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The affordability of ICT services 2023

Methodology: The five ICT price baskets covered in this brief

The ITU Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators (EGTI) has defined five ICT price baskets to
benchmark the cheapest price plans in five categories of ICT services and across economies. The main
objective is to make an international comparison despite the heterogeneity of markets in low- and high-income
economies.
The basket of ICT services is used for global comparison. It covers the base plan and add-ons or pay-as-you
go tariffs that reflect the cheapest non-promotional options from the largest operator in a country and meet
a defined set of criteria including minimum monthly allowance, validity period, technology, etc. Figure 13
provides a simplified view of the allowances for each basket used in the 2023 data collection. For international
comparison, basket prices collected in a local currency are divided by GNI per capita or purchasing power
parity ratios and are available from the World Bank World Development Indicators. Further details on the data
collection and price conversion methodology are available on the ITU website.
Figure 13: Overview of basket allowances used data collection, 2023

Source: ITU

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