* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Communication price index, world average = 100, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 165 countries was 110.91 index points. The highest value was in Canada: 302.68 index points and the lowest value was in Syria: 10.41 index points. The indicator is available from 2017 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: World Bank International Comparison Program
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Communication prices, 2021 Global rank Available data
Canada 302.68 1 2017 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 242.59 2 2017 - 2021
Japan 227.5 3 2017 - 2021
Norway 225.74 4 2017 - 2021
USA 224.03 5 2017 - 2021
Cape Verde 215.47 6 2017 - 2021
Qatar 212.7 7 2017 - 2021
UA Emirates 212.03 8 2017 - 2021
Comoros 208.06 9 2017 - 2021
Belgium 207.47 10 2017 - 2021
Greece 206.62 11 2017 - 2021
Kuwait 197.34 12 2017 - 2021
Switzerland 189.17 13 2017 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 189.14 14 2017 - 2021
Aruba 186.33 15 2017 - 2021
Iceland 186.17 16 2017 - 2021
Ireland 182.75 17 2017 - 2021
Burkina Faso 175.53 18 2017 - 2021
Luxembourg 173.25 19 2017 - 2021
Sweden 172.66 20 2017 - 2021
Bermuda 171.86 21 2017 - 2021
Djibouti 170.44 22 2017 - 2021
Zimbabwe 167.76 23 2017 - 2021
New Zealand 165.29 24 2017 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 161.47 25 2017 - 2021
Guatemala 160.76 26 2021 - 2021
Grenada 159.47 27 2017 - 2021
Ivory Coast 158.56 28 2017 - 2021
Netherlands 154.15 29 2017 - 2021
Lesotho 152.07 30 2017 - 2021
Morocco 148.62 31 2017 - 2021
Senegal 146.85 32 2017 - 2021
Spain 145.53 33 2017 - 2021
Benin 143.66 34 2017 - 2021
Czechia 143.58 35 2017 - 2021
Portugal 143.44 36 2017 - 2021
Nicaragua 143.41 37 2017 - 2021
Panama 143.41 38 2017 - 2021
Chad 142.4 39 2017 - 2021
Malta 141.85 40 2017 - 2021
Gabon 141.46 41 2017 - 2021
Germany 140.49 42 2017 - 2021
South Korea 140.17 43 2017 - 2021
Belize 139 44 2017 - 2021
Saint Lucia 135.46 45 2017 - 2021
Albania 134.35 46 2017 - 2021
Cameroon 131.72 47 2017 - 2021
Malawi 131.69 48 2017 - 2021
Croatia 131.22 49 2017 - 2021
Seychelles 131.13 50 2017 - 2021
Slovakia 131.1 51 2017 - 2021
Cyprus 131.05 52 2017 - 2021
Honduras 130.23 53 2017 - 2021
Slovenia 129.96 54 2017 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 129.11 55 2017 - 2021
Singapore 128.17 56 2017 - 2021
UK 126.68 57 2017 - 2021
Ecuador 125.25 58 2017 - 2021
Finland 123.39 59 2017 - 2021
Denmark 122.83 60 2017 - 2021
Austria 122.66 61 2017 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 122.38 62 2017 - 2021
France 121.92 63 2017 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 120.45 64 2017 - 2021
Maldives 119.16 65 2017 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 119.02 66 2017 - 2021
Bahrain 118.74 67 2017 - 2021
R. of Congo 117.05 68 2017 - 2021
Iraq 115.75 69 2017 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 115.47 70 2017 - 2021
Niger 115.43 71 2017 - 2021
Australia 115.1 72 2017 - 2021
Chile 114.97 73 2017 - 2021
Montenegro 114.04 74 2017 - 2021
Hungary 113.31 75 2017 - 2021
Costa Rica 112.58 76 2017 - 2021
Mauritania 110.84 77 2017 - 2021
Madagascar 110.27 78 2017 - 2021
Togo 108.17 79 2017 - 2021
Israel 107.36 80 2017 - 2021
DR Congo 107.27 81 2017 - 2021
Philippines 107.13 82 2017 - 2021
Thailand 106.6 83 2017 - 2021
Italy 106.57 84 2017 - 2021
Mali 106.37 85 2017 - 2021
Botswana 105.35 86 2017 - 2021
Oman 104.86 87 2017 - 2021
Estonia 104.59 88 2017 - 2021
Bolivia 104.46 89 2017 - 2021
G.-Bissau 103.31 90 2017 - 2021
Brunei 102.38 91 2017 - 2021
Latvia 99.41 92 2017 - 2021
Sierra Leone 97.64 93 2017 - 2021
Uganda 97.45 94 2017 - 2021
Namibia 96.74 95 2017 - 2021
Swaziland 95.6 96 2017 - 2021
Brazil 95.2 97 2017 - 2021
El Salvador 94.4 98 2017 - 2021
Dominica 94.33 99 2017 - 2021
Serbia 93.29 100 2017 - 2021
Lithuania 93.13 101 2017 - 2021
Hong Kong 92.96 102 2017 - 2021
Bulgaria 92.94 103 2017 - 2021
Argentina 91.49 104 2017 - 2021
Jordan 91.18 105 2017 - 2021
China 86.15 106 2017 - 2021
Liberia 83.41 107 2017 - 2021
Gambia 82.92 108 2017 - 2021
Suriname 82.73 109 2017 - 2021
Jamaica 81.88 110 2017 - 2021
Malaysia 80.85 111 2017 - 2021
Sri Lanka 80.81 112 2017 - 2021
Paraguay 80.67 113 2017 - 2021
North Macedonia 79.69 114 2017 - 2021
Mongolia 79.16 115 2017 - 2021
Guyana 77.83 116 2017 - 2021
Mozambique 77.36 117 2017 - 2021
Tajikistan 76.29 118 2017 - 2021
South Africa 76.25 119 2017 - 2021
Fiji 73.5 120 2017 - 2021
Angola 73.09 121 2017 - 2021
Uruguay 71.98 122 2017 - 2021
Rwanda 71.89 123 2017 - 2021
Algeria 71.73 124 2017 - 2021
Somalia 70.25 125 2021 - 2021
Burundi 69.4 126 2017 - 2021
Mexico 68.85 127 2017 - 2021
Zambia 68.35 128 2017 - 2021
Kenya 68.15 129 2017 - 2021
Taiwan 68.04 130 2017 - 2021
Ghana 67.58 131 2017 - 2021
Nigeria 67.1 132 2017 - 2021
Peru 67.05 133 2017 - 2021
Indonesia 66.86 134 2017 - 2021
Moldova 66.37 135 2017 - 2021
Colombia 64.93 136 2017 - 2021
Turkey 64.79 137 2017 - 2021
Poland 64.53 138 2017 - 2021
Bhutan 63.93 139 2017 - 2021
Tanzania 63.1 140 2017 - 2021
Sudan 62.35 141 2017 - 2021
Guinea 62.22 142 2017 - 2021
Georgia 60.37 143 2017 - 2021
Cambodia 58.1 144 2017 - 2021
Tunisia 57.4 145 2017 - 2021
Mauritius 54.84 146 2017 - 2021
Armenia 54.47 147 2017 - 2021
Azerbaijan 54.29 148 2017 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 53.45 149 2017 - 2021
Lebanon 49.67 150 2021 - 2021
Bangladesh 48.7 151 2017 - 2021
Romania 46.57 152 2017 - 2021
Kazakhstan 45.34 153 2017 - 2021
Egypt 43.58 154 2017 - 2021
Belarus 43.48 155 2017 - 2021
Ukraine 41.1 156 2017 - 2021
Vietnam 39.41 157 2017 - 2021
Laos 39.37 158 2017 - 2021
Russia 36.68 159 2017 - 2021
Pakistan 35.39 160 2017 - 2021
Ethiopia 33.95 161 2017 - 2021
Nepal 29.47 162 2017 - 2021
India 26.75 163 2017 - 2021
Uzbekistan 20.13 164 2021 - 2021
Syria 10.41 165 2021 - 2021



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242.59
227.50
225.74
224.03
215.47
212.70
212.03
208.06
207.47
206.62
197.34
189.17
189.14
186.33
186.17
182.75
175.53
173.25
172.66
171.86
170.44
167.76
165.29
161.47
160.76
159.47
158.56
154.15
152.07
148.62
146.85
145.53
143.66
143.58
143.44
143.41
143.41
142.40
141.85
141.46
140.49
140.17
139.00
135.46
134.35
131.72
131.69
131.22
131.13
131.10
131.05
130.23
129.96
129.11
128.17
126.68
125.25
123.39
122.83
122.66
122.38
121.92
120.45
119.16
119.02
118.74
117.05
115.75
115.47
115.43
115.10
114.97
114.04
113.31
112.58
110.84
110.27
108.17
107.36
107.27
107.13
106.60
106.57
106.37
105.35
104.86
104.59
104.46
103.31
102.38
99.41
97.64
97.45
96.74
95.60
95.20
94.40
94.33
93.29
93.13
92.96
92.94
91.49
91.18
86.15
83.41
82.92
82.73
81.88
80.85
80.81
80.67
79.69
79.16
77.83
77.36
76.29
76.25
73.50
73.09
71.98
71.89
71.73
70.25
69.40
68.85
68.35
68.15
68.04
67.58
67.10
67.05
66.86
66.37
64.93
64.79
64.53
63.93
63.10
62.35
62.22
60.37
58.10
57.40
54.84
54.47
54.29
53.45
49.67
48.70
46.57
45.34
43.58
43.48
41.10
39.41
39.37
36.68
35.39
33.95
29.47
26.75
20.13
10.41
0
75.7
151.3
227
302.68


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