Apple has done an outstanding job of marketing the iPhone as an aspirational brand to the point where people see this gadget as a benchmark of success, as a result, the majority of individuals who buy the phone, particularly in developing economies, do so as a show of prosperity.

With the launch of each generation of iPhones, Apple experiences impressive sales figures, and despite the brand selling record numbers each year, this doesn’t change the fact that the iPhone is a luxury good, selling for a ridiculous price for a phone.

This begs the question of who’s buying this brand with such a ludicrous price. For context, flagship phones of big-name phone brands sold at an average of $300 to $500 about 5 years ago. Today that price has more than doubled for base models of flagships and there is no denying that iPhones are at the helm of these price hikes, yet people still flock to get Apple’s latest devices.

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While some African countries have bought into iPhones’ identity of exclusivity, some simply couldn’t care less. For such regions, complex socio-economic issues leave little room for Apple’s influence to take hold. However, for African countries that have decided to be a part of Apple’s increasingly trending ecosystem, here’s how much of their salaries they have to spend on getting the latest iPhone.

This list is courtesy of CompareDial, a phone & SIM contract deal comparison website. The data used in compiling the list is partly derived from the yearly median salary data sourced from the site’s World in Data, The World Bank DataBank, and Burmese government/ministry data.

Work hours and work days calculations assume 8-hour shifts for 5 days per week. Additionally, the iPhone in question is the base model of the iPhone 15 (128GB) at 1,428.29 USD after taxes.

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