Telecommunication in the Gambia

Compared to the European Union, Gambia is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +220, there were a total of 2.88 million connections in 2016. Among them were 2.84 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.4 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Gambia is back. Around 19% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 0% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 656.00 webhosts, Gambia is below the world's average by population.

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Development of telephone and internet connections

The following diagrams show the development of the different 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 subscription.

Spread of internet connections in the Gambia 1990 - 2016

Broadband internet in the Gambia 2004 - 2016

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2016

Mobile phones in the Gambia 1990 - 2016

Spreading in 2016	Gambia Total	Gambia percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	377,122.69	18.50 %	413.91 m	80.94 %
Broadband users	3,750.00	0.18 %	169.43 m	33.13 %
Landlines	37,969.00	1.86 %	211.93 m	41.44 %
Mobile cellulars	2.84 m	139.23 %	630.13 m	123.23 %