Telecommunication in Brazil

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 100.95 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Brazil ranks 28th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 73.32 Mbit/second (26th place).
In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Brazil comes 58th with a download speed of 36.07 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 11 Mbit was only enough for 63rd 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 Brazil from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Brazil 1998 - 2021

Brazil is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband internet connections. Around 81 percent of all residents have access to the internet. Around 19 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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