Telecom data by country

Name: Telecom data by country
Creator: Slashtel
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What mobile data and prepaid credit cost in 201 countries, which networks run there, and how many people are connected. Live prices from Slashtel, official figures from the ITU.

Updated: 2026-11-07

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eSIM Price Index Cost to keep a number active

201

countries tracked

$3.12

global median per GB

Austria · $0.88

cheapest data

New Caledonia · $49.59

most expensive

60%

of countries have 5G

Where mobile data is cheapest

Austria has the cheapest travel data we track, at $0.88 per GB: 3.6 times cheaper than the global median of $3.12.

Where it costs the most

At the other end, a GB of data in New Caledonia costs $49.59, 15.9 times the global median.

Cost of data by region

Europe is the cheapest region on average at $1.18 per GB; North & Central America is the most expensive at $9.93.

5G by region

60% of the countries we sell in have a network with 5G. Europe leads, with 5G in 94% of its countries.

Least connected countries

In South Sudan, only 7% of people use the internet, the lowest of the 185 countries with ITU figures.

All countries

Show all 200 countries

Rank	Country	eSIM $/GB (median)	eSIM from	Top-up from	5G	Internet users
1	Austria	$0.88	$2.59	–	Yes	92%
2	Netherlands	$0.90	$2.59	–	Yes	97%
3	Ireland	$0.90	$2.59	–	Yes	97%
4	Italy	$0.91	$2.59	–	Yes	89%
5	Croatia	$0.96	$2.59	–	Yes	84%
6	Greece	$1.00	$2.59	–	Yes	86%
7	Spain	$1.00	$2.59	–	Yes	96%
8	Czechia	$1.05	$1.99	–	Yes	88%
9	Portugal	$1.08	$2.59	–	Yes	88%
10	Switzerland	$1.12	$1.99	–	Yes	97%
11	Türkiye	$1.13	$1.99	–	Yes	90%
12	Latvia	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	93%
13	Réunion	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	–
14	Lithuania	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	89%
15	Norway	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	99%
16	Bulgaria	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	82%
17	Cyprus	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	90%
18	Poland	$1.18	$2.59	$3.17	Yes	89%
19	Malta	$1.18	$2.09	–	Yes	94%
20	St Martin	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	–
21	Denmark	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	100%
22	Germany	$1.18	$1.99	$31.68	Yes	93%
23	Hungary	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	94%
24	Romania	$1.18	$1.99	$2.94	Yes	91%
25	Slovenia	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	91%
26	Ukraine	$1.18	$1.99	–	No	82%
27	Guadeloupe	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	–
28	Finland	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	94%
29	Belgium	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	96%
30	Sweden	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	96%
31	Liechtenstein	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	98%
32	Vatican City	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	–
33	Estonia	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	92%
34	Iceland	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	98%
35	French Guiana	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	–
36	San Marino	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	97%
37	Luxembourg	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	99%
38	Slovakia	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	90%
39	Mayotte	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	–
40	Moldova	$1.18	$1.99	$5.46	Yes	77%
41	Martinique	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	–
42	St Barthélemy	$1.18	$1.99	–	Yes	–
43	France	$1.20	$2.59	–	Yes	89%
44	Japan	$1.20	$2.29	–	Yes	86%
45	Singapore	$1.26	$2.69	$8.01	Yes	94%
46	United Kingdom	$1.28	$2.59	–	Yes	95%
47	Jersey	$1.32	$2.29	–	Yes	–
48	Hong Kong SAR China	$1.36	$2.49	$5.23	Yes	96%
49	South Korea	$1.39	$2.59	–	Yes	98%
50	Uzbekistan	$1.40	$2.29	–	Yes	90%
51	Thailand	$1.41	$2.29	–	Yes	91%
52	Indonesia	$1.41	$3.09	$2.54	Yes	73%
53	Macao SAR China	$1.45	$2.29	–	Yes	90%
54	Malaysia	$1.45	$2.29	–	Yes	98%
55	United States	$1.50	$2.79	$19.70	Yes	95%
56	China	$1.52	$2.99	$3.67	Yes	92%
57	Gibraltar	$1.54	$2.39	–	Yes	94%
58	New Zealand	$1.58	$3.49	–	Yes	94%
59	Kyrgyzstan	$1.58	$2.39	–	No	92%
60	Kazakhstan	$1.62	$2.49	–	Yes	93%
61	Philippines	$1.63	$2.59	–	Yes	67%
62	Bangladesh	$1.63	$3.49	–	No	53%
63	Montenegro	$1.70	$2.89	–	Yes	89%
64	Sri Lanka	$1.77	$3.49	–	Yes	55%
65	Pakistan	$1.78	$2.49	–	No	57%
66	Serbia	$1.80	$2.69	–	Yes	88%
67	Georgia	$1.80	$2.69	–	Yes	84%
68	Israel	$1.83	$2.79	–	Yes	88%
69	Albania	$1.84	$2.69	–	Yes	86%
70	Cambodia	$1.88	$2.79	$2.60	No	68%
71	Australia	$1.94	$2.99	–	Yes	96%
72	Vietnam	$1.96	$2.59	$2.94	Yes	84%
73	South Africa	$1.96	$3.19	–	Yes	78%
74	Morocco	$1.98	$5.39	–	Yes	91%
75	Tunisia	$1.98	$2.89	–	Yes	77%
76	Algeria	$2.02	$2.89	–	Yes	77%
77	Faroe Islands	$2.02	$2.89	–	Yes	98%
78	Isle of Man	$2.04	$3.19	–	No	–
79	Armenia	$2.24	$3.19	–	Yes	81%
80	Brazil	$2.30	$3.59	$5.91	Yes	84%
81	Åland Islands	$2.30	$3.69	–	Yes	–
82	India	$2.33	$2.79	–	Yes	70%
83	North Macedonia	$2.38	$3.29	–	Yes	93%
84	Ghana	$2.50	$3.49	–	Yes	72%
85	Saudi Arabia	$2.52	$3.69	–	Yes	100%
86	United Arab Emirates	$2.59	$3.69	–	Yes	100%
87	Egypt	$2.66	$4.89	–	Yes	75%
88	Mexico	$2.67	$4.09	–	Yes	83%
89	Peru	$2.76	$4.29	$2.62	Yes	82%
90	Kuwait	$2.76	$3.69	–	Yes	100%
91	Iraq	$2.78	$3.79	–	No	81%
92	Nicaragua	$2.88	$4.29	$12.61	No	61%
93	Guatemala	$2.91	$4.29	$5.46	Yes	60%
94	Bahrain	$2.92	$4.19	$5.81	Yes	100%
95	Canada	$2.93	$2.89	$5.46	Yes	94%
96	Laos	$2.93	$3.59	–	Yes	66%
97	Qatar	$2.98	$3.99	–	Yes	98%
98	Afghanistan	$3.00	$3.99	–	No	16%
99	Bosnia & Herzegovina	$3.08	$4.09	–	No	86%
100	Dominican Republic	$3.12	$4.69	–	No	91%
101	El Salvador	$3.13	$4.29	$5.46	No	66%
102	Colombia	$3.13	$4.29	–	Yes	79%
103	Ecuador	$3.13	$4.29	$2.50	No	77%
104	Oman	$3.16	$4.19	–	Yes	95%
105	Argentina	$3.26	$4.29	–	Yes	90%
106	Honduras	$3.26	$4.29	$14.30	No	59%
107	Chile	$3.26	$4.29	$3.42	Yes	96%
108	Paraguay	$3.26	$4.29	$3.81	No	82%
109	Puerto Rico	$3.36	$4.29	–	Yes	87%
110	Nepal	$3.44	$5.39	–	No	46%
111	Azerbaijan	$3.46	$4.49	–	Yes	91%
112	Fiji	$3.48	$4.49	–	No	75%
113	Kenya	$3.54	$5.29	–	Yes	35%
114	Jordan	$3.63	$4.79	–	Yes	96%
115	Mauritius	$3.68	$4.69	–	Yes	73%
116	Tajikistan	$4.05	$4.79	–	Yes	56%
117	Zimbabwe	$4.15	$5.29	–	No	42%
118	Nauru	$4.15	$5.29	–	No	83%
119	Costa Rica	$4.16	$4.89	–	Yes	87%
120	Andorra	$4.21	$5.29	–	Yes	94%
121	Senegal	$4.25	$5.39	–	No	60%
122	Uruguay	$4.84	$5.59	–	Yes	92%
123	Guam	$4.94	$6.09	–	Yes	81%
124	Bhutan	$4.94	$6.09	–	No	91%
125	Guernsey	$5.26	$6.79	–	Yes	–
126	Nigeria	$5.28	$6.89	–	Yes	41%
127	Samoa	$5.47	$6.69	–	No	21%
128	Mongolia	$5.47	$6.69	–	No	85%
129	Vanuatu	$5.47	$6.69	–	No	22%
130	Tonga	$5.47	$6.69	–	No	67%
131	Papua New Guinea	$5.47	$6.69	–	No	19%
132	Congo - Kinshasa	$5.65	$6.99	–	Yes	20%
133	Brunei	$5.70	$6.89	–	Yes	96%
134	Seychelles	$6.24	$7.59	–	No	88%
135	Tanzania	$6.54	$7.99	–	Yes	31%
136	Panama	$7.00	$8.39	–	No	73%
137	Malawi	$7.10	$8.49	–	No	19%
138	Kosovo	$7.10	$8.49	–	Yes	89%
139	Chad	$7.10	$8.49	–	No	13%
140	Niger	$7.10	$8.49	–	No	16%
141	Gabon	$7.10	$8.49	–	No	69%
142	Zambia	$7.10	$8.49	–	Yes	17%
143	Ethiopia	$7.26	$8.69	–	Yes	22%
144	Uganda	$7.63	$9.09	–	Yes	9%
145	Rwanda	$7.63	$9.09	–	No	32%
146	Benin	$7.86	$9.29	–	No	34%
147	Suriname	$8.13	$9.69	–	No	87%
148	Mozambique	$8.30	$9.89	–	No	21%
149	Central African Republic	$8.37	$9.99	–	No	14%
150	Mali	$8.43	$9.99	–	Yes	37%
151	Guinea-Bissau	$8.43	$9.99	–	No	30%
152	Liberia	$8.43	$9.99	–	No	32%
153	Guinea	$8.53	$10.09	–	No	33%
154	Cameroon	$8.73	$10.39	–	No	46%
155	Burkina Faso	$8.80	$10.49	–	No	28%
156	Congo - Brazzaville	$9.06	$10.09	–	No	47%
157	Curaçao	$9.06	$10.69	–	No	68%
158	Sudan	$9.31	$11.09	–	No	19%
159	Botswana	$9.36	$11.09	–	No	57%
160	Turks & Caicos Islands	$9.66	$10.79	–	No	0%
161	Barbados	$9.83	$11.59	–	No	70%
162	Côte d’Ivoire	$9.87	$11.69	–	No	41%
163	Bolivia	$9.88	$11.39	$5.46	No	80%
164	Trinidad & Tobago	$9.93	$10.99	$32.47	No	82%
165	Guyana	$9.94	$11.29	–	No	83%
166	Anguilla	$10.00	$11.79	–	No	–
167	Caribbean Netherlands	$10.06	$11.79	–	No	–
168	Dominica	$10.13	$11.89	–	No	82%
169	Jamaica	$10.23	$8.89	$10.54	Yes	90%
170	Bermuda	$10.36	$12.29	–	No	98%
171	Montserrat	$10.40	$12.19	–	No	–
172	Madagascar	$10.68	$12.59	–	No	19%
173	Antigua & Barbuda	$10.93	$12.79	–	No	73%
174	Sierra Leone	$11.00	$12.19	–	No	25%
175	Cayman Islands	$11.00	$12.89	–	Yes	81%
176	Greenland	$11.70	$13.69	–	No	69%
177	St Kitts & Nevis	$11.90	$13.79	–	No	77%
178	Grenada	$11.90	$13.79	–	No	70%
179	British Virgin Islands	$11.90	$13.79	–	No	78%
180	St Lucia	$11.90	$13.79	–	No	68%
181	Lesotho	$12.56	$14.19	–	No	52%
182	Bahamas	$13.83	$15.59	–	No	92%
183	Maldives	$14.10	$14.89	–	No	85%
184	Libya	$14.26	$16.09	–	No	82%
185	St Vincent & the Grenadines	$14.90	$16.79	–	No	76%
186	Venezuela	$15.31	$17.19	$2.53	No	77%
187	Mauritania	$15.61	$17.59	–	No	46%
188	Haiti	$15.70	$17.69	$5.46	No	48%
189	Eswatini	$16.43	$18.69	–	No	63%
190	Belize	$16.58	$19.29	–	No	80%
191	Aruba	$16.60	$18.69	–	No	97%
192	Cape Verde	$17.41	$19.49	–	No	75%
193	Gambia	$18.43	$17.69	–	No	49%
194	Angola	$18.51	$20.69	–	No	41%
195	South Sudan	$23.19	$23.19	–	No	7%
196	French Polynesia	$28.29	$28.29	–	Yes	73%
197	Yemen	$28.99	$28.99	–	No	17%
198	Monaco	$34.79	$34.79	–	Yes	99%
199	Togo	$38.69	$38.69	–	Yes	39%
200	New Caledonia	$49.59	$49.59	–	Yes	82%

Europe (50)

Åland Islands$2.30
Albania$1.84
Andorra$4.21
Austria$0.88
Belgium$1.18
Bosnia & Herzegovina$3.08
Bulgaria$1.18
Croatia$0.96
Cyprus$1.18
Czechia$1.05
Denmark$1.18
Estonia$1.18
Faroe Islands$2.02
Finland$1.18
France$1.20
Germany$1.18
Gibraltar$1.54
Greece$1.00
Guernsey$5.26
Hungary$1.18
Iceland$1.18
Ireland$0.90
Isle of Man$2.04
Italy$0.91
Jersey$1.32
Kosovo$7.10
Latvia$1.18
Liechtenstein$1.18
Lithuania$1.18
Luxembourg$1.18
Malta$1.18
Moldova$1.18
Monaco$34.79
Montenegro$1.70
Netherlands$0.90
North Macedonia$2.38
Norway$1.18
Poland$1.18
Portugal$1.08
Romania$1.18
San Marino$1.18
Serbia$1.80
Slovakia$1.18
Slovenia$1.18
Spain$1.00
Sweden$1.18
Switzerland$1.12
Ukraine$1.18
United Kingdom$1.28
Vatican City$1.18

Asia (30)

Afghanistan$3.00
Armenia$2.24
Azerbaijan$3.46
Bangladesh$1.63
Bhutan$4.94
Brunei$5.70
Cambodia$1.88
China$1.52
Georgia$1.80
Hong Kong SAR China$1.36
India$2.33
Indonesia$1.41
Japan$1.20
Kazakhstan$1.62
Kyrgyzstan$1.58
Laos$2.93
Macao SAR China$1.45
Malaysia$1.45
Maldives$14.10
Mongolia$5.47
Nepal$3.44
Pakistan$1.78
Philippines$1.63
Singapore$1.26
South Korea$1.39
Sri Lanka$1.77
Tajikistan$4.05
Thailand$1.41
Uzbekistan$1.40
Vietnam$1.96

Middle East (11)

Bahrain$2.92
Iraq$2.78
Israel$1.83
Jordan$3.63
Kuwait$2.76
Oman$3.16
Qatar$2.98
Saudi Arabia$2.52
Türkiye$1.13
United Arab Emirates$2.59
Yemen$28.99

Africa (48)

Algeria$2.02
Angola$18.51
Benin$7.86
Botswana$9.36
Burkina Faso$8.80
Cameroon$8.73
Cape Verde$17.41
Central African Republic$8.37
Chad$7.10
Congo - Brazzaville$9.06
Congo - Kinshasa$5.65
Côte d’Ivoire$9.87
Egypt$2.66
Eswatini$16.43
Ethiopia$7.26
Gabon$7.10
Gambia$18.43
Ghana$2.50
Guinea$8.53
Guinea-Bissau$8.43
Kenya$3.54
Lesotho$12.56
Liberia$8.43
Libya$14.26
Madagascar$10.68
Malawi$7.10
Mali$8.43
Mauritania$15.61
Mauritius$3.68
Mayotte$1.18
Morocco$1.98
Mozambique$8.30
Niger$7.10
Nigeria$5.28
Réunion$1.18
Rwanda$7.63
Senegal$4.25
Seychelles$6.24
Sierra Leone$11.00
South Africa$1.96
South Sudan$23.19
Sudan$9.31
Tanzania$6.54
Togo$38.69
Tunisia$1.98
Uganda$7.63
Zambia$7.10
Zimbabwe$4.15

North & Central America (37)

South America (13)

Argentina$3.26
Bolivia$9.88
Brazil$2.30
Chile$3.26
Colombia$3.13
Ecuador$3.13
French Guiana$1.18
Guyana$9.94
Paraguay$3.26
Peru$2.76
Suriname$8.13
Uruguay$4.84
Venezuela$15.31

Oceania (11)

Australia$1.94
Fiji$3.48
French Polynesia$28.29
Guam$4.94
Nauru$4.15
New Caledonia$49.59
New Zealand$1.58
Papua New Guinea$5.47
Samoa$5.47
Tonga$5.47
Vanuatu$5.47

Sources

Slashtel live prices: cheapest retail price across every supplier we buy from, in US dollars, including our fee. Updated: 2026-11-07.
ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators, via the World Bank (CC BY 4.0). data.worldbank.org
Cost per GB uses the cheapest plan of each size; the median uses plans of 3 to 20GB. Top-up value is the most local credit per dollar among plans up to US$10.

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Source: Slashtel Telecom Data, https://slashtel.com/data (accessed 2026-11-07).

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