Telecommunication in Libya

Compared to the European Union, Libya is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +218, there were a total of 9.03 million connections in 2016. Among them were 7.66 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.2 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Libya is back. Around 20% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 3% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 17,926.00 webhosts, Libya 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 Libya 1990 - 2016

Broadband internet in Libya 2008 - 2016

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2016

Mobile phones in Libya 1990 - 2016

Spreading in 2016	Libya Total	Libya percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	1.28 m	20.27 %	413.91 m	80.94 %
Broadband users	168,920.00	2.68 %	169.43 m	33.13 %
Landlines	1.37 m	21.84 %	211.93 m	41.44 %
Mobile cellulars	7.66 m	121.72 %	630.13 m	123.23 %