Egypt tops the table as of this check. LinkedIn Premium Career costs EGP 499.99 — about $9.92 — in the Egyptian App Store, versus $39.99 in the United States. That is a 75% cut, verified Aug 29, 2026. Over a year you’d pay roughly $119 instead of $480.
Full board with every dated country: LinkedIn prices by country.
Which country is cheapest for LinkedIn Premium?
Premium Career ranked by lowest verified USD price. Local currency is the source figure; USD uses the dated exchange rate from our methodology page.
| Country | Local | USD | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | EGP 499.99 | $9.92 | −75% |
| Nigeria | ₦19,900 | $14.71 | −63% |
| Pakistan | Rs 4,299 | $15.52 | −61% |
| Brazil | R$89.99 | $17.29 | −57% |
| India | ₹1,850 | $19.32 | −52% |
| New Zealand | NZ$39.99 | $23.51 | −41% |
| Poland | zł89.99 | $24.15 | −40% |
| Japan | ¥3,990 | $25.08 | −37% |
| Philippines | ₱1,570 | $25.40 | −36% |
| South Africa | R449.99 | $27.70 | −31% |
| United States | $39.99 | $39.99 | — |
A note on the country everyone else names: several comparison sites still list Turkey as the cheapest place to buy this plan, some quoting around $2 a month. We checked the Turkish storefront on Aug 29, 2026 and there is no such bargain row anymore — LinkedIn repriced it hard, mirroring what happened to ChatGPT Plus pricing there in June 2026. If a ranking leads with Turkey and doesn’t show a check date, it’s recycling old numbers.
One plan dominates here too: our rows are all Premium Career, the tier job seekers buy. Premium Business, Sales Navigator and Learning are separate products with their own price sheets — don’t assume the cheapest-Career country is cheapest for those.
Will a VPN get you the cheaper price?
Only partway. A VPN changes where the checkout page appears to load from, but the App Store charges whatever country your Apple ID is registered in. To be billed EGP 499.99 you need an Egyptian Apple ID with a working payment method or store credit for that storefront — the network route alone gets you a localized page and full price.
LinkedIn’s web checkout behaves similarly: it keys off your billing country and card, not just your IP. And unlike streaming services where region-hopping is mostly tolerated, LinkedIn ties your account to your professional identity and job history. Getting that flagged carries real consequences — recruiters notice a vanished profile.
If you still want to try, read our honest VPN reality check first; the mechanics are the same across subscription apps.
How do I actually pay for it?
Our dated rows come from the Apple App Store, because that’s what we could verify. The path: sign in on an Apple ID whose region matches the country you want (Egypt for the bottom price), open the LinkedIn app, subscribe through the in-app purchase. Apple bills the Egyptian storefront, and Egyptian App Store gift cards loaded onto that ID will cover it.
| Method | Status on the dated rows |
|---|---|
| Local card | Yes |
| Apple gift card / store credit | Yes |
| Apple Pay | Yes |
| Google Play gift card | No |
| PayPal | Not verified |
| VPN alone | No — payment country decides |
On LinkedIn’s own website the options are broader — cards, PayPal in many markets, and annual billing at a discount (LinkedIn advertises US$239.88/year versus $39.99 monthly in the US, per its pricing page, accessed Aug 2026). But web checkout prices differ from app-store prices, sometimes in your favor, sometimes not. Compare both before you commit.
More general tactics: how to pay for subscriptions from anywhere.
Will my account get banned?
Nobody goes to jail over this, but LinkedIn can restrict accounts it believes misrepresent their location, and its terms require accurate profile information. Three rules if you proceed: never buy a ready-made gray-market login (those get recycled and banned); don’t experiment on the account that holds your entire professional network; and screenshot the billing screen showing currency and total before you confirm. When something looks off mid-checkout, stop there rather than after renewal.
How we verify a price cell is real: methodology.
Bottom line
Egypt wins on pure price — $9.92 against $39.99, a 75% saving verified this month — with Nigeria ($14.71) and Pakistan ($15.52) close behind. The catch is unchanged from every other subscription arbitrage: the discount lives behind a matching payment identity, and LinkedIn is the one service where a flagged account costs more than the savings. If you need Premium for an active job hunt, the safest play is the honest one — or simply waiting, since LinkedIn runs free-trial and discount offers regularly. For the complete picture across every plan and country, see the full LinkedIn table or the LinkedIn Premium info page.