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# What Each Country Pays For Spotify Premium and How It Affects What Artists Get Paid
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/what-each-country-pays-for-spotify-premium-and-how-it-affects-what-artists-get-paid/
- Published: 2020-07-28T17:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-28T15:26:09.000Z
- Description: Spotify is available in 92 countries. But what users pay for a Spotify Premium subscription varies widely, according to a new study. The difference in price is designed to make. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2020/07/what-each-country-pays-for-spotify-premium-and-how-it-affects-wh
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Streaming, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:51

Spotify is available in 92 countries. But what users pay for a Spotify Premium subscription varies widely, according to a new study.

The difference in price is designed to make the service affordable in each country and reflect local per capita income.

But some countries get a much better deal than others and the result of all of this [variable pricing](https://www.cashnetusa.com/blog/which-countries-pay-most-least-spotify-premium/?ref=hypebot.com) effects what Spotify pays out in royalties.

### How Payments Are Affected

Spotify payments to artists, labels and music publishers are based entirely on a percentage of how much Spotify collects divided by the number of streams.

## 89% LESS

So when a subscriber streams a track using his $1.58 USD per month subscription in India, Spotify pays out 89% less than they would for the same stream in Denmark where a subscription costs $14,39 USD

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### **Key Findings**

- Spotify Premium is cheapest in India (the equivalent of $1.58) and most expensive in Denmark ($14.39).
- The best value compared to a national average salary is in Qatar (0.1% of monthly income), and the worst value is in Nicaragua (3.9%).
- The countries that get the best value can thank higher wages rather than low subscription fees.
- The ten worst deals all balance a mid-range subscription fee against an average monthly wage of under $400.

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