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What 1 GB of mobile data actually costs a traveller, in every country we sell. One number per country: the lowest live price per gigabyte you can buy today, not an average, not a survey estimate.
Start typing to see the rank, the price per GB and how it compares to the median.
Lowest price per GB a traveller can actually buy. Bars are scaled against the most expensive country shown in each column.
Best value per gigabyte
Where a gigabyte costs the most
Source: MegaEsim eSIM Price Index, 26 September 2026 · free to reuse with credit under CC BY 4.0.
Pick any two countries to see the real difference in what data costs on the ground.
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United Kingdom (UK) is the cheapest country in the index for travel eSIM data at $0.18 per GB, while French Polynesia is the most expensive at $14.05, a 78.1× gap between the two ends.
Small island and territory markets dominate the expensive end: Aruba ($11.70), Angola ($10.60) and Gambia ($10.55) all cost more than 5.9× the global median per GB.
Half of the 197 countries measured sell a gigabyte of travel data for less than $1.80, the global median price per GB.
3 countries sit at $0.45 per GB or less, roughly a quarter of the global median of $1.80.
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For every country with at least one active fixed data plan, we divide each plan's price by its data allowance and keep the lowest result. A 20 GB plan at $9.60 scores $0.48 per GB even if that country's 1 GB plan costs more. The figure is a floor: the best value a traveller can actually buy, not an average.
Unlimited plans, because dividing a price by unlimited data gives a meaningless number. Regional and global multi country plans, because the index measures single country prices. Everything else is live retail pricing on this site, in US dollars, including our margin, refreshed automatically when the catalogue reprices. Nothing here is typed in by hand.
This is one seller's catalogue, not a survey of the whole market: it measures what a traveller pays for a prepaid travel eSIM, not what a local resident pays on a domestic contract. Coverage follows our supply, so a missing country is one we do not currently sell. Prices move, and the date above is the moment the page last recalculated.
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United Kingdom (UK), at $0.18 per GB. It is the lowest of all 197 countries in the index and roughly 10 times cheaper than the global median of $1.80.
French Polynesia, at $14.05 per GB, about 78 times the price of the same gigabyte in United Kingdom (UK).
Every fixed data plan for a country is divided by its allowance, and the lowest result becomes that country's score. It is a floor price, not an average, so it reflects the best deal actually on sale.
Roaming bills you at your home operator's out of country rate. A travel eSIM buys wholesale data on a local network instead, which is why the median country in this index sits at $1.80 per GB rather than the tens of dollars roaming can cost.
Yes. The dataset, the charts and the press graphic are CC BY 4.0, free to use anywhere including commercially, as long as you credit MegaEsim and link back to this page. No permission needed.
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