
Telecommunication in Senegal
Compared to the European Union, Senegal is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +221, there were a total of 19.31 million connections in 2020. Among them were 19.08 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.1 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.With about 237 webhosts, Senegal is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 20.70 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Senegal ranked 116th in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 8.1 Mbit/second was significantly lower (127th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 5th place.In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Senegal comes 97th with a download speed of 18.89 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 9 Mbit was enough for 83rd place.
The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in April 2022 from 181 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 Senegal from 1990 - 2020
Broadband internet in Senegal 2002 - 2020

Landlines 1990 - 2020
Mobile phones 1990 - 2020
Distribution in 2020 | Senegal Total | Senegal percent | EU Total | EU percent |
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Internet users | 7.13 m | 42.60 % | 379.48 m | 84.74 % |
Broadband users | 153,813.00 | 0.92 % | 163.72 m | 36.56 % |
Landlines | 228,774.00 | 1.37 % | 160.15 m | 35.76 % |
Mobile cellulars | 19.08 m | 113.95 % | 540.56 m | 120.71 % |