Telecommunication in Eswatini

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 5.4 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Eswatini ranked 170th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 2.9 Mbit/second (166th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 44th place.
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Eswatini comes th with a download speed of 0 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 0 Mbit was enough for th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in February 2022 from 180 countries.

The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.

Access to the Internet in Eswatini from 1990 - 2019

Broadband internet in Eswatini 2008 - 2020

Eswatini is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 47% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 1% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the former ISDN (more than 256 kbit/s). All fixed connections via DSL, cable or satellite were counted here, but not those connected to the Internet via mobile communications.