Netflix is ​​17% more expensive in South Africa than in the US – counting the titles you can watch

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• Although cheaper in direct comparison, South Africans pay Netflix 17% more than those in the United States – by comparing the number of titles each must choose.
• South Africans pay R0.022 per head, compared to R0.019 in the United States.
• Canada is the cheapest place to watch Netflix by comparing cost per title, while Denmark is the most expensive.

South Africans pay about 17% more for Netflix in South Africa than in the United States, according to a new comparitech study – if you count the headlines.

the Which countries pay the most and the least for Netflix? A report released on Monday revealed that while Netflix costs R99 (or US $ 7.14) in South Africa, compared to US $ 7.99 (or US $ 110.71) in the United States, South Africans pay always more when the catalog of each country is compared.

US users have access to 5,839 titles on Netflix (4,123 films and 1,716 TV shows), while South Africans have access to 4,291 titles, including 2,792 films and 1,499 TV shows.

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This means that South Africans have 32% fewer films to choose from and 15% less TV shows.

For cost per security, US users pay about $ 0.00137 per security, compared to South Africans paying $ 0.00160 per security.

But South Africans still pay less than most. the average cost per security worldwide is $ 0.00222, the equivalent of $ 0.031.

Canada is the cheapest place to watch Netflix, if you take into account the cost per security, when users pay $ 0.00124 (R0.017) per security – 10% cheaper than $ 100 United States.

On the basis of price alone, Netflix in Brazil is the cheapest in the world, where users pay only $ 5.24 per month – $ 2.75 ($ 38.09) and £ 1.97 (minus 34.83) Sterling) than the United States and the United Kingdom. Netflix is ​​about 40% cheaper than in the United States.

Netflix in Denmark is one of the most expensive in the world, where users are expected to pay US $ 11.94 (165.69 rand) to $ 3.95 (about 54.71 rand), or about 40 percent of more than the United States.

It also pays 100% more for securities than in Canada at $ 0.00361 (0.05 R) per security.

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