If you thought Netflix was getting expensive in the U.S., well, you’re right. But we’re actually not paying the highest rates in the world — though we are up there.
Visual Capitalist recently mapped out (literally) the cost of a Netflix subscription in every country in which the streamer is available — all 190 of them. (Netflix is available in 244 countries and territories.)
You can find all of this info for yourself on Netflix’s own website, but it looks much prettier below.
At $15.49/month, the price for the “Standard” ad-free plan, the U.S. has the fifth-priciest Netflix subscription rate in the world, behind (in order) Switzerland, Denmark, Greenland, and Ireland. (Tied with the U.S. are American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Most of those are U.S. territories; Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia are independent nations, but pay the same monthly rate.)
There’s nothing neutral about the Swiss rate of $21.48/month — it is more than five bucks higher than anyone else on Earth.
The rates in this study have all been converted to USD using exchange rates from December 10, 2023. The date also explains why the first graphic shorts Netflix by about 20 million global subscribers — hey, it takes a long time to perform research this in-depth.
On the opposite side of the spectrum — and to varying extents, the world — is Pakistan, where a Netflix subscription costs just $2.82/month. The next-four-cheapest countries are Turkey, Argentina, Egypt, and Nigeria.
The below world map shows the cheapest countries for a Netflix membership in green and the most expensive ones in maroon. (The U.S. is a solid orange.) Netflix is unavailable in the white countries: Russia, Crimea, Syria, China, and North Korea. The service used to be available in Russia — until it invaded Ukraine.
It is no coincidence that the richest nations pay the most for Netflix and the poorest nations the least. When one cannot afford to get all of their basic needs met, or at the very least have little-to-no disposable income, Netflix is just not a priority.
Other factors that explain significant differences in prices between countries include competition (for example, Netflix is not the top streaming service in Africa — that’s Showmax), the strength of the local currency, and the availability of broadband. There are plenty of other economic factors at play here, like the cost to produce or acquire programming.
See Netflix’s monthly cost (converted to USD) for a “Standard” plan in each available country below, in alphabetical order. Some of the nations have a cheaper ad-supported option, others do not (yet).
Countries | Netflix Cost (USD) |
---|---|
🇦🇫 Afghanistan | $7.99 |
🇦🇽 Åland Islands | $12.92 |
🇦🇱 Albania | $8.61 |
🇩🇿 Algeria | $7.99 |
🇦🇸 American Samoa | $15.49 |
🇦🇩 Andorra | $14.00 |
🇦🇴 Angola | $7.99 |
🇦🇮 Anguilla | $12.99 |
🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda | $12.99 |
🇦🇷 Argentina | $3.57 |
🇦🇲 Armenia | $10.76 |
🇦🇼 Aruba | $12.99 |
🇦🇺 Australia | $11.19 |
🇦🇹 Austria | $14.00 |
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | $10.76 |
🇧🇸 Bahamas | $12.99 |
🇧🇭 Bahrain | $10.49 |
🇧🇩 Bangladesh | $7.99 |
🇧🇧 Barbados | $15.29 |
🇧🇾 Belarus | $10.76 |
🇧🇪 Belgium | $14.54 |
🇧🇿 Belize | $5.99 |
🇧🇯 Benin | $9.99 |
🇧🇲 Bermuda | $12.99 |
🇧🇹 Bhutan | $7.99 |
🇧🇴 Bolivia | $5.99 |
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | $8.61 |
🇧🇼 Botswana | $7.99 |
🇧🇻 Bouvet Island | $9.99 |
🇧🇷 Brazil | $8.10 |
🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory | $7.99 |
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands | $12.99 |
🇧🇳 Brunei | $11.99 |
🇧🇬 Bulgaria | $8.61 |
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | $7.99 |
🇧🇮 Burundi | $7.99 |
🇰🇭 Cambodia | $7.99 |
🇨🇲 Cameroon | $7.99 |
🇨🇦 Canada | $12.13 |
🇨🇻 Cape Verde | $7.99 |
🇨🇰 Caribbean Netherlands | $12.99 |
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | $12.99 |
🇨🇫 Central African Republic | $7.99 |
🇹🇩 Chad | $7.99 |
🇨🇱 Chile | $9.58 |
🇨🇽 Christmas Island | $7.99 |
🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands | $11.19 |
🇨🇴 Colombia | $6.75 |
🇰🇲 Comoros | $7.99 |
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | $7.99 |
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | $7.99 |
🇨🇰 Cook Islands | $11.32 |
🇨🇷 Costa Rica | $12.99 |
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | $7.99 |
🇭🇷 Croatia | $8.61 |
🇨🇺 Cuba | $5.99 |
🇨🇼 Curaçao | $12.99 |
🇨🇾 Cyprus | $11.84 |
🇨🇿 Czechia | $11.42 |
🇩🇰 Denmark | $16.46 |
🇩🇯 Djibouti | $7.99 |
🇩🇲 Dominica | $5.99 |
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | $7.99 |
🇪🇨 Ecuador | $7.99 |
🇪🇬 Egypt | $3.88 |
🇸🇻 El Salvador | $7.99 |
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | $7.99 |
🇪🇷 Eritrea | $7.99 |
🇪🇪 Estonia | $10.76 |
🇸🇿 Eswatini | $7.99 |
🇪🇹 Ethiopia | $7.99 |
🇫🇰 Falkland Islands | $12.99 |
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands | $16.46 |
🇫🇯 Fiji | $7.99 |
🇫🇮 Finland | $12.92 |
🇫🇷 France | $14.54 |
🇬🇫 French Guiana | $13.46 |
🇵🇫 French Polynesia | $11.99 |
🇹🇫 French Southern Territories | $12.92 |
🇬🇦 Gabon | $7.99 |
🇬🇲 Gambia | $7.99 |
🇬🇪 Georgia | $12.70 |
🇩🇪 Germany | $14.00 |
🇬🇭 Ghana | $7.99 |
🇬🇮 Gibraltar | $14.00 |
🇬🇷 Greece | $11.84 |
🇬🇱 Greenland | $16.46 |
🇬🇩 Grenada | $5.99 |
🇬🇵 Guadeloupe | $13.46 |
🇬🇺 Guam | $15.49 |
🇬🇹 Guatemala | $7.99 |
🇬🇬 Guernsey | $13.79 |
🇬🇳 Guinea | $7.99 |
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | $7.99 |
🇬🇾 Guyana | $5.99 |
🇭🇹 Haiti | $5.99 |
🇭🇲 Heard & McDonald Islands | $9.99 |
🇭🇳 Honduras | $7.99 |
🇭🇰 Hong Kong | $9.99 |
🇭🇺 Hungary | $9.85 |
🇮🇸 Iceland | $14.00 |
🇮🇳 India | $5.98 |
🇮🇩 Indonesia | $7.72 |
🇮🇷 Iran | $9.99 |
🇮🇶 Iraq | $7.99 |
🇮🇪 Ireland | $16.15 |
🇮🇲 Isle of Man | $13.79 |
🇮🇱 Israel | $12.67 |
🇮🇹 Italy | $14.00 |
🇯🇲 Jamaica | $5.99 |
🇯🇵 Japan | $10.28 |
🇯🇪 Jersey | $13.79 |
🇯🇴 Jordan | $7.99 |
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | $10.76 |
🇰🇪 Kenya | $4.52 |
🇰🇮 Kiribati | $7.99 |
🇰🇼 Kuwait | $9.99 |
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | $10.76 |
🇱🇦 Laos | $7.99 |
🇱🇻 Latvia | $10.76 |
🇱🇧 Lebanon | $7.99 |
🇱🇸 Lesotho | $7.99 |
🇱🇷 Liberia | $7.99 |
🇱🇾 Libya | $7.99 |
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | $21.48 |
🇱🇹 Lithuania | $10.76 |
🇱🇺 Luxembourg | $14.54 |
🇲🇴 Macau | $9.99 |
🇲🇬 Madagascar | $7.99 |
🇲🇼 Malawi | $7.99 |
🇲🇾 Malaysia | $9.65 |
🇲🇻 Maldives | $11.99 |
🇲🇱 Mali | $7.99 |
🇲🇹 Malta | $14.00 |
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | $15.49 |
🇲🇶 Martinique | $13.46 |
🇲🇷 Mauritania | $7.99 |
🇲🇺 Mauritius | $7.99 |
🇾🇹 Mayotte | $13.46 |
🇲🇽 Mexico | $12.62 |
🇫🇲 Micronesia | $15.49 |
🇲🇩 Moldova | $10.76 |
🇲🇨 Monaco | $14.54 |
🇲🇳 Mongolia | $7.99 |
🇲🇪 Montenegro | $8.61 |
🇲🇸 Montserrat | $12.99 |
🇲🇦 Morocco | $6.41 |
🇲🇿 Mozambique | $7.99 |
🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | $7.99 |
🇳🇦 Namibia | $7.99 |
🇳🇷 Nauru | $11.99 |
🇳🇵 Nepal | $7.99 |
🇳🇱 Netherlands | $12.92 |
🇳🇨 New Caledonia | $11.99 |
🇳🇿 New Zealand | $11.32 |
🇳🇮 Nicaragua | $5.99 |
🇳🇪 Niger | $7.99 |
🇳🇬 Nigeria | $4.48 |
🇳🇺 Niue | $11.32 |
🇳🇫 Norfolk Island | $11.19 |
🇲🇰 North Macedonia | $8.61 |
🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands | $15.49 |
🇳🇴 Norway | $9.99 |
🇴🇲 Oman | $10.49 |
🇵🇰 Pakistan | $2.82 |
🇵🇼 Palau | $15.49 |
🇵🇸 Palestine | $7.99 |
🇵🇦 Panama | $8.99 |
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | $7.99 |
🇵🇾 Paraguay | $5.99 |
🇵🇪 Peru | $9.28 |
🇵🇭 Philippines | $7.19 |
🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands | $7.99 |
🇵🇱 Poland | $10.68 |
🇵🇹 Portugal | $12.92 |
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | $15.49 |
🇶🇦 Qatar | $9.99 |
🇷🇪 Réunion | $12.49 |
🇷🇴 Romania | $10.76 |
🇷🇼 Rwanda | $7.99 |
🇼🇸 Samoa | $7.99 |
🇸🇲 San Marino | $14.00 |
🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | $7.99 |
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | $11.47 |
🇸🇳 Senegal | $7.99 |
🇷🇸 Serbia | $8.61 |
🇸🇨 Seychelles | $7.99 |
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | $7.99 |
🇸🇬 Singapore | $13.02 |
🇸🇽 Sint Maarten | $12.99 |
🇸🇰 Slovakia | $10.76 |
🇸🇮 Slovenia | $8.61 |
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | $7.99 |
🇸🇴 Somalia | $7.99 |
🇿🇦 South Africa | $8.41 |
🇬🇸 South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands | $9.99 |
🇰🇷 South Korea | $10.25 |
🇸🇸 South Sudan | $7.99 |
🇪🇸 Spain | $14.00 |
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | $7.99 |
🇧🇱 St. Barthélemy | $5.99 |
🇸🇭 St. Helena | $7.99 |
🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis | $12.99 |
🇱🇨 St. Lucia | $5.99 |
🇲🇫 St. Martin | $5.99 |
🇵🇲 St. Pierre & Miquelon | $14.54 |
🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines | $5.99 |
🇸🇩 Sudan | $7.99 |
🇸🇷 Suriname | $5.99 |
🇸🇯 Svalbard & Jan Mayen | $9.99 |
🇸🇪 Sweden | $12.32 |
🇨🇭 Switzerland | $21.48 |
🇹🇼 Taiwan | $10.49 |
🇹🇯 Tajikistan | $12.70 |
🇹🇿 Tanzania | $7.99 |
🇹🇭 Thailand | $9.90 |
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | $7.99 |
🇹🇬 Togo | $7.99 |
🇹🇰 Tokelau | $11.32 |
🇹🇴 Tonga | $7.99 |
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | $12.99 |
🇹🇳 Tunisia | $7.99 |
🇹🇷 Türkiye | $3.38 |
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | $10.76 |
🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands | $12.99 |
🇹🇻 Tuvalu | $7.99 |
🇺🇸 U.S. Outlying Islands | $9.99 |
🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands | $15.49 |
🇺🇬 Uganda | $7.99 |
🇺🇦 Ukraine | $8.07 |
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | $10.62 |
🇬🇧 United Kingdom | $13.79 |
🇺🇸 United States | $15.49 |
🇺🇾 Uruguay | $12.99 |
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | $10.76 |
🇻🇺 Vanuatu | $7.99 |
🇻🇦 Vatican City | $14.00 |
🇻🇪 Venezuela | $5.99 |
🇻🇳 Vietnam | $9.08 |
🇼🇫 Wallis & Futuna | $7.99 |
🇪🇭 Western Sahara | $9.99 |
🇾🇪 Yemen | $7.99 |
🇿🇲 Zambia | $7.99 |
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | $7.99 |