This statistic shows the average price of cellular data per gigabyte in the United States from 2018 to 2023. In 2018, the average price of cellular data was estimated to amount to 4.64 U.S. dollars per GB.
When asked about "Most common mobile data plans", ** percent of U.S. respondents answer "*** GB". This online survey was conducted in 2025, among ****** consumers.
This statistic shows the average price of cellular data per gigabyte by carrier/provider in the United States in 2017. In 2017, Verizon's average price of cellular data amounted to 7.10 U.S. dollars per GB.
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Graph and download economic data for Producer Price Index by Commodity: Telecommunication, Cable, and Internet User Services: Cellular Phone and Other Wireless Telecommunication Services (WPU372101) from Mar 2009 to Jun 2025 about wireless, phone, telecom, internet, services, commodities, PPI, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.
The statistic shows a comparison of monthly unlimited mobile prepaid plans by price for the major mobile service providers in the United States in 2018. Cricket's (AT&T) price for an unlimited monthly plan with one line was ** U.S. dollars.
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United States - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Telecommunication, Cable, and Internet User Services: Cellular Phone and Other Wireless Telecommunication Services was 65.71600 Index Mar 2009=100 in May of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Telecommunication, Cable, and Internet User Services: Cellular Phone and Other Wireless Telecommunication Services reached a record high of 100.30000 in March of 2009 and a record low of 62.50000 in May of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Telecommunication, Cable, and Internet User Services: Cellular Phone and Other Wireless Telecommunication Services - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.
Italy is the country with the cheapest mobile data in Europe, with mobile customers paying an average of **** U.S. dollars per gigabyte of data as of February 2021. Among the selected European countries, Norway had the highest average price for mobile data, with **** U.S. dollars per gigabyte. This is, however, a significant decrease compared to 2019, when the average cost in Norway was ***** U.S. dollars.
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Smart phone price index (CPPI) by North American Product Classification System (NAPCS). The table includes annual data for the most recent reference period and the last four periods. Data are available from January 2015. The base period for the index is (2015=100).
One gigabyte of mobile internet in Ethiopia costs, on average, **** U.S. dollar in 2023. The country ranked ** in *** countries worldwide, from the cheapest to the most expensive for mobile data. Out of nine plans measured in Ethiopia, the lowest price observed was **** U.S. dollars per 1GB for a ** days plan.
In 2023, the lowest mobile internet price in Central and Eastern European countries was paid in Russia and Ukraine. Moldova ranked 15 in a list of 237 countries worldwide, from the cheapest to the most expensive for mobile data. The cost of 1GB amounted to 0.25 U.S. dollars. For comparison, Latvia has the most expensive mobile Internet in the CEE region - 3.21 U.S. dollars per one gigabyte.
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Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Telephone Services in U.S. City Average (CUUR0000SEED) from Dec 1997 to Jun 2025 about urban, consumer, services, CPI, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.
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United States CPI U: EC: Comm: IP: Telephone: Cellular data was reported at 47.874 Dec1997=100 in Jun 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 47.887 Dec1997=100 for May 2018. United States CPI U: EC: Comm: IP: Telephone: Cellular data is updated monthly, averaging 64.361 Dec1997=100 from Dec 1997 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 247 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 Dec1997=100 in Dec 1997 and a record low of 47.550 Dec1997=100 in Aug 2017. United States CPI U: EC: Comm: IP: Telephone: Cellular data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I002: Consumer Price Index: Urban. Personal wireless (also known as cellular) phone service where the telephone instrument is portable and sends and receives signals for calls through the airwaves. Services priced are primarily specific plans offered by cellular companies.
One gigabyte of mobile internet in Singapore cost, on average, **** U.S. dollars in 2023. Data pricing significantly decreased over the period. Out of 18 plans measured, the lowest price observed was **** U.S. dollars per *** for a ** days plan.
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United States CPI U: AW: EC: Comm: IP: Telephone: Cellular data was reported at 1.528 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.738 % for 2016. United States CPI U: AW: EC: Comm: IP: Telephone: Cellular data is updated yearly, averaging 0.816 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.738 % in 2016 and a record low of 0.040 % in 2001. United States CPI U: AW: EC: Comm: IP: Telephone: Cellular data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).
The statistic shows a comparison of monthly unlimited mobile standard postpaid plans by price for the major mobile service providers in the United States in 2018. AT&T's price for a standard unlimited monthly plan with one line was ** U.S. dollars.
In 2023, the highest mobile internet price among the presented Eastern European and Central Asian countries had to be paid in Turkmenistan. More specifically, the cost of one gigabyte (GB) of mobile data in the country equaled to ***** U.S. dollars. To compare, internet users in Tajikistan had to pay **** U.S. dollars per one GB of mobile data in the same period.
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United States CPI UW: EC: Comm: IP: Telephone: Cellular data was reported at 1.704 % in Jun 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.707 % for May 2018. United States CPI UW: EC: Comm: IP: Telephone: Cellular data is updated monthly, averaging 1.009 % from Jan 1998 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 246 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.848 % in Jan 2016 and a record low of 0.040 % in Sep 2001. United States CPI UW: EC: Comm: IP: Telephone: Cellular data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I010: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights.
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United States PPI: Misc Pdts: Mobile Homes data was reported at 302.400 1982=100 in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 299.800 1982=100 for May 2018. United States PPI: Misc Pdts: Mobile Homes data is updated monthly, averaging 158.600 1982=100 from Jan 1981 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 444 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 302.400 1982=100 in Jun 2018 and a record low of 94.500 1982=100 in Jan 1981. United States PPI: Misc Pdts: Mobile Homes data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I017: Producer Price Index: By Commodities.
In Portugal, the costs of mobile data and internet decreased from 2021 to 2022, for all baskets, with the fixed broadband basket recording the largest decrease, from ** U.S. dollars to almost ** U.S. dollars. In 2023, prices decreased except for mobile cellular low-usage basket, with ** minutes plus ** SMS, and for fixed-broadband baskets (* GB), which increased to ***** U.S. dollars.
This statistic shows the average price of cellular data per gigabyte in the United States from 2018 to 2023. In 2018, the average price of cellular data was estimated to amount to 4.64 U.S. dollars per GB.