In Pics | Top 10 countries affected by spam calls in 2021

Here we take a look at the world's top 10 countries affected by spam calls, owing to a significant increase in sales and telemarketing calls, as per a report by Truecaller.

Brazil has retained its title of the most spammed country in the world (four years in a row) with 32.9 spam calls per user per month. Credit: Reuters Photo

With nearly 18.02 billion spam calls per user per month, Peru stood second position in the list. Credit: Reuters Photo

Ukraine is the third country in the World with maximum spam based calls. Credit: Reuters Photo

India has moved up in rankings from ninth to the fourth spot this year. Interestingly, over 202 million spam calls were made by just one spammer in India this year between January to October - which is over 6.64 lakh calls every day and 27,000 calls every hour of every day. Credit: PTI Photo

Mexicans receive 15.5 spam calls per user per month and is the fourth country in the list. Credit: Reuters Photo

Sixth on the list was Indonesia. People in Indonesia received approx. 14 spam calls per user per month. Credit: Reuters Photo

Chile moved up in from its from tenth position last year and was in the seventh position this year. Credit: Reuters Photo

Vietnam also moved up in rankings from twelfth in 2020 to eighth place this year. Credit: Reuters Photo

South Africa was typically one of the most spammed countries in the world: it has again jumped from seventeenth place to ninth place. On average, people in South Africa receive 13.2 spam calls per user per month. Credit: AFP Photo

Russia has seen an increase in average volume of spam per user too, and it goes up the ranks from thirteenth place in 2020 to tenth place this year. Credit: Reuters Photo