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Ahtisham Hasan Khan
Ahtisham Hasan Khan

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Where a $4.99 subscription costs the most: App Store countries ranked by price level

Apple converts your subscription price at market exchange rates. We ranked 174 App Store territories by the World Bank price-level index to show where that makes a $4.99 subscription most expensive in local terms.

The short version

  • 109 of 174 territories have a price level below half of the US level.
  • 37 are below a third, where an exchange-rate-converted price feels more than three times as expensive as it does in the US.
  • Only 6 are more expensive than the US: Israel, Barbados, Switzerland, Cayman Islands, Iceland, Bermuda.
  • The lowest price levels are in Nigeria, Egypt, Laos.
  • 4 territories have no World Bank estimate (Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Taiwan).

How to read the table

“Price level” is the World Bank’s PA.NUS.GDP.PLI for the latest available year, divided by the US value. “$4.99 becomes” scales $4.99 by that ratio and rounds to Apple’s nearest US price point. Apple then converts that point to local currency. The price level measures what goods and services cost, not incomes, so treat it as a starting point (why).

# Territory Price level vs. US $4.99 becomes Data year
1 Nigeria 13% $0.69 2025
2 Egypt 15% $0.79 2025
3 Laos 22% $1.09 2025
4 Sierra Leone 23% $1.09 2025
5 Bhutan 23% $1.19 2025
6 India 23% $1.19 2025
7 Pakistan 24% $1.19 2025
8 Myanmar 25% $1.19 2025
9 Gambia 25% $1.19 2025
10 Nepal 25% $1.29 2025
11 Bangladesh 26% $1.29 2025
12 Ethiopia 26% $1.29 2025
13 Rwanda 27% $1.39 2025
14 Tajikistan 28% $1.39 2025
15 Vietnam 28% $1.39 2025
16 Azerbaijan 28% $1.39 2025
17 Mauritania 29% $1.39 2025
18 Indonesia 29% $1.39 2025
19 Turkmenistan 29% $1.49 2025
20 Uzbekistan 29% $1.49 2025
21 Sri Lanka 29% $1.49 2025
22 Tanzania 29% $1.49 2025
23 Belarus 30% $1.49 2025
24 Zambia 30% $1.49 2025
25 Angola 31% $1.49 2025
26 Tunisia 31% $1.49 2025
27 Thailand 31% $1.49 2025
28 Madagascar 31% $1.49 2025
29 Ukraine 31% $1.59 2025
30 Suriname 31% $1.59 2025
31 Malaysia 32% $1.59 2025
32 Algeria 33% $1.59 2025
33 Eswatini 33% $1.59 2025
34 Georgia 33% $1.69 2025
35 Guyana 33% $1.69 2025
36 Philippines 33% $1.69 2025
37 Kazakhstan 33% $1.69 2025
38 Kyrgyzstan 33% $1.69 2025
39 Cambodia 34% $1.69 2025
40 Kenya 34% $1.69 2025
41 Togo 34% $1.69 2025
42 Mali 34% $1.69 2025
43 Cameroon 34% $1.69 2025
44 Guinea-Bissau 34% $1.69 2025
45 Mongolia 34% $1.69 2025
46 Nicaragua 34% $1.69 2025
47 Lesotho 34% $1.69 2025
48 Benin 34% $1.69 2025
49 Uganda 35% $1.69 2025
50 Republic of the Congo 35% $1.69 2025
51 Paraguay 35% $1.69 2025
52 Brunei 35% $1.79 2025
53 Chad 35% $1.79 2025
54 Malawi 35% $1.79 2025
55 Russia 35% $1.79 2025
56 Niger 36% $1.79 2025
57 Senegal 36% $1.79 2025
58 Mozambique 37% $1.89 2025
59 Côte d'Ivoire 37% $1.89 2025
60 Gabon 37% $1.89 2025
61 Burkina Faso 37% $1.89 2025
62 North Macedonia 37% $1.89 2025
63 Lebanon 38% $1.89 2024
64 Botswana 38% $1.89 2025
65 Colombia 38% $1.89 2025
66 Ghana 38% $1.89 2025
67 Iraq 38% $1.89 2025
68 Guinea 38% $1.89 2025
69 Armenia 38% $1.89 2025
70 Dominican Republic 39% $1.89 2025
71 Mauritius 39% $1.89 2025
72 Libya 39% $1.99 2025
73 Bolivia 40% $1.99 2025
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 40% $1.99 2025
75 Fiji 41% $1.99 2025
76 Namibia 41% $1.99 2025
77 El Salvador 41% $2.09 2025
78 Equatorial Guinea 41% $2.09 2025
79 Kosovo 41% $2.09 2025
80 Turkey 41% $2.09 2025
81 South Africa 41% $2.09 2025
82 Montenegro 42% $2.09 2025
83 Democratic Republic of the Congo 42% $2.09 2025
84 Morocco 42% $2.09 2025
85 Central African Republic 42% $2.09 2025
86 Jordan 42% $2.09 2025
87 Ecuador 43% $2.09 2025
88 Bahrain 43% $2.19 2025
89 Moldova 43% $2.19 2025
90 Guatemala 43% $2.19 2025
91 Yemen 44% $2.19 2013
92 Romania 44% $2.19 2025
93 Serbia 45% $2.29 2025
94 Panama 45% $2.29 2025
95 Honduras 46% $2.29 2025
96 Brazil 46% $2.29 2025
97 Argentina 46% $2.29 2025
98 Bulgaria 46% $2.29 2025
99 Albania 46% $2.29 2025
100 Liberia 46% $2.29 2025
101 Djibouti 46% $2.29 2025
102 Zimbabwe 47% $2.29 2025
103 Saudi Arabia 47% $2.29 2025
104 Oman 47% $2.39 2025
105 China 47% $2.39 2025
106 Chile 48% $2.39 2025
107 Cape Verde 48% $2.39 2025
108 Dominica 48% $2.39 2025
109 Comoros 49% $2.39 2025
110 Trinidad and Tobago 51% $2.59 2025
111 Maldives 51% $2.59 2025
112 St. Lucia 51% $2.59 2025
113 Peru 51% $2.59 2025
114 Hungary 52% $2.59 2025
115 Poland 52% $2.59 2025
116 Belize 53% $2.59 2025
117 Croatia 53% $2.69 2025
118 Mexico 54% $2.69 2025
119 Seychelles 54% $2.69 2025
120 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 55% $2.79 2025
121 Macau 55% $2.79 2025
122 Qatar 56% $2.79 2025
123 Grenada 57% $2.79 2025
124 Latvia 57% $2.89 2025
125 Kuwait 57% $2.89 2025
126 South Korea 57% $2.89 2025
127 Slovakia 58% $2.89 2025
128 Papua New Guinea 58% $2.89 2025
129 Lithuania 58% $2.89 2025
130 Costa Rica 59% $2.99 2025
131 Czech Republic 59% $2.99 2025
132 Greece 60% $2.99 2025
133 Jamaica 60% $2.99 2025
134 Portugal 60% $2.99 2025
135 Singapore 60% $2.99 2025
136 Venezuela 63% $3.09 2011
137 Slovenia 63% $3.19 2025
138 United Arab Emirates 63% $3.19 2024
139 São Tomé and Príncipe 64% $3.19 2025
140 Spain 65% $3.19 2025
141 Cyprus 65% $3.19 2025
142 Japan 65% $3.19 2025
143 Uruguay 66% $3.29 2025
144 Estonia 66% $3.29 2025
145 Malta 66% $3.29 2025
146 St. Kitts and Nevis 69% $3.39 2025
147 Italy 69% $3.49 2025
148 Antigua and Barbuda 69% $3.49 2025
149 Hong Kong 71% $3.49 2025
150 Solomon Islands 75% $3.69 2025
151 France 77% $3.79 2025
152 Germany 80% $3.99 2025
153 Belgium 81% $4.09 2025
154 Austria 82% $4.09 2025
155 Canada 83% $4.19 2025
156 Netherlands 84% $4.19 2025
157 Ireland 85% $4.19 2025
158 Finland 85% $4.29 2025
159 New Zealand 86% $4.29 2025
160 Sweden 87% $4.39 2025
161 United Kingdom 89% $4.49 2025
162 Australia 91% $4.49 2025
163 Norway 91% $4.49 2025
164 Denmark 92% $4.59 2025
165 Luxembourg 94% $4.69 2025
166 Bahamas 96% $4.79 2024
167 Turks and Caicos Islands 99% $4.89 2024
168 United States 100% $4.99 2025
169 Israel 101% $5.09 2025
170 Barbados 110% $5.49 2025
171 Switzerland 112% $5.59 2025
172 Cayman Islands 113% $5.69 2024
173 Iceland 118% $5.89 2025
174 Bermuda 120% $5.99 2024

What to do with this

Look at where your downloads come from. If a large share comes from countries near the top of this table, your default prices are probably costing you conversions there. Start with your three biggest lower-priced markets, set a floor price, and compare conversion before and after. The checklist covers the rest, and RevenueCat’s quick fixes for default global pricing is a good companion read.


Originally published at AppPriceKit.

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