Apple Music is available in 167 countries around the globe. However, what users pay for an Apple Music subscription varies widely from country to country – especially when you take the national average salary into account.
A new study by CashNetUSA — state-licensed online lender that offers payday loans, installment loans and line of credit products — compared subscription costs and salaries to find which countries are getting the best deal for Apple Music in 2020. Key findings include:
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India is the cheapest place for Apple Music in absolute terms, with a subscription of approximately US$1.32.
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Danish Apple Music costs the most, at $15.50 for an individual monthly subscription.
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The best deal compared to the local salary is in Bermuda, where a subscription costs $5.99 or 0.07% of the $8,283.33 average paycheck.
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Niger gets the worst deal, with a subscription ($2.99) costing 11.76% of the average wage ($25.42).
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Apple Music is cheaper than Spotify in 54 markets, most notably in Costa Rica, where the difference is $3/month.
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Only five markets have a price difference of more than a dollar per month between Apple Music and Spotify: Sweden, Denmark, Uruguay, Argentina, and Costa Rica.
