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Countries with the Lowest Communication & Digital Costs 2026

Compare broadband internet, mobile plans, prepaid data, travel data and coworking day-pass costs across 229 countries. Find destinations where digital basic costs stay low for work and everyday life.

#	Country	Score
1	Vietnam	96.6
2	India	95.6
3	Egypt	95.5
4	Argentina	95.2
5	Nepal	94.9
6	Kazakhstan	94.9
7	Turkey	94.6
8	Belarus	94.2
9	Uzbekistan	94.1
10	Moldova	94
11	Sri Lanka	92.9
12	Bangladesh	92.9
13	Ukraine	92.8
14	Cambodia	92.6
15	Pakistan	92.6
16	China	92.1
17	Kyrgyzstan	91.9
18	Iran	91.9
19	Russia	91.9
20	Romania	91.7
21	Bulgaria	91.3
22	Georgia	91
23	Philippines	90.7
24	Serbia	90.6
25	Myanmar	90.4
26	Indonesia	89.8
27	Mongolia	89.4
28	Tajikistan	89.3
29	Armenia	88.7
30	North Macedonia	88.6
31	Laos	88.3
32	Albania	88.1
33	Algeria	87.3
34	Tunisia	87.1
35	Kosovo	86.9
36	Bosnia and Herzegovina	86.6
37	Azerbaijan	86.4
38	Poland	86
39	Morocco	86
40	Latvia	86
41	Colombia	85.8
42	Hungary	85.3
43	Lithuania	85.3
44	Zanzibar	85.2
45	Malaysia	85
46	Bhutan	84.7
47	Estonia	84.5
48	Thailand	83.6
49	Kenya	83.1
50	Nigeria	82.5
51	Peru	82.2
52	Paraguay	82
53	Slovakia	81.8
54	Montenegro	81.5
55	Ethiopia	81
56	Libya	81
57	Sudan	80.9
58	Bolivia	80.4
59	Brazil	80.4
60	Rwanda	80.3
61	Ecuador	80.1
62	Portugal	80
63	Mexico	79.7
64	Chile	79.6
65	Uganda	79.3
66	Czech Republic	79.3
67	Hong Kong	79.2
68	Croatia	79.1
69	Greece	79.1
70	Ghana	78.7
71	Western Sahara	78.6
72	Jordan	78.4
73	Tanzania	78.2
74	Malta	77.8
75	Spain	77.8
76	Italy	77.6
77	South Africa	77.4
78	El Salvador	76.9
79	Macau	76.2
80	Guatemala	75.9
81	Slovenia	75.8
82	Zambia	75.2
83	Costa Rica	75.1
84	Iraq	75
85	Chinese Taipei	74.9
86	Senegal	74.6
87	Ivory Coast	74.4
88	Botswana	74.1
89	Nicaragua	74
90	Finland	73.9
91	Honduras	73.2
92	Palestine	73.2
93	Benin	72.8
94	Mauritius	71.7
95	Dominican Republic	71.4
96	Togo	71.2
97	Gambia	71.2
98	Swaziland	70.9
99	Namibia	70.6
100	San Marino	70.3
101	Venezuela	70.3
102	Uruguay	70.2
103	Panama	70
104	Germany	69.8
105	Singapore	69.6
106	France	69.6
107	Cyprus	69.5
108	Cameroon	69
109	Brunei	68.7
110	Mauritania	68.5
111	Mozambique	68.1
112	Madagascar	68.1
113	Lesotho	67.9
114	Zimbabwe	67.9
115	United Kingdom	67.6
116	Austria	67.4
117	Korea Republic	67.1
118	Sweden	66.9
119	Israel	66.7
120	Timor-Leste	66.6
121	Bahrain	66.6
122	Saudi Arabia	66.1
123	Netherlands	65.9
124	Cape Verde	65.6
125	Denmark	65.6
126	Réunion	65.4
127	Burkina Faso	65.1
128	Lebanon	64.4
129	Malawi	64.1
130	Tonga	63.9
131	Sierra Leone	63.6
132	Andorra	63.5
133	Somalia	63.5
134	Luxembourg	63.4
135	Turkmenistan	62.9
136	Japan	62.9
137	Angola	62.8
138	Jamaica	62.5
139	Syria	62.3
140	Mayotte	62.3
141	Gabon	62.3
142	Mali	62.2
143	Guinea	62
144	Belgium	61.9
145	Congo DR	61.8
146	Afghanistan	61.6
147	Fiji	61.3
148	Guadeloupe	61.3
149	Martinique	61.3
150	Kuwait	61.2
151	Gibraltar	61
152	Ireland	61
153	Qatar	60.3
154	Congo	60
155	Papua New Guinea	59.4
156	São Tomé and Príncipe	59.3
157	Equatorial Guinea	59.1
158	New Caledonia	58.8
159	Liberia	58.3
160	Guinea-Bissau	57.7
161	Suriname	57.6
162	Guyana	57.5
163	Maldives	57.2
164	Niger	57.1
165	Comoros	56.7
166	Oman	56.5
167	Djibouti	56.1
168	French Guiana	55.7
169	Seychelles	55.6
170	Monaco	55
171	Cuba	54.7
172	Haiti	54.4
173	Faroe Islands	54.3
174	Norway	53.6
175	Trinidad and Tobago	53.2
176	Iceland	52.7
177	New Zealand	51.5
178	Saint-Martin	51.4
179	Curacao	51.4
180	Australia	50.8
181	Tahiti	50.6
182	Samoa	50.5
183	Belize	50.3
184	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	50.3
185	Chad	49.7
186	Liechtenstein	49.5
187	Puerto Rico	47.4
188	Canada	45.5
189	Vanuatu	45.1
190	Burundi	43.2
191	Central African Republic	42.9
192	South Sudan	42.8
193	Grenada	42.1
194	Aruba	42
195	Yemen	41.7
196	Palau	41.4
197	Dominica	41.3
198	United States	41.2
199	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	40.7
200	Antigua and Barbuda	40.6
201	Saint Lucia	40.4
202	Cook Islands	39.7
203	Kiribati	39.6
204	Saint Kitts and Nevis	39.2
205	United Arab Emirates	39.1
206	Niue	39
207	Barbados	39
208	Wallis and Futuna	38.3
209	Sint Maarten	37.8
210	Micronesia	37.7
211	Marshall Islands	36.4
212	Switzerland	35.5
213	Northern Mariana Islands	35.1
214	Eritrea	34.8
215	Montserrat	34.1
216	American Samoa	32.7
217	Bahamas	32.1
218	Nauru	32
219	U.S. Virgin Islands	31.6
220	Solomon Islands	31.4
221	Tuvalu	31.1
222	Korea DPR	30.3
223	Cayman Islands	30.2
224	Guam	29.7
225	Anguilla	29.1
226	Greenland	26.8
227	British Virgin Islands	20.5
228	Turks and Caicos Islands	20.4
229	Bermuda	15

How the Communication and Digital Costs Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across five indicators. Nomadino calculates: communication and digital costs score = internet cost × 0.35 + mobile plan cost × 0.25 + prepaid SIM and data package × 0.18 + eSIM and travel data × 0.10 + coworking day pass × 0.12.

Internet cost: 35%
Mobile plan cost: 25%
Prepaid SIM and data package: 18%
eSIM and travel data: 10%
Coworking day pass: 12%

Nomadino uses normalized indicator scores on a 0 to 100 scale, where higher means lower recurring digital basic costs. Internet cost receives the highest weight because a stable fixed connection is usually the most important digital cost block for work, housing and everyday life. Mobile plans are also weighted strongly because mobile data, reachability and navigation matter directly for arrival, travel and daily use.

Prepaid SIM and data packages capture the short-term local entry cost and therefore receive a medium weight. eSIM and travel data count lower because they mainly matter for arrival and travel, and do not replace local SIM offers. Coworking day passes remain included because digital work may require not only data access but also a usable work location. If an indicator is removed with the checkbox, Nomadino divides by the sum of the remaining weights, preserving the relative importance of the active indicators.