How much does mobile data cost in Madagascar?

The market average is shown above, in Ar/Go. It is the average price per gigabyte of no-commitment mobile data across the basket operators, measured daily from their published price grids.

Is mobile data affordable in Madagascar?

The page shows one gigabyte as a share of average monthly income, next to the international affordability reference of 2% (ITU). The figure is a measurement; you draw the conclusion.

Is this data available via API?

Yes. The market average is a JSON endpoint on api.stileex.xyz/v1/series/mg/mobile-data-price-per-gb/latest, for your applications and your AI agents.

Stileex Mobile Internet Price Index for Madagascar (SMIPI-MG)

Name: Stileex Mobile Internet Price Index for Madagascar (SMIPI-MG)
Creator: Stileex
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The SMIPI-MG tracks the average price per GB of mobile data, across the basket operators, measured daily from published tariffs.

Stileex IndexSMIPI-MG

Market average (per GB)

4,739 Ar/Go

≈ 1.08 USD/Go · 0.95 EUR/Go

Last checked on 19/09/2026

Stileex indicator

One GB as a share of monthly income

2.6 %

One GB costs about 2.6 % of average monthly income (GNI per capita). International affordability reference (ITU): 2 %.

By operator

Airtel

5,000 Ar/Go

≈ 1.14 USD/Go

Yas

5,556 Ar/Go

≈ 1.27 USD/Go

Orange

6,000 Ar/Go

≈ 1.37 USD/Go

Blueline

2,400 Ar/Go

≈ 0.55 USD/Go

How the price moves

Average price per gigabyte, measured each day. The series builds up over time.

Method

For each basket operator, the no-commitment mobile data plans (the price without a contract lock-in) with monthly validity (at least 30 days) are read from its published price grid. The cheapest plan offering at least 4 GB is kept and its price per gigabyte is computed (price ÷ volume). The market figure is the average of these prices across operators. Prices are standalone, what the plan costs on its own without subscribing to anything else from the same operator; a promotional price counts when it runs six months or more, otherwise the plan is priced at what it reverts to. A day publishes only when all four basket operators have been read. Measured every day, with the same rule for every operator, and every point carries the method version and the basket version that produced it.

The basket

The Malagasy basket is Airtel, Yas, Orange and Blueline, read from their public tariffs, excluding conditional bonuses (night data, social networks, IzyTV, Orange Money or Mvola). Its volume floor is 4 GB, the threshold at which each operator's real entry-level plan enters the computation. USD and EUR conversions use the Banque centrale de Madagascar reference rate.

Mobile operators (Madagascar), published price grids

API access

The market average is available as a JSON endpoint, for your applications and your AI agents.

Market average (per GB): GET https://api.stileex.xyz/v1/series/mg/mobile-data-price-per-gb/latest
All Madagascar series: GET https://api.stileex.xyz/v1/series/mg
Versioned methodology: GET https://api.stileex.xyz/v1/methodology/smipi

Frequently asked questions

How much does mobile data cost in Madagascar?: The market average is shown above, in Ar/Go. It is the average price per gigabyte of no-commitment mobile data across the basket operators, measured daily from their published price grids.
Is mobile data affordable in Madagascar?: The page shows one gigabyte as a share of average monthly income, next to the international affordability reference of 2% (ITU). The figure is a measurement; you draw the conclusion.
Is this data available via API?: Yes. The market average is a JSON endpoint on api.stileex.xyz/v1/series/mg/mobile-data-price-per-gb/latest, for your applications and your AI agents.