What the Data Shows
Low-use mobile voice and data affordability is ranked across economies for 2025, with lower values indicating greater affordability. The measure is the low-consumption basket price as a percentage of monthly GNI per capita. Hong Kong ranks first at 0.10% of monthly GNI per capita, followed by Luxembourg at 0.11% of monthly GNI per capita. Brunei ranks 15th at 0.25% of monthly GNI per capita, and the largest value in the ranking is 2.50x the smallest.
Data table
Unit: percent of monthly GNI per capita · Period: 2025
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 0.10% | 2025 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 0.11% | 2025 |
| 3 | Liechtenstein | 0.13% | 2025 |
| 4 | Estonia | 0.17% | 2025 |
| 5 | Iran | 0.17% | 2025 |
| 6 | Austria | 0.18% | 2025 |
| 7 | Singapore | 0.18% | 2025 |
| 8 | Denmark | 0.19% | 2025 |
| 9 | Slovenia | 0.19% | 2025 |
| 10 | Andorra | 0.20% | 2025 |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 0.21% | 2025 |
| 12 | Germany | 0.22% | 2025 |
| 13 | Qatar | 0.22% | 2025 |
| 14 | Macao | 0.23% | 2025 |
| 15 | Brunei | 0.25% | 2025 |
Sources
Source 1: ITU ICT Price Baskets 2008–2025
Publisher: International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Dataset/table: Low-use mobile voice and data basket affordability, 2025
Units: percent of monthly GNI per capita
Date checked: 2026-07-17
Evidence: Provides the 2025 low-use mobile basket values relative to monthly GNI per capita.
Data notes & caveats
The basket price is divided by monthly GNI per capita. Small rounded differences can create ties, so values retain two decimal places.
Methodology
The ranking uses ITU’s 2025 low-consumption mobile voice and data basket and orders complete economy observations from lowest to highest. Values are compared as a share of monthly GNI per capita rather than as prices in a common currency.
Source consistency notes
All entries use the same ITU 2025 low-use basket definition, income basis and percentage unit.
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