Telecommunication in Honduras

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 29.43 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Honduras ranks 107th in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 7.4 Mbit/second was significantly lower (139th place).
In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Honduras comes 79th with a download speed of 24.06 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 11 Mbit was enough for 64th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in October 2022 from 180 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 Honduras from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Honduras 2010 - 2021

Honduras is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband internet connections. Around 42 percent of all residents have access to the internet. Around 4 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.