Ticket prices for next year's World Cup will range from $US990 ($A1084) to as little as $US15 ($A16) for some Brazilians eligible for discount rates.
The prices were announced on Friday by football's world governing body FIFA. The $15 tickets will be available to Brazilian students, Brazilians over 60 and members of some social programs. In 2010, some South Africans paid as little as $20.
Host nation residents will have access to at least 400,000 discounted tickets from the publicly available total of about three million.
"Those prices are extremely competitive," FIFA's Thierry Weil said. "So you have a huge range, for sure."
FIFA said prices for international fans start at $220 for the opening match in Sao Paulo on June 12. Top category seats cost $495 for the opener.
At the other 47 group-stage matches, seats cost $90 in the cheapest Category 3 band. Category 1 tickets are $175.
On average, prices for international fans are about 10 per cent more than four years ago in South Africa, meaning they might be subsidising discounts to certain Brazilians.
The concessions to Brazilians were stipulated in a World Cup bill approved last year by the Brazilian Congress. Portions of the bill have been called unconstitutional and are being appealed to the country's supreme court.
"The ticketing strategy shows important achievements that Brazil has obtained, which were included in the World Cup law," Deputy Sports Minister Luis Fernandes said.
Despite the discounts, the prices are out of reach for most people in Brazil, where the average minimum monthly wage is about $US340 ($A372).
Brazil will spend about $US14 billion ($A15.33 billion) on the World Cup - a focus of violent street protests during the Confederation Cup last month.
The protests have continued over poor schools, hospitals and public services contrasted with the lavish World Cup spending - and an equal amount on the 2016 Rio Olympics.
World Cup tickets will be sold globally from August 20 on the fifa.com website. The first phase ends on October 10, and a random draw will allocate seats for oversubscribed matches.
A second phase opens on December 8, after the 32-team draw is made and the match schedule confirmed.
Buyers can request a maximum of four seats per match for up to seven games.
