Chapter 3. The ICT Price Basket Table 3.1: ICT Price Basket and sub-baskets, 2010 and 2008 Fixed-telephone sub-basket as a % of GNI per capita Mobile-cellular sub-basket as a % of GNI per capita Fixed-broadband sub-basket as a % of GNI per capita GNI per capita, USD, 2009 ICT Price Basket Rank Economy (or latest 2010 2008 2010 2008 2010 2008 2010 2008 available year) 1 Monaco 0.2 N/A 0.1 N/A 0.3 N/A 0.3 N/A 203'900 2 Macao, China 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 35'360 3 Liechtenstein 0.4 N/A 0.3 N/A 0.2 N/A 0.5 N/A 113'210 4 Hong Kong, China 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.6 31'420 5 United Arab Emirates 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.8 57'340 6 Singapore 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.9 0.7 37'220 7 Luxembourg 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 76'710 8 Norway 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 84'640 9 Iceland 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.1 43'430 10 Denmark 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.6 59'060 11 Austria 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.4 1.2 0.7 1.5 46'450 12 United States 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.4 46'360 13 San Marino 0.6 N/A 0.6 N/A 0.6 N/A 0.5 N/A 50'670 14 Finland 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.9 0.9 45'940 15 Sweden 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.7 48'840 16 Switzerland 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.2 0.6 0.7 65'430 17 Netherlands 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.9 48'460 18 Bahrain 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.7 1.3 1.3 25'420 19 United Kingdom 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.7 41'370 20 Germany 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.0 42'450 21 Canada 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 41'980 22 Cyprus 0.8 0.7 1.1 1.1 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.7 26'940 23 Australia 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.4 43'770 24 Belgium 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.8 45'270 25 Ireland 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 44'280 26 Korea (Rep.) 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.1 1.5 1.0 19'830 27 Israel 0.9 N/A 0.7 N/A 1.6 N/A 0.4 N/A 25'790 28 Italy 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.2 0.9 0.8 35'110 29 France 1.0 1.2 0.7 0.8 1.4 1.6 0.8 1.0 42'620 30 Trinidad & Tobago 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.5 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.0 16'700 31 Latvia 1.1 1.7 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.2 2.5 12'390 32 Russia 1.1 1.3 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.7 9'340 33 Costa Rica 1.1 1.2 1.3 0.9 0.6 1.1 1.3 1.7 6'260 34 Japan 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.6 1.8 1.5 0.7 1.0 38'080 35 Greece 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.6 1.8 0.8 1.0 29'040 36 Saudi Arabia 1.1 1.5 0.6 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.8 2.7 17'700 37 Lithuania 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.0 1.4 1.1 1.5 11'410 38 Brunei Darussalam 1.2 N/A 0.5 N/A 0.7 N/A 2.3 N/A 26'740 39 Oman 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 2.1 2.1 17'890 40 Slovenia 1.2 1.4 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.7 2.1 23'520 41 Malta 1.3 1.6 0.9 1.0 1.6 2.2 1.3 1.5 16'680 42 Bahamas 1.3 N/A 0.9 N/A 1.0 N/A 2.0 N/A 21'390 43 Spain 1.3 1.5 1.0 1.1 2.0 2.2 1.0 1.0 32'120 44 Portugal 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.6 21'910 45 Croatia 1.5 2.0 1.5 1.6 1.5 2.5 1.6 1.8 13'720 46 Estonia 1.6 2.1 1.0 1.1 1.9 2.2 1.8 3.1 14'060 47 Mauritius 1.6 2.3 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.3 2.7 4.6 7'250 48 Venezuela 1.6 4.3 0.2 0.9 2.7 5.6 1.9 6.2 10'090 49 New Zealand 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.4 2.1 1.7 1.3 1.2 27'260 50 Kazakhstan 1.7 N/A 0.4 N/A 2.5 N/A 2.3 N/A 6'920 51 Poland 1.8 2.4 2.0 2.6 1.5 2.0 1.8 2.5 12'260 52 Malaysia 1.8 1.9 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.6 3.3 3.3 7'350 53 Azerbaijan 1.8 9.9 0.6 0.8 1.7 2.2 3.1 26.7 4'840 54 Maldives 1.9 2.2 1.2 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.8 3.0 3'970 55 Romania 1.9 2.2 1.9 2.0 3.1 3.5 0.7 1.0 8'330 56 Belarus 2.0 N/A 0.3 N/A 1.7 N/A 3.9 N/A 5'560 57 Czech Republic 2.0 2.2 1.9 2.1 1.9 2.5 2.2 2.0 17'310 58 Hungary 2.1 2.6 2.0 2.6 2.4 3.0 1.9 2.2 12'980 59 Slovak Republic 2.1 2.2 1.5 1.7 2.8 2.9 1.9 2.0 16'130 60 Serbia 2.1 3.3 1.1 1.0 2.3 2.5 3.1 6.4 6'000 61 Uruguay 2.2 2.8 1.8 1.9 2.4 3.1 2.6 3.5 9'010 62 Panama 2.3 2.1 2.2 1.7 1.6 1.7 3.0 2.9 6'570 63 Sri Lanka 2.4 7.3 3.0 3.5 1.1 2.6 3.0 15.7 1'990 64 Mexico 2.4 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 4.2 8'960 65 Tunisia 2.5 3.1 0.8 1.0 3.2 4.3 3.4 4.1 3'720 66 St. Kitts and Nevis 2.5 N/A 1.4 N/A 1.8 N/A 4.3 N/A 10'150 67 Antigua & Barbuda 2.5 N/A 1.4 N/A 2.2 N/A 4.0 N/A 12'130 68 Montenegro 2.6 2.8 1.4 1.9 3.0 2.8 3.3 3.8 6'650 69 Ukraine 2.6 4.6 1.3 1.5 3.2 5.2 3.2 7.1 2'800 70 Qatar 2.7 2.7 0.9 0.9 1.8 1.7 5.5 5.5 12'000 71 Algeria 3.0 3.5 1.5 1.3 3.4 4.4 4.0 4.8 4'420 72 Lebanon 3.0 3.8 1.5 1.8 4.1 5.7 3.4 4.0 8'060 73 China 3.1 3.7 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.3 5.9 7.4 3'650 74 Argentina 3.2 3.5 0.6 0.8 4.9 3.4 4.1 6.3 7'550 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.3 3.7 2.4 2.4 3.9 4.8 3.7 3.8 4'700 76 Barbados 3.4 3.8 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.6 5.0 6.4 9'330 77 Seychelles 3.5 2.8 1.3 1.1 2.3 1.9 6.8 5.5 8'480 78 Egypt 3.5 4.4 1.7 2.0 4.1 5.6 4.6 5.5 2'070 79 Bhutan 3.6 14.7 2.0 2.2 2.7 3.6 6.2 38.3 2'030 80 Turkey 3.7 N/A 2.3 N/A 6.0 N/A 2.6 N/A 8'720 81 Chile 3.7 4.1 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.2 5.0 6.0 9'470 82 Bulgaria 3.7 4.4 2.5 2.9 6.1 7.2 2.7 3.1 6'060 83 Thailand 3.9 3.7 2.8 1.9 2.8 3.4 6.0 5.8 3'760 58