Mobile Broadband Data Costs
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Price of Broadband Data (1GB mobile prepaid) as % of GNI per capita, 2017
| COUNTRY | PRICE AS % OF INCOME (2017) | PRICE AS % OF INCOME (2016) | PRICE AS % OF INCOME (2015) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 0.33% | 0.47% | 1.19% |
| Sri Lanka | 0.40% | 0.43% | 0.48% |
| Turkey | 0.57% | 1.23% | 1.18% |
| Kazakhstan | 0.68% | 0.62% | 0.56% |
| Argentina | 0.78% | 1.58% | 1.51% |
| Vietnam | 0.88% | 1.04% | 2.73% |
| Indonesia | 0.95% | 1.45% | 1.53% |
| Mauritius | 1.01% | 1.06% | 1.12% |
| Malaysia | 1.07% | 0.82% | 1.19% |
| Pakistan | 1.12% | 1.22% | 2.07% |
| Costa Rica | 1.23% | 1.85% | 2.02% |
| Thailand | 1.31% | 1.19% | 2.27% |
| Tunisia | 1.37% | 1.41% | 1.56% |
| Mexico | 1.46% | 1.29% | 2.03% |
| Myanmar | 1.47% | Data not available. | 5.90% |
| Jordan | 1.48% | 2.17% | 1.45% |
| Dominican Republic | 1.49% | 1.63% | 3.97% |
| India | 1.53% | 2.69% | 3.55% |
| Nigeria | 1.59% | 1.57% | 6.54% |
| Brazil | 1.70% | 1.40% | 1.97% |
| Jamaica | 1.81% | 3.94% | 1.26% |
| Peru | 1.85% | 3.60% | 3.80% |
| Philippines | 1.95% | 2.02% | 3.80% |
| Cambodia | 1.95% | 2.11% | 3.36% |
| Botswana | 2.19% | 5.11% | 5.74% |
| Morocco | 2.21% | 2.10% | 2.05% |
| Bangladesh | 2.24% | 2.66% | 3.63% |
| South Africa | 2.50% | 2.35% | 2.48% |
| China | 2.68% | 2.89% | Data not available. |
| Bolivia | 2.73% | 2.90% | 2.89% |
| Colombia | 2.91% | 2.02% | 1.79% |
| Ghana | 3.56% | 4.11% | 3.89% |
| Rwanda | 3.87% | 8.42% | 20.16% |
| Guatemala | 3.93% | 4.20% | Data not available. |
| Kenya | 4.01% | 4.33% | 9.72% |
| Sudan | 4.41% | 2.60% | 0.99% |
| Nepal | 4.41% | 4.60% | 9.14% |
| Namibia | 4.66% | 3.49% | 2.69% |
| Senegal | 5.23% | 3.87% | 10.20% |
| Tanzania | 5.83% | 6.25% | 8.74% |
| Ecuador | 6.11% | 4.12% | 6.58% |
| Haiti | 6.14% | 5.90% | 7.94% |
| Cameroon | 6.35% | 6.43% | 12.27% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 7.01% | 6.36% | 7.23% |
| Honduras | 8.97% | 9.75% | 8.56% |
| Nicaragua | 9.07% | 8.12% | 9.45% |
| Mozambique | 9.43% | 6.85% | 11.94% |
| Ethiopia | 9.65% | 13.53% | 19.63% |
| Benin | 10.80% | 16.50% | 16.60% |
| Zambia | 12.25% | 12.25% | 14.94% |
| Burkina Faso | 14.16% | 15.10% | 15.45% |
| The Gambia | 15.31% | 17.85% | 14.12% |
| Uganda | 16.20% | 15.33% | 27.71% |
| Malawi | 17.85% | 20.09% | 35.96% |
| Sierra Leone | 20.80% | Data not available. | 51.89% |
| Mali | 21.04% | 19.33% | 19.37% |
| Zimbabwe | 32.97% | 44.68% | Data not available. |
| Yemen | Data not available. | 13.39% | 12.48% |
| Venezuela | Data not available. | Data not available. | 3.51% |
The above figures use International Telecommunication Union (ITU) methodology to determine the cheapest handset-based mobile prepaid broadband plans (i.e., the cheapest plan providing at least 1GB of broadband data over a 30-day period from the largest mobile network operator in each country). The pricing data was published by A4AI in September 2018, and was collected by A4AI in 2017; Gross National Income (GNI) per capita data is from the World Bank, 2017. A4AI plans to reproduce this research to produce new pricing data each year for low- and middle-income countries. Please note that the data spreadsheet linked above was updated in January 2019 to correct a previous error.
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