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What's the Average Revenue per Mobile Phone User?

ARPU from Mobile Telephony (USD) (USD), 2009

Telcos & Hi-Tech | December 31, 2018

$2.99

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Based on a comparison of 15 countries in 2009, Latvia ranked the highest in ARPU from mobile telephony with USD 1,852 followed by Macedonia and Singapore. On the other end of the scale was Thailand with USD 2.05, USA with USD 12.1 and New Zealand with USD 77.8.

Data for more countries are available at ARPU from Mobile Telephony (USD) indicator page.

ARPU from Mobile Telephony (USD)	Unit	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Belarus	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...				2,346	1,423	1,072	740	679
Chile	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							566	526	482	437	403
Greece	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	64.1	84.0	96.2	80.3	85.5
Kazakhstan	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...				444	296	217	176	124
Latvia	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								1,814	1,686	1,575	1,413	1,688
Macedonia	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								2,286	2,167	2,149	2,101	1,795
New Zealand	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							116	127	124	132	100
Peru	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...									864	726	476	311	200
Philippines	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...				666	562	580	491	420
Russia	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						661	385	238	192	186
Serbia	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	859	718	682	543
Singapore	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			1,124	1,266	1,123	1,188	1,063
Tajikistan	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						46,705	12,098	6,638	853	1,074
Thailand	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...				...	...	5.18	5.90	6.53	5.51	4.79
USA	USD	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	9.82	12.2	13.4	13.3	14.2