The geographic spread dossier · PW-IDX-YOUTUBE-PREMIUM
What YouTube Premium costs, country by country.
The same individual plan priced across 20 countries, normalized to USD and shown as a share of the local minimum wage. This dossier leads with the geographic spread — what you pay where it is cheapest versus priciest. Every figure is a dated reading from 2026-03-01, not a live quote.
- Subject
- YouTube Premium Index · Individual plan
- The spread
- What the same item costs where it is cheapest vs. priciest, and the multiple between them.
- Affordability
- The USD price as a share of the local monthly minimum wage.
- Normalization
- Local prices converted to USD at a dated FX rate (2026-03-01).
- Tier
- Source-backed (read at the source, dated), not a live feed.
Figures are recorded readings from Google Regional Pricing, normalized to USD at a dated FX rate and dated 2026-03-01 — not a live feed, not monitored, not promised-current. Prices move with currencies and local markets; treat this as a dated snapshot, not financial advice.
The three figures that frame it
Where it is cheapest, the middle of the pack, and where it is priciest — the two ends of the spread plus the median.
- Cheapest on file $1.23 🇳🇬 Nigeria Best price
- Median $8.11 🇵🇱 Poland Middle of 20
- Priciest on file $22.61 🇨🇭 Switzerland High end of the gap
- Most affordable 0.28% of min wage 🇹🇷 Turkey Smallest share of a wage
- Countries on file 20 all with a reading Coverage
- Least affordable 2.77% of min wage 🇮🇳 India Largest share of a wage
Section · The country ledger
Every country on file, read the same way
Each country is entered with its local price, the USD-normalized reading, the time to afford it at the local median income, and its share of the local minimum wage. The cheapest row is shaded; the priciest is marked. Click a column to re-sort.
| Rank | Country | Local price | USD | Time to afford | % of min wage | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria · cheapest | NGN 1,700 | $1.23 | 186 min of work | 2.41% | 2.41% |
| 2 | India | INR 149 | $1.58 | 95 min of work | 2.77% | 2.77% |
| 3 | Egypt | EGP 87.99 | $1.68 | 118 min of work | 1.26% | 1.26% |
| 4 | Turkey | TRY 79.99 | $1.80 | 29 min of work | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 5 | Argentina | ARS 3,399 | $2.47 | 65 min of work | 0.96% | 0.96% |
| 6 | Philippines | PHP 189 | $3.14 | 166 min of work | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 7 | Indonesia | IDR 71,400 | $4.23 | 4.1 hrs of work | 1.25% | 1.25% |
| 8 | Brazil | BRL 26.90 | $5.14 | 109 min of work | 1.66% | 1.66% |
| 9 | Thailand | THB 179 | $5.46 | 165 min of work | 1.49% | 1.49% |
| 10 | Japan | JPY 1,280 | $8.03 | 30 min of work | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 11 | Poland | PLN 29.99 | $8.11 | 71 min of work | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 12 | Canada | CAD 11.99 | $8.67 | 25 min of work | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 13 | Mexico | MXN 159 | $8.95 | 210 min of work | 1.68% | 1.68% |
| 14 | South Korea | KRW 14,900 | $9.90 | 44 min of work | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 15 | Singapore | SGD 13.98 | $10.90 | 27 min of work | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 16 | United States | USD 13.99 | $13.99 | 33 min of work | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 17 | Germany | EUR 12.99 | $15.03 | 47 min of work | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 18 | Australia | AUD 22.99 | $15.99 | 44 min of work | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 19 | United Kingdom | GBP 12.99 | $17.36 | 57 min of work | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 20 | Switzerland · priciest | CHF 17.90 | $22.61 | 43 min of work | 0.42% | 0.42% |
Local prices are converted to USD at the recorded FX rate (2026-03-01). Time to afford is the price ÷ the local hourly median income (8-hour day, 22 days/month), from ILOSTAT. Affordability % is the USD price ÷ the local monthly minimum wage. A country with no reading on file is listed but not ranked.
Section · How this file is built
Method & provenance
One recorded reading
Figures come from Google Regional Pricing, read for this index and dated 2026-03-01. It is a point-in-time reading held as a dated reference, not a live feed.
Normalized to USD
Local prices are converted to USD at a dated FX rate (2026-03-01) so countries are comparable. Currency moves after that date are not reflected.
Affordability, not just price
The same USD price is a different burden depending on local wages. The share-of-minimum-wage column and time-to-afford put each price next to what people there actually earn.
Not advice
Prices move with currencies and local markets. Treat this as a dated snapshot for comparison, not financial advice or a guide to arbitrage across borders.
Prices and the as-read date are real values from the PriceWorld indexes dataset, read 2026-03-01 from Google Regional Pricing. Nothing here is presented as live, monitored, or promised-current. Confirm the current figure with the source before relying on it.