Telecommunication in Barbados

The development of telecommunications in Barbados is roughly equivalent to the average of the European Union. Under the country code +1809, there were a total of 450,046 connections in 2019. Among them were 311,734 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.

The expansion of the broadband Internet in Barbados is roughly equal to the EU average. Around 82% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 37% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 1,524 webhosts, Barbados 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 Barbados 1990 - 2017

Broadband internet in Barbados 2003 - 2019

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2019

Mobile phones in Barbados 1990 - 2019

Spreading in 2019	Barbados Total	Barbados percent	EU Total	EU percent
Broadband users	106,803.00	37.21 %	157.90 m	35.28 %
Landlines	138,312.00	48.19 %	166.16 m	37.13 %
Mobile cellulars	311,734.00	108.61 %	547.36 m	122.31 %