India leads world in mobile data charges

Subscriptions to India’s mobile-broadband services more than doubled to 500 million between 2016 and 2018, driven by the world’s cheapest data costs and an insatiable appetite for digital services


Average mobile data cost (1 gigabyte, US$, Nov 2018)

Below $1.00	$1.00 	$2.50 	$5.00 	$10.00 	Above $15.00	No data


Internet users
China 829m (Mar 2019)
India 560m
U.S. 293m

$19.81 Turkmenistan
$11.28 Oman 
$1.85 Pakistan
$0.26 India
$0.99 Bangladesh
$1.18 Malaysia
$1.21 Indonesia
$9.89 China
$2.78 Thailand
$0.91 Russian Federation
$8.34 Japan
$15.12 South Korea
$9.49 Taiwan
$3.16 Philippines
$2.47 Australia

1,000 miles 1,600km


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Sources: BCG, Hollywood Reporter, TRAI, Internet World Stats
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