Communication (2005)
Price comparison compared to a base rate of 100% for the United States. Values taken from the International Comparison Program survey released in 2005.
Iran
6%
Belarus
21%
Serbia
31%
Paraguay
31%
Pakistan
32%
Burundi
35%
Argentina
36%
China
38%
India
40%
Vietnam
41%
Bolivia
43%
Mauritius
46%
Cyprus
46%
Nepal
47%
Tajikistan
47%
Montenegro
47%
Ethiopia
48%
Bangladesh
48%
Mongolia
49%
Taiwan
51%
Moldova
51%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
52%
Ukraine
52%
Ecuador
52%
Maldives
53%
Azerbaijan
53%
Gambia
54%
Kyrgyzstan
54%
Thailand
54%
Sri Lanka
54%
Singapore
55%
Fiji
56%
Venezuela
56%
Colombia
56%
South Korea
57%
Bhutan
57%
Syria
57%
Armenia
57%
Malaysia
58%
Peru
58%
Uruguay
58%
Jordan
59%
Laos
59%
Lithuania
62%
Cambodia
62%
Philippines
63%
Georgia
64%
Brazil
65%
Tunisia
65%
Iraq
66%
Madagascar
67%
Russia
67%
Senegal
70%
Indonesia
71%
Israel
72%
Slovenia
73%
Guinea
74%
Macedonia
76%
Egypt
77%
Sweden
77%
Botswana
77%
Brunei Darussalam
77%
Croatia
78%
Kazakhstan
79%
Finland
80%
Estonia
83%
Romania
83%
Denmark
84%
Luxembourg
84%
Bahrain
86%
Albania
88%
Oman
88%
Djibouti
88%
Rwanda
90%
Qatar
91%
Morocco
91%
United Kingdom
92%
Bulgaria
93%
Hungary
93%
South Africa
94%
Ghana
94%
Malta
96%
Cape Verde
96%
Kuwait
97%
Sudan
97%
Poland
98%
Austria
99%
Yemen
100%
Chile
100%
United States
100%
Canada
100%
Netherlands
100%
Slovakia
101%
Spain
102%
Turkey
103%
Latvia
103%
Mexico
103%
Italy
103%
Portugal
104%
Czech Republic
106%
Lebanon
106%
Swaziland
106%
Nigeria
107%
Germany
107%
Mauritania
108%
Greece
110%
Mali
110%
Norway
111%
France
111%
New Zealand
112%
Belgium
112%
Niger
113%
Namibia
114%
Sao Tome and Principe
114%
Japan
115%
Liberia
116%
Ireland
117%
Burkina Faso
118%
Iceland
118%
Mozambique
120%
Central African Republic
123%
Malawi
123%
Australia
124%
Kenya
126%
Lesotho
126%
Switzerland
127%
Uganda
129%
Saudi Arabia
135%
Sierra Leone
138%
Cote d'Ivoire
141%
Cameroon
145%
Chad
150%
Gabon
153%
Togo
153%
Benin
153%
Congo
153%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
160%
Angola
162%
Equatorial Guinea
194%
Guinea-Bissau
220%