The Roaming Cost Index
The cheapest country to get online right now is Ukraine at €0.89 for an eSIM data plan. The most expensive is Namibia at €47.59. Median entry price across 205 countries: €3.99. All figures from live rates, not estimates.
Methodology, honestly
For every country we sell coverage in, we take the cheapest purchasable eSIM data plan in our live catalog, in euros, at the moment you load this page. Prices are retail, tax included, from the same pricing engine that powers checkout. This edition ranks by entry price; a per-gigabyte ranking follows once bulk per-country plan data is published. Cite freely with a link (CC BY 4.0), or take the CSV download.
Every country, ranked
| # | Country | Region | Cheapest plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | Europe | €0.89 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | Europe | €0.99 |
| 3 | Denmark | Europe | €0.99 |
| 4 | Estonia | Europe | €0.99 |
| 5 | Finland | Europe | €0.99 |
| 6 | Hungary | Europe | €0.99 |
| 7 | Lithuania | Europe | €0.99 |
| 8 | Poland | Europe | €0.99 |
| 9 | Romania | Europe | €0.99 |
| 10 | Turkey | Europe | €0.99 |
| 11 | Austria | Europe | €1.09 |
| 12 | Croatia | Europe | €1.09 |
| 13 | Cyprus | Europe | €1.09 |
| 14 | Czechia | Europe | €1.09 |
| 15 | France | Europe | €1.09 |
| 16 | Germany | Europe | €1.09 |
| 17 | Greece | Europe | €1.09 |
| 18 | Italy | Europe | €1.09 |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | Asia | €1.09 |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | Asia | €1.09 |
| 21 | Latvia | Europe | €1.09 |
| 22 | Luxembourg | Europe | €1.09 |
| 23 | Malta | Europe | €1.09 |
| 24 | Moldova | Europe | €1.09 |
| 25 | Netherlands | Europe | €1.09 |
| 26 | Norway | Europe | €1.09 |
| 27 | Pakistan | Asia | €1.09 |
| 28 | Portugal | Europe | €1.09 |
| 29 | Slovakia | Europe | €1.09 |
| 30 | Slovenia | Europe | €1.09 |
| 31 | Spain | Europe | €1.09 |
| 32 | Sweden | Europe | €1.09 |
| 33 | United Kingdom | Europe | €1.09 |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | Asia | €1.09 |
| 35 | Albania | Europe | €1.19 |
| 36 | Belgium | Europe | €1.19 |
| 37 | Ireland | Europe | €1.19 |
| 38 | Liechtenstein | Europe | €1.19 |
| 39 | Montenegro | Europe | €1.19 |
| 40 | Serbia | Europe | €1.19 |
| 41 | Switzerland | Europe | €1.19 |
| 42 | Hong Kong SAR China | Asia | €1.29 |
| 43 | Israel | Middle East | €1.29 |
| 44 | Malaysia | Asia | €1.29 |
| 45 | New Zealand | Oceania | €1.29 |
| 46 | Russia | Europe | €1.29 |
| 47 | Thailand | Asia | €1.29 |
| 48 | Iceland | Europe | €1.39 |
| 49 | United States | North America | €1.39 |
| 50 | Algeria | Africa | €1.49 |
| 51 | Australia | Oceania | €1.49 |
| 52 | Egypt | Africa | €1.49 |
| 53 | Indonesia | Asia | €1.49 |
| 54 | Macao SAR China | Asia | €1.49 |
| 55 | Réunion | Africa | €1.49 |
| 56 | Kuwait | Middle East | €1.59 |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | Asia | €1.59 |
| 58 | Armenia | Asia | €1.69 |
| 59 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Europe | €1.69 |
| 60 | Georgia | Asia | €1.69 |
| 61 | Tunisia | Africa | €1.69 |
| 62 | Belarus | Europe | €1.79 |
| 63 | Philippines | Asia | €1.79 |
| 64 | Qatar | Middle East | €1.79 |
| 65 | Singapore | Asia | €1.89 |
| 66 | Vietnam | Asia | €1.89 |
| 67 | North Macedonia | Europe | €1.99 |
| 68 | Taiwan | Asia | €1.99 |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | Asia | €2.09 |
| 70 | Bahrain | Middle East | €2.09 |
| 71 | Faroe Islands | Europe | €2.09 |
| 72 | Oman | Middle East | €2.09 |
| 73 | South Korea | Asia | €2.09 |
| 74 | Andorra | Europe | €2.29 |
| 75 | Brazil | South America | €2.39 |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East | €2.49 |
| 77 | Vatican City | Europe | €2.59 |
| 78 | Bangladesh | Asia | €2.69 |
| 79 | Ecuador | South America | €2.69 |
| 80 | Gibraltar | Europe | €2.69 |
| 81 | India | Asia | €2.69 |
| 82 | Iraq | Middle East | €2.69 |
| 83 | Canada | North America | €2.79 |
| 84 | Åland Islands | Europe | €2.99 |
| 85 | Chile | South America | €2.99 |
| 86 | Costa Rica | North America | €2.99 |
| 87 | Uruguay | South America | €3.09 |
| 88 | Argentina | South America | €3.19 |
| 89 | French Guiana | South America | €3.19 |
| 90 | Japan | Asia | €3.19 |
| 91 | Mexico | North America | €3.19 |
| 92 | U.S. Virgin Islands | Caribbean | €3.19 |
| 93 | Fiji | Oceania | €3.29 |
| 94 | Laos | Asia | €3.29 |
| 95 | China | Asia | €3.39 |
| 96 | Morocco | Africa | €3.39 |
| 97 | Ghana | Africa | €3.49 |
| 98 | Isle of Man | Europe | €3.49 |
| 99 | Jordan | Middle East | €3.49 |
| 100 | El Salvador | North America | €3.79 |
| 101 | South Africa | Africa | €3.89 |
| 102 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East | €3.89 |
| 103 | Gambia | Africa | €3.99 |
| 104 | Monaco | Europe | €3.99 |
| 105 | Nigeria | Africa | €3.99 |
| 106 | Kenya | Africa | €4.09 |
| 107 | Peru | South America | €4.09 |
| 108 | Tajikistan | Asia | €4.09 |
| 109 | Madagascar | Africa | €4.19 |
| 110 | St. Barthélemy | Caribbean | €4.29 |
| 111 | Nepal | Asia | €4.49 |
| 112 | Uganda | Africa | €4.49 |
| 113 | Chad | Africa | €4.69 |
| 114 | Congo - Brazzaville | Africa | €4.69 |
| 115 | Congo - Kinshasa | Africa | €4.69 |
| 116 | Gabon | Africa | €4.69 |
| 117 | Malawi | Africa | €4.69 |
| 118 | Mauritius | Africa | €4.69 |
| 119 | Afghanistan | Asia | €4.79 |
| 120 | Cambodia | Asia | €4.79 |
| 121 | Mayotte | Africa | €4.79 |
| 122 | Panama | North America | €4.79 |
| 123 | Paraguay | South America | €4.79 |
| 124 | Guadeloupe | Caribbean | €4.89 |
| 125 | Mongolia | Asia | €4.89 |
| 126 | Jamaica | Caribbean | €4.99 |
| 127 | Niger | Africa | €4.99 |
| 128 | Curaçao | Caribbean | €5.09 |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | Caribbean | €5.09 |
| 130 | Martinique | Caribbean | €5.09 |
| 131 | Senegal | Africa | €5.09 |
| 132 | St. Martin | Caribbean | €5.09 |
| 133 | Colombia | South America | €5.19 |
| 134 | Barbados | Caribbean | €5.29 |
| 135 | Cayman Islands | Caribbean | €5.29 |
| 136 | Montserrat | Caribbean | €5.29 |
| 137 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Caribbean | €5.29 |
| 138 | St. Lucia | Caribbean | €5.29 |
| 139 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | Caribbean | €5.29 |
| 140 | Anguilla | Caribbean | €5.39 |
| 141 | Antigua & Barbuda | Caribbean | €5.39 |
| 142 | Benin | Africa | €5.39 |
| 143 | British Virgin Islands | Caribbean | €5.39 |
| 144 | Cameroon | Africa | €5.39 |
| 145 | Côte d’Ivoire | Africa | €5.39 |
| 146 | Eswatini | Africa | €5.39 |
| 147 | Liberia | Africa | €5.39 |
| 148 | Rwanda | Africa | €5.39 |
| 149 | Turks & Caicos Islands | Caribbean | €5.39 |
| 150 | Dominica | Caribbean | €5.49 |
| 151 | Grenada | Caribbean | €5.49 |
| 152 | Bolivia | South America | €5.69 |
| 153 | Jersey | Europe | €5.69 |
| 154 | Guatemala | North America | €5.79 |
| 155 | Honduras | North America | €5.79 |
| 156 | Tanzania | Africa | €5.89 |
| 157 | Brunei | Asia | €5.99 |
| 158 | Puerto Rico | Caribbean | €5.99 |
| 159 | Venezuela | South America | €5.99 |
| 160 | Zambia | Africa | €6.59 |
| 161 | Nicaragua | North America | €6.69 |
| 162 | Greenland | North America | €6.79 |
| 163 | Seychelles | Africa | €6.79 |
| 164 | Bahamas | Caribbean | €6.99 |
| 165 | Lesotho | Africa | €7.19 |
| 166 | Maldives | Asia | €7.39 |
| 167 | Botswana | Africa | €7.59 |
| 168 | Ethiopia | Africa | €7.69 |
| 169 | Palestinian Territories | Middle East | €7.79 |
| 170 | Burkina Faso | Africa | €7.99 |
| 171 | Guernsey | Europe | €7.99 |
| 172 | Tonga | Oceania | €8.89 |
| 173 | Mozambique | Africa | €8.99 |
| 174 | Mali | Africa | €9.09 |
| 175 | Cape Verde | Africa | €9.19 |
| 176 | Guam | Oceania | €9.29 |
| 177 | Myanmar (Burma) | Asia | €9.39 |
| 178 | Bhutan | Asia | €9.49 |
| 179 | Aruba | Caribbean | €9.99 |
| 180 | Trinidad & Tobago | Caribbean | €9.99 |
| 181 | Bermuda | North America | €10.09 |
| 182 | Caribbean Netherlands | Caribbean | €10.09 |
| 183 | Sint Maarten | Caribbean | €10.09 |
| 184 | Belize | North America | €10.19 |
| 185 | Iran | Middle East | €10.39 |
| 186 | Guyana | South America | €10.69 |
| 187 | Sierra Leone | Africa | €10.69 |
| 188 | Papua New Guinea | Oceania | €10.79 |
| 189 | Lebanon | Middle East | €11.49 |
| 190 | Samoa | Oceania | €11.89 |
| 191 | Suriname | South America | €11.89 |
| 192 | Central African Republic | Africa | €12.09 |
| 193 | Vanuatu | Oceania | €12.69 |
| 194 | Togo | Africa | €12.79 |
| 195 | Timor-Leste | Asia | €13.09 |
| 196 | Syria | Middle East | €13.59 |
| 197 | Guinea-Bissau | Africa | €13.89 |
| 198 | Haiti | Caribbean | €14.39 |
| 199 | Guinea | Africa | €16.79 |
| 200 | Nauru | Oceania | €18.19 |
| 201 | Sudan | Africa | €19.19 |
| 202 | Zimbabwe | Africa | €19.99 |
| 203 | Cuba | Caribbean | €28.09 |
| 204 | Mauritania | Africa | €34.29 |
| 205 | Namibia | Africa | €47.59 |
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