Telecommunication in Liberia
Compared to the United States, Liberia is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +231, there were a total of 1.66 million connections in 2021. Among them were 1.65 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.32 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about seven webhosts, Liberia is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 7.8 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Liberia ranks 162nd in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 7.0 Mbit/second (147th place).The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in December 2022 from 178 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 percent mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.
Access to the internet in Liberia from 1990 - 2020
Broadband internet in Liberia 2008 - 2020
Liberia is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband internet connections. Around 26 percent of all residents have access to the internet. Around 0 percent 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. 
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