 13.0 960

71 Mexico 2.4 18.1 34.3 10.00 Unlimited 3.4 16.0 9,180

72 Uruguay 2.4 31.1 37.3 3.00 350 12.4 15,650

Bosnia and

Herzegovina

2.5 12.0 25.3 5.00 Unlimited 5.1 17.0 5,690

74 India 2.6 4.3 14.2 8.00 Unlimited 1.8 18.0 2,020

75 Turkey 2.7 23.0 66.0 4.00 20 16.5 23.0 10,380

76 Panama 2.7 32.0 55.7 10.00 Unlimited 5.6 14,370

77 Chile 2.7 32.7 45.5 30.00 Unlimited 1.5 14,670

78 Lebanon 2.7 17.5 27.5 4.00 40 6.9 10.0 7,690

79 Bangladesh 2.8 4.1 10.1 0.25 Unlimited 40.6 15.0 1,750

80 Bhutan 2.8 7.3 22.0 2.00 8 11.0 5.0 3,080

81 Serbia 2.9 15.5 31.8 10.00 Unlimited 3.2 20.0 6,390

82 Aruba* 2.9 57.2 68.3 100.00 Unlimited 0.7 3.5 23,630

83 Armenia 2.9 10.3 25.6 5.00 Unlimited 5.1 20.0 4,230

84 Egypt 3.0 7.1 36.1 5.00 100 7.2 14.0 2,800

85 Georgia 3.1 10.7 10.00 Unlimited 18.0 4,130

86 Oman 3.1 39.0 76.8 4.00 20 19.2 0.0 15,110

87 Maldives 3.1 24.1 31.7 5.00 30 6.3 6.0 9,310

88 Dominican Rep. 3.2 19.7 42.8 2.00 Unlimited 21.4 30.0 7,370

89 Barbados* 3.3 42.5 33.8 40.00 Unlimited 0.8 15,240

90 Peru 3.3 18.2 34.7 10.00 Unlimited 3.5 6,530

91 Thailand 3.6 19.8 51.4 30.00 Unlimited 1.7 7.0 6,610

92 Viet Nam 3.7 7.3 17.8 2.50 Unlimited 7.1 10.0 2,400

Antigua and

Barbuda

3.7 48.1 59.2 10.00 Unlimited 5.9 15,810

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Speed,

in Mbit/s

Cap per

month,

in GB

Most value

for money

(PPP$ per

Mbit/s)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

94 Cabo Verde 3.7 10.6 22.2 12.00 5 1.9 15.0 3,450

95 North Macedonia 3.8 17.3 39.4 8.00 50 4.9 18.0 5,450

96 Fiji 3.8 18.7 29.5 20.00 150 1.5 9.0 5,860

97 Tunisia 3.9 11.3 34.0 4.00 Unlimited 8.5 19.0 3,500

98 Colombia 3.9 20.3 42.4 5.00 Unlimited 8.5 0.0 6,190

99 Algeria 4.1 13.7 39.6 1.00 Unlimited 39.6 0.0 4,060

100 Morocco 4.1 10.5 24.0 4.00 Unlimited 6.0 20.0 3,090

101 Philippines 4.2 13.3 34.2 3.00 30 11.4 12.0 3,830

102 Saint Lucia 4.2 33.0 43.1 2.00 Unlimited 21.6 12.5 9,460

103 Botswana 4.4 28.4 54.3 0.50 Unlimited 108.6 12.0 7,750

104 Grenada 4.5 36.7 49.9 15.00 Unlimited 3.3 9,780

105 Ecuador 4.6 23.4 40.3 5.00 Unlimited 8.1 12.0 6,120

106 Argentina 4.7 48.2 25.00 250 21.0 12,370

107 Moldova 4.8 11.9 27.8 100.00 Unlimited 0.3 20.0 2,990

108 Paraguay 4.9 23.4 50.1 60.00 Unlimited 0.8 10.0 5,680

109 Iraq 5.0 21.1 42.1 0.26 Unlimited 164.5 0.0 5,030

110 Guatemala 5.4 19.8 33.1 2.00 Unlimited 16.5 12.0 4,410

111 Dominica 5.9 35.2 49.1 15.00 Unlimited 3.3 15.0 7,210

112 Jamaica 6.0 24.9 38.8 1.00 Unlimited 38.8 16.5 4,990

113 Indonesia 6.0 19.3 53.9 10.00 Unlimited 5.4 10.0 3,840

114

Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines

6.1 40.5 56.2 3.00 Unlimited 18.7 16.0 7,940

115 Lesotho 6.5 7.5 20.2 256.00 5 0.1 9.0 1,380

116 South Africa 6.5 31.2 62.5 2.00 20 31.3 15.0 5,720

117 Micronesia 6.7 20.0 20.5 0.50 Unlimited 40.9 0.0 3,580

118 Suriname 6.8 28.1 3.00 Unlimited 8.0 4,990

119

Bolivia

(Plurinational State

of)

7.6 21.3 42.6 3.00 Unlimited 14.2 13.0 3,370

120 Guyana 7.6 30.3 48.7 1.50 Unlimited 32.4 14.0 4,760

121 Tajikistan 7.8 6.6 2.00 15 18.0 1,010

122 El Salvador 7.9 25.0 49.7 5.00 Unlimited 9.9 3,820

123 Gabon 7.9 45.0 65.7 10.00 Unlimited 6.6 18.0 6,800

124 Tonga 8.5 30.3 39.6 5 15.0 4,300

125 Djibouti 8.5 15.5 27.3 1.00 30 27.3 10.0 2,180

126 Namibia 8.6 37.7 74.9 1.00 Unlimited 74.9 15.0 5,250

127 Belize 8.8 34.5 5.00 Unlimited 12.5 4,720

128 Lao P.D.R. 8.8 18.1 48.2 3.00 Unlimited 16.1 10.0 2,460

129 Samoa 8.9 30.9 42.5 6 15.0 4,190

130 Angola 9.3 26.1 33.6 1.00 30 33.6 10.0 3,370

131 Jordan 9.6 33.8 70.1 4.00 Unlimited 17.5 16.0 4,210

132 Palestine 9.7 29.9 42.9 8.00 100 5.4 16.0 3,710

133 Turkmenistan 9.7 54.3 0.25 Unlimited 15.0 6,740

134 Zimbabwe 10.1 15.0 2.00 8 25.0 1,790

135 Cambodia 10.4 12.0 29.4 4.00 Unlimited 7.3 10.0 1,380

136 Ghana 10.4 18.5 51.3 12.00 20 4.3 23.5 2,130

137 Kyrgyzstan 11.1 11.3 37.3 5.00 Unlimited 7.5 17.0 1,220

138 Yemen 12.2 9.8 0.50 6 5.0 960

139 Marshall Islands 12.6 50.0 0.25 Unlimited 0.0 4,740

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Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Speed,

in Mbit/s

Cap per

month,

in GB

Most value

for money

(PPP$ per

Mbit/s)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

140 Myanmar 12.8 14.0 55.0 1.00 Unlimited 55.0 5.0 1,310

141 Eswatini 14.8 47.4 112.8 0.25 6 451.2 14.0 3,850

142 Afghanistan 15.1 6.9 23.6 0.25 Unlimited 94.4 0.0 550

143 Guinea 16.8 11.7 23.0 5 18.0 830

144 Pakistan 17.3 22.8 82.6 6.00 Unlimited 13.8 32.0 1,580

145 Honduras 17.5 34.0 66.7 5.00 Unlimited 13.3 15.0 2,330

146 Kenya 18.3 24.7 49.7 30.00 Unlimited 1.7 31.0 1,620

147

Sao Tome and

Principe

18.7 29.5 41.4 1.00 12 41.4 5.0 1,890

148 Nicaragua 19.0 32.2 86.6 1.00 Unlimited 86.6 15.0 2,030

149 Congo (Rep. of the) 19.8 27.0 46.5 0.50 Unlimited 93.0 16.0 1,640

150 Senegal 19.8 23.2 56.4 1.00 Unlimited 56.4 23.0 1,410

151 Zambia 20.1 23.9 61.0 2.00 10 30.5 33.5 1,430

152 Tanzania 21.8 18.6 49.8 1.00 Unlimited 49.8 32.5 1,020

153 Vanuatu 22.3 55.2 51.8 0.50 Unlimited 103.6 15.0 2,970

154 Cameroon 22.3 26.8 64.2 1.00 Unlimited 64.2 19.3 1,440

155 Nigeria 25.2 41.2 81.6 8.00 Unlimited 10.2 5.0 1,960

156 Côte d'Ivoire 25.5 34.2 83.6 1.00 Unlimited 83.6 18.0 1,610

157 Mali 25.8 17.8 45.4 1.00 Unlimited 45.4 18.0 830

158 Mozambique 29.4 10.8 1.00 Unlimited 17.0 440

159 Ethiopia 30.5 20.1 59.0 2.00 6 29.5 15.0 790

160 Papua New Guinea 30.7 64.7 78.5 24.00 5 3.3 10.0 2,530

161 Mauritania 32.2 32.0 90.3 2.00 Unlimited 45.2 14.0 1,190

162 Timor-Leste 32.3 49.0 76.2 2.00 6 38.1 5.0 1,820

163 Comoros 32.7 36.0 0.50 Unlimited 0.0 1,320

164 Benin 37.2 27.0 69.5 0.50 Unlimited 138.9 18.0 870

165 Burkina Faso 40.9 22.5 58.6 0.50 Unlimited 117.2 18.0 660

166 Togo 41.5 22.5 55.3 2.00 Unlimited 27.6 18.0 650

167 Uganda 41.5 21.5 64.2 0.50 5 128.5 18.0 620

168 Guinea-Bissau 72.6 45.4 104.1 0.25 Unlimited 416.6 17.0 750

169 Haiti 82.5 55.0 117.6 1.00 Unlimited 117.6 10.0 800

170 Malawi 120.4 36.1 106.5 5.00 20 21.3 26.5 360

171 Rwanda 125.1 81.3 223.3 10.00 Unlimited 22.3 18.0 780

172 Niger 142.1 45.0 112.0 0.25 Unlimited 448.1 19.0 380

173 Solomon Islands 164.3 273.9 282.4 0.25 6 1129.5 10.0 2,000

174 Madagascar 203.6 74.7 261.5 100.00 Unlimited 2.6 20.0 440

175 Burundi 964.3 225.0 549.2 1.00 Unlimited 549.2 18.0 280

Andorra** 18.5 1.00 7 4.5

Anguilla** 55.2 10.00 Unlimited

British Virgin

Islands**

89.0 10.00 Unlimited 0.0

Cayman Islands** 87.6 8.00 Unlimited

Cuba** 180.0 1.00 Unlimited 0.0

Gibraltar** 32.0 16.00 Unlimited 0.0

Liechtenstein** 61.4 40.00 Unlimited 7.7

Monaco** 59.0 200.00 Unlimited

San Marino** 19.7 21.8 20.00 Unlimited 1.1

Somalia** 10.0 0.50 6 10.0

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Measuring Digital Development: ICT Price Trends 2019

Rank Economy

as % of

GNI p.c.

USD PPP$

Speed,

in Mbit/s

Cap per

month,

in GB

Most value

for money

(PPP$ per

Mbit/s)

Tax rate

included

(%)

GNI p.c.,

USD,

2018

Syrian Arab

Republic**

2.9 0.25 Unlimited 5.0

Taiwan, Province of

China**

10.4 16.00 Unlimited 5.0

Note: Palestine is not an ITU Member State; the status of Palestine in ITU is the subject of Resolution 99 (Rev. Dubai,

2018) of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. * Data correspond to the GNI p.c. in 2017. ** Country not ranked

because data on GNI p.c. are not available.

Source: ITU. GNI p.c. and PPP$ conversion factors are from the World Bank. USD exchange rates are from the IMF or UN.

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