With the widespread use of smartphones and their applications, many people in the world have become almost always dependent on a mobile Internet connection, but the difference in prices per gigabyte is striking in different countries.
In Saint Helena, the cost of 1 gigabyte of mobile internet, or what is known as “mobile data”, is over $41, the highest in the world, according to data compiled by Statista and viewed by Al Arabiya. .network”.
Israel was the cheapest in the world: in 2022, one gigabyte of data cost an average of only $0.04. plans in 233 countries.
Italy ranks second in the global rankings with a low cost of $0.12 per 1 GB. The country has an excellent internet infrastructure, and 5G technology is available to about 95% of the population.
Neighboring San Marino ranks third in terms of cost ($0.14). According to Cable.co.uk consumer communications analyst Dame Hodel, many of the cheapest countries have excellent fixed and mobile broadband infrastructure that allows service providers to offer large amounts of data on the cheap. In some countries, economic conditions dictate that the price must remain low so that people can afford it.
However, some of the most expensive data plans are found in the remote island nations of Africa and South America. For example, the Falkland Islands are in 231st place with a cost of $38.45 per 1 GB of Internet, while the same amount of mobile data in Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic, costs an average of $41.06 US dollars.
