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The affordability of ICT services

Affordability of fixed broadband

ITU collects and publishes statistics for the price of an entry-level fixed-broadband
basket. The basket price refers to the recurrent monthly charge for a non-promotional
plan that allows at least 5 GB of monthly data use, at speeds of at least 256 kbit/s.

The global median price of the fixed- for all groups monitored; the most significant
broadband basket amounted to 2.5 per cent drops were observed in lower-middle-income
of GNI per capita, down from 2.7 per cent in economies, where a fixed-broadband basket
2023 (Figure 12). The basket price declined amounted to 6.5 per cent of GNI per capita.

Figure 12: Fixed-broadband basket prices, as a percentage of GNI per capita

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10 14.8 13.4 Affordability target (2%) 16.8 15.3
5 3.9 3.5 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.4 3.3 2.5 1.0 1.0 2.7 2.5 6.1 5.5 8.9 6.5 3.3 2.6 1.1 1.0
0 4.1 3.5
Africa Americas Arab States Asia-Pacific CIS Europe World LDCs LLDCs SIDS Low Lower-middle Upper-middle High

2023 2024 Income

Note: Regional and other country group medians are based on the 194 economies for which data were available
as a percentage of GNI per capita from 2023 to 2024� Economies are benchmarked according to the price of an
entry-level fixed-broadband basket, defined as the cheapest fixed-Internet subscription available domestically,
with a minimum of 5 GB monthly data allowance and an advertised download speed of at least 256 kbit/s�
Source: ITU

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