Based on a comparison of 17 countries in 2009, Azerbaijan ranked the highest in ARPU from fixed and mobile telephony with USD 3,339 followed by Macedonia and Latvia. On the other end of the scale was Thailand with USD 9.64, USA with USD 13.1 and Kazakhstan with USD 140.
Data for more countries are available at ARPU from Fixed and Mobile Telephony (USD) indicator page.
| ARPU from Fixed and 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 |
| Azerbaijan | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,703 | 9,634 | 7,977 | 6,003 | 5,350 | |||||||||||
| Belarus | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,590 | 1,387 | 1,047 | 810 | 736 | ||||||||||||
| Chile | USD | ... | 899 | 866 | 816 | 755 | 759 | |||||||||||||||
| Finland | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 199 | 249 | 285 | 256 | 301 | ||||||||
| Greece | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,500 | 1,642 | 1,721 | 1,861 | 2,001 | ||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 472 | 394 | 273 | 228 | 174 | |||||
| Latvia | USD | ... | ... | ... | 2,135 | 2,030 | 1,876 | 1,899 | 2,268 | |||||||||||||
| Macedonia | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,248 | 4,174 | 3,949 | 3,867 | 3,615 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 127 | 138 | 144 | 159 | 169 | ||||||||||
| Peru | USD | ... | 1,084 | 902 | 665 | 460 | 336 | |||||||||||||||
| Philippines | USD | ... | ... | 1,999 | 1,640 | 1,716 | 1,407 | 1,198 | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | USD | ... | ... | 994 | 736 | 525 | 426 | 404 | ||||||||||||||
| Singapore | USD | ... | 1,562 | 1,669 | 1,547 | 1,567 | 1,493 | |||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16,004 | 11,778 | 9,353 | ... | 2,383 | |||||||||
| Venezuela | USD | ... | 3,662 | 3,630 | 2,795 | 1,946 | 1,691 |
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