The eSIM Price Index
1 GB of travel data costs a median of $3.39 today — tracked daily across 16 leading providers in 240 countries.
How much 1 GB costs around the world
Where data is cheapest — and most expensive
🟢 10 cheapest countries for eSIM data
🔴 10 most expensive countries
- 1
Equatorial Guinea↑ 148.6% / 30d$101.23/GB - 2
Yemen↑ 551.6% / 30d$36.38/GB - 3
Namibia↓ 44.1% / 30d$25.51/GB - 4
Western Sahara↑ 6.8% / 30d$21.04/GB - 5
Cuba↓ 0.4% / 30d$17.15/GB - 6
Burundi→ 0.0% / 30d$14.67/GB - 7
New Caledonia→ 0.0% / 30d$13.31/GB - 8
French Polynesia↓ 4.1% / 30d$11.50/GB - 9
Belize↓ 7.5% / 30d$10.32/GB - 10
Zimbabwe↓ 8.6% / 30d$9.49/GB
⚡ Biggest movers (30 days)
- 1Yemen↑ 551.6% / 30d$36.38/GB
- 2
Bhutan↑ 258.3% / 30d$9.22/GB - 3
Guam↑ 230.4% / 30d$6.51/GB - 4
Timor-Leste↑ 167.6% / 30d$6.89/GB - 5Equatorial Guinea↑ 148.6% / 30d$101.23/GB
- 6
Malaysia↑ 143.5% / 30d$1.69/GB - 7
Palau↓ 96.2% / 30d$4.16/GB - 8
Singapore↑ 91.0% / 30d$1.41/GB - 9
China↑ 80.1% / 30d$1.94/GB - 10
Taiwan↑ 79.7% / 30d$1.74/GB
The global price of 1 GB over time
Median price per GB, by provider
How each major eSIM provider's median price has moved over time. Toggle any provider on or off.
How much more do travelers pay?
Our companion study benchmarks the travel eSIM market's daily median price against the ITU's official local mobile data price, country by country.
Travelers pay a median 1.57× what residents pay for the same gigabyte.
In 68 of 193 countries (35%), a travel eSIM is already cheaper than the local plan.
Within a single country, the median plan costs 4.50× the cheapest one.
Market context
These figures compare the travel eSIM market's median price with the ITU ICT Price Baskets (2025 edition), across 193 countries with a matching local benchmark.
How to cite
Simsima eSIM Price Statistics, 10/16/2026. Local price benchmark: ITU ICT Price Baskets 2025.
Our figures are published under CC BY 4.0. ITU figures are cited with attribution, and we show the derived local price per gigabyte for each ranked country; the full ITU basket dataset itself is not redistributed — for that, go to the ITU directly.
Free, open data
All data is open under CC BY 4.0. Download the dataset, read the methodology, or see the quarterly country awards.
Maintained by Simsima, a travel eSIM store.