Price of a mobile voice-and-data basket as a share of monthly GNI per capita — lower is more affordable (ITU).
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The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.
| # | Country | Mobile Bundle Price | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 27.65% | 2025 |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 18.08% | 2025 |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16.88% | 2025 |
| 4 | Chad | 9.84% | 2025 |
| 5 | Togo | 9.46% | 2025 |
| 6 | Niger | 9.43% | 2025 |
| 7 | Mali | 9.38% | 2025 |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 9.07% | 2025 |
| 9 | Lesotho | 8.94% | 2025 |
| 10 | South Sudan | 8.22% | 2025 |
| 11 | Liberia | 7.89% | 2025 |
| 12 | Madagascar | 7.79% | 2025 |
| 13 | Malawi | 7.7% | 2025 |
| 14 | Djibouti | 7.65% | 2025 |
| 15 | Cameroon | 6.43% | 2025 |
| 16 | Gambia | 6.43% | 2025 |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.12% | 2025 |
| 18 | Republic of the Congo | 6.04% | 2025 |
| 19 | Sudan | 5.96% | 2025 |
| 20 | Comoros | 5.89% | 2025 |
| 21 | Mozambique | 5.75% | 2025 |
| 22 | Benin | 5.38% | 2025 |
| 23 | Tanzania | 4.81% | 2025 |
| 24 | Guinea | 4% | 2025 |
| 25 | Somalia | 4% | 2025 |
| 26 | Uganda | 3.94% | 2025 |
| 27 | Zambia | 3.01% | 2025 |
| 28 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.85% | 2025 |
| 29 | Rwanda | 2.8% | 2025 |
| 30 | Nigeria | 2.74% | 2025 |
| 31 | Senegal | 2.57% | 2025 |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 2.48% | 2023 |
| 33 | Gabon | 2.12% | 2025 |
| 34 | Botswana | 1.76% | 2025 |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 1.69% | 2025 |
| 36 | Algeria | 1.62% | 2025 |
| 37 | Cabo Verde | 1.59% | 2025 |
| 38 | Angola | 1.53% | 2025 |
| 39 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.52% | 2025 |
| 40 | Mauritania | 1.47% | 2025 |
| 41 | Seychelles | 1.43% | 2025 |
| 42 | Kenya | 1.33% | 2025 |
| 43 | South Africa | 1.11% | 2025 |
| 44 | Namibia | 1.06% | 2025 |
| 45 | Eswatini | 0.82% | 2025 |
| 46 | Morocco | 0.77% | 2025 |
| 47 | Egypt | 0.74% | 2025 |
| 48 | Ghana | 0.73% | 2025 |
| 49 | Mauritius | 0.63% | 2025 |
| 50 | Tunisia | 0.61% | 2025 |
| 51 | Libya | 0.57% | 2025 |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 0.21% | 2025 |
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207 indicators, each ranked across the African countries that carry it.