
Telecommunication in Eritrea
Compared to the United States, Eritrea is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +291, there were a total of 1.87 million connections in 2021. Among them were 1.80 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.50 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 701 webhosts, Eritrea is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, three of these, or about 0 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100 percent mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.Access to the internet in Eritrea from 1990 - 2021
Broadband internet in Eritrea 2008 - 2021

Landlines 1992 - 2021
Mobile phones 1990 - 2021
Distribution in 2021 | Eritrea Total | Eritrea percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Internet users | 786,707.78 | 21.73 % | 304.52 m | 91.75 % |
Broadband users | 5,000.00 | 0.14 % | 125.89 m | 37.93 % |
Landlines | 66,000.00 | 1.82 % | 97.82 m | 29.47 % |
Mobile cellulars | 1.80 m | 49.75 % | 361.66 m | 108.97 % |