Telecommunication in Namibia

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 7.6 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Namibia ranks 163rd in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 3.0 Mbit/second was significantly lower (169th place).
In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Namibia comes 115th with a download speed of 16.09 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 6 Mbit was only enough for 127th 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 Namibia from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Namibia 2005 - 2021

Namibia is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband internet connections. Around 41 percent of all residents have access to the internet. Around 3 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.