Median of country medians
In RoamSonar’s September 2026 snapshot, the median of 212 qualifying country-level medians is $2.81 USD/GB.
eSIM and mobile connectivity statistics
A source-backed view of our travel eSIM catalogue, its price snapshot and the wider connectivity picture. Different datasets, clearly labelled.
Live RoamSonar catalogue
Browse providers →RoamSonar’s current catalogue contains 266,827 active travel eSIM plans from 61 providers across 226 covered destinations.
266,827
Active plans
61
Active providers
226
Covered destinations
Source: current RoamSonar catalogue. Latest successful catalogue refresh: 123 minutes ago. Individual provider update times can differ.
226 destinations have active plans. Price-per-GB medians are available for 226; destinations with only unlimited plans stay listed without a per-GB median. These are comparison listings, not unique customers, purchases or market share.
Travel eSIM price snapshot
Explore the price index →Snapshot date: September 2026. Prices below are in USD per GB; they describe our sample, not every eSIM sold worldwide.
Lowest qualifying country median
Türkiye has the lowest qualifying country median in RoamSonar’s September 2026 snapshot at $0.72 USD/GB.
How the sample works: 226 destinations have snapshot rows; 212 have a price median and meet the threshold of at least 50 metered plans from 5 providers. Each qualifying country median gets equal weight. This is not a sales-weighted global price or the median of every listed plan.
Wider connectivity context
These figures come from their named publishers, not from RoamSonar’s catalogue. The data periods differ from today’s live plan totals.
Internet users worldwide
The International Telecommunication Union estimated that 6 billion people, 74% of the world's population, used the Internet in 2025.
Estimate for 2025
Population within 5G coverage
The ITU estimated that 5G networks covered 55% of the world's population in 2025.
Estimate for 2025
Mobile internet on a personal device
GSMA reported that 4.7 billion people, 58% of the world's population, used mobile internet on their own device at the end of 2024.
End-2024 data · published 2025
The mobile-internet usage gap
GSMA estimated that 3.1 billion people lived within mobile-broadband coverage but did not use mobile internet at the end of 2024.
End-2024 data · published 2025
Internet use, mobile-internet use and network coverage are different measures. None of these figures estimates eSIM sales, travel-eSIM adoption or RoamSonar customers.
External sources reviewed September 2026. The review date does not change the measurement period.
How to quote these numbers
Keep the publisher, data period, geography and sample definition beside the number. Cite our catalogue separately from the dated price index, and do not describe a country-median comparison as a global retail average.