Spotify · Streaming · Premium Individual plan · Monthly
Spotify Premium Individual ranges from $1.20/mo in Nigeria to $19.30/mo in Switzerland: a 16.1× gap for the same plan. Spotify Premium Individual. There is no iOS in-app purchase; it is sold on the web and through Google Play billing.
18 storefronts Web Direct 18 verified rows Updated Oct 20, 2026 Price history →
Card A · Absolute global floor
Source Verified$1.20/mo
🇳🇬 Nigeria · ₦1,600 on spotify.com
−91% vs US list price $12.99/mo
Billed by spotify.com’s own checkout; we don’t track which payment methods it accepts in Nigeria.
Landed (tax incl.): $1.20/mo
Card B · Cheapest gift-card route
None of the observed Spotify Premium Individual prices is on an App Store, Google Play or Steam storefront that sells gift cards, so store gift cards don’t apply here. Gift cards issued by the vendor itself aren’t tracked.
Billing cycle
Switching plan or cycle re-sorts the table by 12-month difference versus the US. Landed cost is the list price, plus the reseller premium we observed for that store’s gift cards on gift-card routes. No tax is added: US, Canadian and Argentine list prices are pre-tax.
| Cheapest channel | Evidence · Payment | Checkout today | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Nigeria | spotify.com | $1.20 ₦1,600 | $1.20 tax incl. | −91% Cheapest | 1.8 h PPP $7.32 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | $141.47 | — |
| 2 Pakistan | spotify.com | $1.37 Rs 379 | $1.37 tax incl. | −89% | 1.8 h PPP $5.43 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | $139.45 | — |
| 3 India | spotify.com | $1.46 ₹139 | $1.46 tax incl. | −89% | 1.1 h PPP $6.94 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | $138.33 | — |
| 4 Egypt | spotify.com | $1.47 79 ج.م. | $1.47 tax incl. | −89% | 54 min PPP $9.56 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | $138.29 | — |
| 5 Turkey | spotify.com | $2.32 ₺115 | $2.32 tax incl. | −82% | 17 min PPP $5.46 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | $128.05 | — |
| 6 Philippines | spotify.com | $2.68 ₱169 | $2.68 tax incl. | −79% | 1.1 h PPP $8.75 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | $123.71 | — |
| 7 Argentina | spotify.com | $2.95 $ 4.499 | $2.95 pre-tax | −77% | 24 min PPP $6.25 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | $120.44 | — |
| 8 Indonesia | spotify.com | $3.32 Rp 59.900 | $3.32 tax incl. | −74% | 1.3 h PPP $12.69 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | $116.07 | — |
| 9 Malaysia | spotify.com | $4.29 RM 17.50 | $4.29 tax incl. | −67% | 42 min PPP $12.97 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | $104.44 | — |
| 10 Brazil | spotify.com | $4.73 R$ 23,90 | $4.73 tax incl. | −64% | 54 min PPP $9.20 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | $99.09 | — |
| 11 Japan | spotify.com | $6.82 ￥1,080 | $6.82 tax incl. | −48% | 21 min PPP $11.47 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | $74.08 | — |
| 12 Poland | spotify.com | $6.93 26,99 zł | $6.93 tax incl. | −47% | 33 min PPP $14.13 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | $72.77 | — |
| 13 Mexico | spotify.com | $7.54 $139 | $7.54 tax incl. | −42% | 1.1 h PPP $13.33 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | $65.46 | — |
| 14 Canada | spotify.com | $9.92 $13.99 | $9.92 pre-tax | −24% | 21 min PPP $11.84 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | $36.81 | — |
| 15 United States | spotify.com | $12.99 $12.99 | $12.99 pre-tax | US baseline | 18 min PPP $12.99 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | — | — |
| 16 Germany | spotify.com | $14.57 12,99 € | $14.57 tax incl. | +12% | 29 min PPP $18.07 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | -$18.98 | — |
| 17 United Kingdom | spotify.com | $17.29 £12.99 | $17.29 tax incl. | +33% | 38 min PPP $19.65 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | -$51.66 | — |
| 18 Switzerland | spotify.com | $19.30 CHF 15.95 | $19.30 tax incl. | +49% | 21 min PPP $17.21 | Source Verified Vendor checkout | -$75.72 | — |
Landed = list price ÷ FX, plus the median premium one reseller (SEAGM) charged for that store’s gift cards when the route is gift-card funded and a price was observed. No tax is added; “pre-tax” rows (US, Canada, Argentina) get tax at checkout or on the card statement. vs US compares spot prices with the lowest US list price ($12.99/mo). 12-mo saving vs US = (US list price $12.99 − landed) × 12. Affordability = hours of GNI per capita (÷ 2,000 working hours) per month of use. Checkout votes are reader reports, one per route per day.
Spotify Premium Individual · Monthly · computed from 18 storefronts
Spotify Premium Individual is one of the most aggressively regionalised plans we track: Nigeria charges $1.20/mo (−91% against the US list price of $12.99) while Switzerland charges $19.30/mo, a 16.1× price ratio. The mean ($6.73) sits 49% above the median ($4.51), pulled up by the top quartile above $9.33. The standard deviation across 18 storefronts is $5.78 (σ/μ = 86%), a very wide band; 2 of them sit within 10% of the median, and the middle half spans $2.41 to $9.33.
The three cheapest storefronts are Nigeria, Pakistan and India; 3 storefronts charge more than the US, led by Switzerland and United Kingdom. It ranks second-widest of 4 products in its category, behind YouTube Premium at 17.5×.
By region, Sub-Saharan Africa is the cheapest bloc (median −91% vs the US) and Europe the dearest (+23%); North America ranks 8 of 9. Neighbours disagree most in Europe: Switzerland charges 2.8× what Poland does.
Only spotify.com prices are observed for Spotify Premium Individual so far.
None of the observed Spotify Premium Individual prices is on a store that sells gift cards for that country, so store gift cards don’t apply here. Gift cards issued by the vendor itself aren’t tracked.
Measured in hours of GNI per capita (÷ 2,000 working hours), one month costs 18 min in the US but 1.8 h in Pakistan (6.2× the burden, at a price −89% below the US), worth $5.43 in IMF PPP dollars.
Spot USD price versus the US list price; hover a country for its local price.
Nigeria has the lowest nominal price at $1.20 per month through Web Direct (−91% vs the US). Payment route: Vendor checkout.
Across 18 storefronts the median is $4.51 and the mean $6.73, with a standard deviation of $5.78. The most expensive storefront (Switzerland) charges 16.1× the cheapest (Nigeria).
18 min of GNI per capita in the US versus a cross-country median of 40 min, using GNI per capita divided by 2,000 working hours.
Prices are list prices read from each storefront or vendor page, converted at the 2026-10-20 exchange rate (open.er-api.com (latest) + currency-api archive (month-end history)). Only prices observed in the last 30 days are shown; storefronts we have not observed are left out rather than estimated. See methodology and data sources; download every row from open data.